Ancient Egypt: Architecture

and Construction

Daniela Terrero, Erica Cruz, Maria Rivera, Mia Perez and Mia Mateo
 Table Of Contents
Architecture
01 Characteristics
Mia I. Mateo
02 Tomb Architecture
Erica M. Cruz

03 Temple Architecture
Daniela Terrero
04 Sculptures Architecture
Mia R. Perez

05 History and Importance

Maria F. Rivera
 “The mother art is
architecture. Without an
architecture of our own we
have no soul of our own
civilization.”
-Frank Lloyd Wright
 Ancient Egypt’s Architecture Characteristics

Any survey of Egyptian architecture is

weighted in favour of funerary and
religious buildings, partly because of their
location. Many temples and tombs survived
because they were built on ground
unaffected by the Nile flood, whereas most
ancient Egyptian towns were lost because
they were situated in the cultivated and
flooded area of the Nile Valley.
Tomb Architecture

Mortuary architecture in Egypt was

highly developed and often grandiose.
Most tombs comprised two principal
parts, the burial chamber (the tomb
proper) and the chapel, in which
offerings for the deceased could be
made. In royal burials the chapel rapidly
developed into a mortuary temple,
which, beginning in the New Kingdom
(c. 1539–1075 BCE), was usually built
separately and at some distance from the
tomb.
 Temple Architecture

Two principal kinds of temple can be

distinguished—cult temples and funerary
or mortuary temples. The former
accommodated the images of deities, the
recipients of the daily cult; the latter were
the shrines for the funerary cults of dead
kings.
Sculptures Architecture

Egyptian artists, whose skills are best

exemplified in sculpture, regarded
themselves essentially as craftspeople.
Owing to their discipline and highly
developed aesthetic sense, however, the
products of their craft deserve to rank as
art outstanding by any standards.
 History and Importance of Ancient Egypt’s
Architecture

The architecture of ancient Egypt tells

this story of the people's relationship
with their land and their gods. The
symmetry of the structures, the
inscriptions, the interior design, all
reflect the concept of harmony (ma'at)
which was central to the ancient
Egyptian value system.
Thanks!
Slide made by Mia I. Mateo