Nick School Ancient Egypt

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ANCIENT EGYPTIAN

ARCHIETECTURE

BY: NICHOLAS WANG


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page 2 : INTRODUCTION

Page 3-5: PYRAMIDS, OBELISKS, & THE SPHINXPage 6 : BUILDING MATERIALS FOR HOMES

Page 7 : PEASANT HOME VS NOBLE HOME

Page 8 : LOCATION IS IMPORTANTPage 9 : THE IMPORTANT NILE

Page 10-12 : CARRIED OVER

Page 13 : SUMMARYPage 14 : RESOURCES


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INTRODUCTION

Have you wondered how Egyptianarchitecture looked like? If you want to find outabout their homes this is the power point for

you.

There may be other pieces of architecture

that are more amazing, but the homes are what I

find most interesting.

I will include a page each for pyramids, thesphinx and obelisks, but I am going to

concentrate on homes mostly.

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PYRAMIDS Pyramids were the most grand monuments of the

Egyptians.

Pharaohs and other important figures were buriedin the chambers of the pyramids. In other words thepyramids were tombs. To protect the mummy and thetreasure inside, there were secret passage ways and

tunnels leading to a dead end. There were also traps.One of them was a hole in the dark passage way thatrobbers really fell in.

Around pyramids there were cities built for the

workers. After the pyramids were finished, the citiesstayed there.

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OBELISKS

Obelisks were monuments like the pyramid but a little

less grand. Obelisks were made to tell about one persons life and

did not have any treasure inside. The only two remainingare at the entrance of the temple at Luxor and at Place De

La Concorde in France. Obelisks were large pillars with a square base and a

small pyramid on top. The pyramid represents the groundthe sun god stood on to create the universe. The obelisks

were usually 70 feet tall or taller.

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THE SPHINX

The sphinx is a statue with the body of a cat and thehead of a man. It symbolizes strength and wisdom.

Many people believe it was once painted and some proofis that there are some traces of paint on an ear. Somehistorians believe that there are secret passages, rooms, andtreasure under it. So far there is no proof that it is true.

Unfortunately the Turkish shot off the nose of the sphinxfor target practice. For pictures go towww.guardians.net/egypt/sphinx.

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BUILDING MATERIALS FOR HOMES

The Egyptians had a great source of bricks - the Nile River. The Nile floods every year leaving behind mud, straw, and

pebbles. The Egyptians filled molds with these materials and letthem dry to make bricks. These bricks were easy to make and

easy to transport. But they were very weak and started tocrumble after a few years.

Rich people could afford larger, stronger stone houses ,butthey were much harder to make.

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PEASANT HOME VS. NOBLE HOME

Peasant home Noble home

Flat roof

Made of mud bricks

No stairs- only ramps

In the country the housecould be as big as you want aslong as you make it in yourfree time

Have a courtyard

Flat roof

Made of stone

25-30 rooms

Specialized rooms likefamily rooms, guest rooms,and bath rooms

Doors raised 4 feet aboveground

No stairs- only ramps

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LOCATION IS IMPORTANT

The homes, whether they were peasant or noble,were usually next to the Nile.

The Nile was their resource provider.

Along the river , it was a great place to have farms.

At that time, the Nile was a very importanttransportation hub (it was like an ancient highway)

All animals need water to survive. The Nile providedwater for them to drink and wash in.

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THE IMPORTANT NILE

The Nile was animportant geographical placeto the Egyptians. It was theonly reason that the Egyptianslived there. It gave the peoplethe resources needed to make

the homes and to survive.

For example, to makehomes you needed mud bricksmade of mud, straw, andpebbles. All of these were

provided by the Nile when itflooded.

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CARRIED OVER

The Egyptians architecture is represented in our modernworld more than you think. Have you been to Las Vegas?

In Las Vegas, Nevada, there is a pyramid-shaped casino,

(Luxor) which has hieroglyphics all over the walls and itsinside is decorated Egyptian style.

At the entrance there is one of the only 2 discoveredobelisks.

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CARRIED OVER

In Washington D.C. you probably have seen

an obelisk. It is a monument of one of the most

important historical figures in the history of the

United States. The capital is also named afterhim. You guessed it. The Washington Monument

is an obelisk.

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CARRIED OVER

The most interesting thing to me is thepyramid that the Japanese are planning in Tokyo

bay. It will be a huge pyramid 12 times higher

than the pyramid in Giza and will be 55 times

larger than the Egyptians 45 century old landmark. It is going to be built in the middle of Tokyobay so it will not compete for space with other

buildings. To find out more go to

dsc.discovery.com/convergence/engineering/engineering.html

and click on city in a pyramid

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SUMMARY

Ancient Egyptian architecture is still intodays world and it is for a good reason.Egyptians were great architects. They madehuge levers to raise obelisks, created a hugestatue, built pyramids, and achieved all thiswithout modern technological advances.

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RESOURCES

GTE Teacher: Ms. Handley

http://www.mrdonn.com

http://www.google.com/images

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