Egyptian+Architecture

=__Egyptian Architecture__ =

- The power of gods and other supernatural ideas were a large part of Ancient Egyptians daily lives. The Egyptians have five main structures that we are familiar with today. They are: Pyramids, tombs, temples, statues and monuments. >
 * **Pyramids:**
 * This is definitely the most famous structure in all Egyptian history. It is on the worlds best architectural achievements, even though the pyramids were created many centuries ago.
 * They can be as high as 482 feet (147 m).
 * Pyramids are so popular that they top many famous landmarks like the Statue of Liberty.
 * The very first pyramid was created at saqqara for king Zoser. The style was a step pyramid, which was the first style for pyramids. However, they later built smooth sided ones, like the Great Pyramid at Giza, built for king Khufu around 4,500 years ago.
 * Once the stonemasons chiseled blocks of granite and placed them correctly on a slope, workers placed hieroglyphics ([]) and statues all over the pyramid.
 * Columns contained bright and vibrant colours.
 * One or two large boats were buried near the tomb so the king could have a peaceful sail over to the Next World. [[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQFrm8QXa-696oJbB7VgVEQHs1JSjnbNfgZwODQ-HDJiOGvXHduYg width="222" height="183"]][[image:http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQlijDXzMZsc2r1BL0Q1ivv7oYJdSv9BKL1koDBm7kYHaK9t2KLag width="149" height="179"]][[image:http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSdbHdDyLeq1njyTlVb1wfRM7M2U89ZNShShQVbT7DujcK1B-kW width="239" height="181"]]
 * **Tombs:**
 * They were used to bury kings before pyramids started to be built.
 * Tombs were created with two different areas: the chapel and crypt.
 * A symbol of a false door was made on the walls of the funerary chapel, because it connected the living with the dead.
 * At the back of the tomb, a burial shaft under ground led to the actual crypt.
 * It had a sorts of snares, booby traps and false galleries, although the storerooms and chapel were only reachable for the deceased family, friends and prists who continued to come for rituals.

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 * **Temples:**
 * All over Egypt, you may see large brown columns made of granite with hieroglyphics on them. [[image:http://library.thinkquest.org/10098/media/jjtemple2.jpg width="200" height="128" align="left" caption="A Temple"]]
 * These columns have different designs on the tops that all are based on things in Egypt.
 * Some examples are: the lotus flower, papyrus, palm, eight-sided column, and a proto-Dorix or sixteen-sided column.
 * The columns in the temples were obviously used for support, however, there are columns left just on their own.
 * This is because, the temple which it was holding up was either fallen down, torn down or destroyed from vandalism.


 * **Statues and Monuments:**
 * Stone figures are found all over Egypt and they can look like a tiger, a king, and eagle, or maybe even a mixture of both.
 * The most well-know stone figure of them all is the Sphinx.
 * It is a figure of a kings head who is wearing the striped headcloth (nemes) and he has the body of a lion.
 * Unfortunetly, many of these figures have been destroyed so much the past few centuries that they are unrecognizable.
 * Pollution has proved to destroy these precious figures by staining or breaking down them.

By Jess Jones