It contains around 1,300,000 blocks ranging in weight from 2.5 tons to 15 tons and is built on a square base with sides measuring about 230m (775 ft.) covering 13 acreas! Today it is only 137m (455 ft.) high, the 9m (30 ft.) that is missing is due to the theft of the fine quality limestone covering or casing stones, by the Ottoman Turks in the 15 century A.D. to build houses and Mosques in Cairo.
|The Old and the New, Djoser’s Step Pyramid and Hatshepsut’s Mortuary Temple | | | | | Djoser’s Step Pyramid Built to hold his body after death, Djoser’s Step Pyramid rises 62 meters high and is built entirely of stone. Until the beginning of the Third Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, the main building materials were wood, reeds, and mudbrick. The first building to be constructed complexly in stone was the Step Pyramid of Pharaoh Djoser at Saqqara (Garret). Before this only a few details, such as doorways or the paving of a tomb chamber, had been made of stone. According to Manetho, the inventor of the art of building in stone was Imhotep.
10/26/09 Egypt: quest for afterlife Second essay History 1001 Nilam Amatya [pic] The false door of redines (Old kingdom, Dynasty 6, 2323-2150 B.C) What is afterlife? What do we know about ancient Egypt and what it meant in Egyptian culture? Ancient Egypt that we know is mostly identified by its enormous pyramids, in particular the Great Pyramid at Giza, which was built during the middle of the third millennium, BC. These pyramids are massive monuments built over or around a crypt or tomb. These pyramids are served as royal tombs.
Within the cities were centralized large pyramid structures. While the Egyptians used their pyramids mostly for the tombs of great kings, the Maya used their pyramids or both tombs and religious ceremonial centers. The Mayas pyramids were for sacrifices, praises, and in a sense ancestor veneration centers for the elites. Also, the Egyptians and the Maya both had calendar systems, although they were very different. The Egyptians calendar revolved around the annual flooding of the Nile river which brought rich silt to the valley, and was the beginning of the agricultural season for the Egyptians.
The Great Pyramid of Khufu is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was built with 2.3 million stone blocks, and its top rose four hundred and eighty feet above the desert. Egyptians were the first to build using stone. They constructed ginormous pyramids and statues such as the Sphinx. Ancient Egyptian inventions include papyrus, sails, bowling, door locks, and a calendar with three hundred and sixty-five days in a year.
and is constructed from limestone (Stokstad and Cothren 2011, 56). The Nanna Ziggurat was constructed in the ancient near east and dates back to 2100-2050 b.c.e. it is located in present-day Iraq (Stokstad and Cothren 2011, 36). Both structures were built in the belief of celestial gods however they served different purposes, while the Nanna Ziggurat was meant to be a temple, a place for worship, Khafre’s pyramid served as a funerary complex (Stokstad and Cothren 2011, 56). The people of Sumeria and the Old Kingdom had developed their labor practices, writing, architecture, schools, law and banking all elements that would provide for a stable and prosperous life.
Henry Liu 12/14/10 Period 4 Galanis Ancient History Final Targets 1. Describe the geography of Ancient Egypt and its effect on Egyptian civilization The Egyptian civilization lies in the heart of the Nile River valley. The river extends 3,000 miles before it reaches Egypt, and flows North. It is regulated by the Aswar Dam, and flows into the Mediterranean. The Nile River supplied fertile soil and water, wheat, barley, and flax crops, papyrus, and a religion to worship.
The sculpture was made out of clay. The hands and bodies and legs were made separately and then put together one by one the process took a long time to complete and then the facial features and facial expressions were added on later. These pits that are 230 meters long and 62 metres wide contain bronze chariots and stone armour suits and rare animals. There were 8000 soldiers Oriental Pearl tower (Dong Fang Ming
People/gods Amon-Re: Originally, the Egypt god Amon-Re was known only as Amon. He was considered to be the patron saint of the city of Thebes, where the ruling pharaoh and his royal family resided. Here he became joined with the sun god Re and the two became known as the Egypt god Amon-Re. Imhotep: He is considered to be the first architect and engineer and physician in early history. Imhotep was one of very few mortals to be depicted as part of a pharaoh's statue.
The Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon, echoing the shape of the mountains surrounding the valley, served as focal points for Teotihuacan's urban layout. Beneath the pyramids are earlier structures; perhaps even tombs of Teotihuacan rulers are to be found within their stone walls. When the Pyramid of the Sun was completed circa 200 A.D., it was some 63 meters tall and 215 meters square. One of the largest structures ever built in the ancient Americas, its aspect today is the result of reconstruction and consolidation carried out in the early part of the twentieth century. Excavations in 1971 directly under the Pyramid of the Sun revealed a tunnel-like cave, ending in a cloverleaf-shaped set of chambers, apparently the scene of numerous ancient fire and water rituals.