Zoser, Khufu, and Ramses the Second where considered to be the Mightiest Pharaohs. Starting with zoser and the step pyramid, which for at the time was a gigantic achievement. No other structure at the time could surpass it. Next was Khufu, and the great pyramid of Giza. Giza was so grand it was said that it was a staircase to the sun.
The Giza pyramid weighs an astonishing weight of 5.9 million tons. I choose this subject because I found it to be amazing that mankind could build such a massive building without any modern machinery. In this paper I will be reviewing why and how the Giza pyramid was built. ‘What is known as fact is that The Great Pyramid was built by the pharaoh Khufu and it’s construction was supervised by his vizier Hemiunu, beginning in about the year 2580 B.C.’(ehow.com) It is believed that the Giza Pyramid was built as a burial tomb for the pharaoh Khufu The Giza pyramid is believed to have three burial chambers. The chambers are referred to as the King’s Chamber’ The Queens Chamber and the Unfinished Subterranean Chamber.
|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.
The Sumerian king, Urnammu of Ur, reintroduced the Sumerian language and decided to build a famous Ziggurat dedicated to Nanna, believed to be the moon god. (Stokstad and Cothren 2011, p. 36) De Los Santos 2 The time of the Old Kingdom in Egypt was 2575 to 2150. It was a period of wealth and stability, especially among the ruling families. This is reflected in the elaborateness of tomb buildings and complexes that rulers had built for themselves (Stokstad and Cothren 2011, p. 55). world’s most famous pyramids are the three great pyramid tombs at Giza in Egypt.
The term kouros translates to boy in Ancient Greek . The metropolitan Kouros is one of many kouros statues, as they were very popular in Greece to use in tombs. Many of the kouros statues are similar, another well known is the Getty Kouros, which in my opinion looks more developed and possibly depicting an older boy. As for the Metropolitan Kouros, the medium used is solid marble, and there is no certainty of who crafted the piece. The statue is that of a nude young man striding forward.
The Acropolis is located on a flat-topped rock that rises 150 m (490 ft) above sea level in the city of Athens, with a surface area of about 3 hectares (7.4 acres). It was also known as Cecropia, after the legendary serpent-man, Cecrops, the first Athenian king. While the earliest artifacts date to the Middle Neolithic era, there have been documented habitations in Attica from the Early Neolithic (6th millennium BC). There is little doubt that a Mycenaean megaron stood upon the hill during the late Bronze Age. Nothing of this megaron survives except, probably, a single limestone column-base and pieces of several sandstone steps.
Monument 1 was found in the city of La Ventain in the year of 1945; this colossal head was 7.9 feet in height and weighed about 24 tons. Exactly seventeen Olmec Colossal Heads have been discovered: ten at San Lorenzo, four at La Venta, two at Tres Zapotes and one at La Cobata. Six of the basalt heads weighs up to forty tons. Because La Venta was believed to be a city in the middle of a swap, The Olmecs had to travel more than fifty miles to collect the large stones. Exactly how they moved the rocks are unknown.
The Old Kingdom starts to decline with Pepy II’s 90 year reign. During this time many pyramids being built were big, and elaborate pyramids for the pharaohs, as well as smaller pyramids close by for his wives and daughters. During the Old Kingdom, this was the only time that pharaohs were actually laid to rest inside of a pyramid. Some of the pyramids built during the Old Kingdom were so elegant and elaborate that the Great Pyramid of Giza is among the Seven Wonders of the World. One of the pyramids was over 450 feet tall, which is a major accomplishment not just in ancient Egypt time, but present time as well because it was raised entirely by hand.
Also, in the movie, the only soldier wearing plumes on their helmet was King Leonidas. A Bronze Statuette of a soldier, a piece of art created around 500 B.C., portrayed the typical soldier to wear plumes on their helmet. A Spartan soldier was judged from the second he came into the world. There was a very high standard that men of Sparta had to live up to from the time they were born. “At birth each child was examined by state officials who decided whether it was fit to live” (Spielvogel).
TUTANKHAMUN’S TOMB Explain how Tutankhamun’s tomb informs us about the main concerns and activities of the New Kingdom Pharaoh. Tutankhamun was one of the greatest known Pharaoh’s in the ancient world of all time. Even though he only reigned for around 10 years he still had many concerns, roles and activities that can be discovered through the remains of his tomb. Tutankhamun as the New Kingdom Pharaoh had a number of concerns but just as every other Pharaoh, he had one main concern, the afterlife. The previous king, Akhenaten, worshiped the Atenist religion but when Tutankhamun took the throne he returned to the old religion of Amunism.