WEEK 5: THE HISTORY OF EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE and transportation for the Egyptians.

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each year and would provide fertile soil for growing food.
Note: Read and understand very well the topic " History of
Egyptian Architecture" in preparation for your synchronous
assessment on Thursday, September 24, 2020 at 2-3 pm.
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Kingdoms and Periods
Do you want to travel online to Middle East part of the world?
Of course yes it is very interesting to see the beautiful view and Historians usually group the history of Ancient Egypt into three
to learn many things on its beautiful colors and the unique major kingdoms called the Old Kingdom, the Middle
designs of the early Egyptian architects and designers and so I Kingdom, and the New Kingdom. It was during these times
am hoping that you will follow and take advantage on it and that Ancient Egypt was at its strongest. The times between the
here we go to the next lesson about the history and the different Kingdoms are called intermediate periods.
characteristics and designs and most especially the beautiful
columns and capitals of the Egyptian architecture. Culture

And so to start let us begin with: Ancient Egypt was rich in culture including government,
religion, arts, and writing. The government and religion were
The History Of Egyptian Architecture tied together as the leader of the government, the Pharaoh, was
also leader of the religion. Writing was also important in
Ancient Egypt was one of the greatest and most powerful keeping the government running. Only scribes could read and
civilizations in the history of the world. It lasted for over 3000 write and they were considered powerful people.
years from 3150 BC to 30 BC.
Pyramids and Treasure
The Nile River

The civilization of Ancient Egypt was

located along the Nile River in northeast
Africa. The Nile was the source of much of
the Ancient Egypt's wealth. Great Egyptian cities grew up
along the Nile as the Egyptian people became experts in The Pharaohs of Egypt were often buried in giant pyramids or
irrigation and were able to use the water from the Nile to grow in secret tombs. They believed that they needed treasure to be
rich and profitable crops. The Nile provided food, soil, water, buried with them to help them in the afterlife. As a result,
archeologists have a lot of well-preserved artifacts and tombs king, people, and the gods. To do this, ancient Egyptian art
to examine in order to find out how the Ancient Egyptians followed certain rules or a style that made it distinctive and
lived. unmistakable. Additionally, ancient Egyptian art was heavily
influenced by religion, specifically the belief in life after death
so that ancient Egyptian artists developed funeral art to an
End of the Empire amazing degree. Egyptian temples and pyramids, and the
paintings and sculpture found inside them, have become
The Ancient Egyptian Empire began to weaken in about 700 treasures of the entire art world and human civilization itself.
BC. It was conquered by a number of other civilizations. The
first to conquer Egypt was the Assyrian Empire, followed a During the age of pharaohs and dynasties,
hundred or so years later by the Persian Empire. In 332 BC, Egypt was fertile and productive, politically
Alexander the Great of Greece conquered Egypt and set up his stable, and under little threat of foreign
own ruling family called the Ptolemaic Dynasty. Finally, the invasions. Its artists and artisans could draw on
Romans came in 30 BC and Egypt became a province of Rome rich supplies of minerals and fine jewels for their work.
Egyptian artists all followed specific rules collectively known
Characteristics and Designs of Egyptian architecture as style. Ancient Egyptian art tried to preserve the universe, not
as it actually existed, but in
idealized and more enduring and
Architecture developed since lasting symbols.
3000 bc and characterized by
post and lintel construction, Post and Lintel
massive walls covered with hieroglyphic and pictorial carving,
flat roofs, and structures such as the mastaba, obelisk, pylon
and the Pyramids. Houses were built of clay or baked bricks. One of the oldest forms of construction in the world is the
Tombs and temples reproduced features of domestic system of the post and lintel, in which a large horizontal piece
architecture, but on a massive scale using permanent materials. is supported by two vertical pillars. The pillars are the post, and
Perhaps the great architect of the period was Imhotep. the horizontal piece is the lintel. The post-and-lintel system has
been used since the Stone Age, so why does it matter if the
What Are Common Characteristics of Egyptians used it?
Egyptian Art?
The ancient Egyptians used the post-and-lintel system for more
Ancient Egyptian art aimed at preserving than stone monuments. They used it to make entire buildings
order and stability, or the prevailing relationships between the
out of stone, which was much more difficult. However, the overshadowing many wonders of the modern world and in its
Egyptians weren't just making small houses. They were day must have been awe-inspiring.
building massive palaces for the pharaohs and temples for the
Malkata Palace
gods. For this to work, the Egyptians needed massive slabs of
stone to use as lintels, and a great number of columns to
support the weight. With this style of construction, the lintels
became the roof, supported by large walls and dozens of Malkata Palace, which also Known as
interior columns. Palace of Amenhotep III, its located
on the west bank of the Nile River at
The kingdom temple Luxor, Egypt, Malkata Palace built by
the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Amenhotep III, its surrounding with
Luxor temple
a lot of temples such as Isis Temple, Hatshepsut Temple.
The temple has been in almost continuous use as a place of Malkata palace consider one of the residential palaces, it
worship right up to the present day. During the Christian era, consists of Amun Temple, Festival Hall, Houses for the
the temple’s hypostyle hall was converted into a Christian relatives of the Royal Family, audience halls.
church, and the remains of another Coptic church can be seen
Temple of Mastaba
to the west. Then for thousands of years, the temple was buried
beneath the streets and houses of Luxor. Eventually the mosque
of Sufi Shaykh Yusuf Abu al-Hajjaj was built over it. This
mosque was carefully preserved when the temple was Mastaba, (Arabic: “bench”) rectangular
uncovered and forms an integral part of the site today. superstructure of ancient Egyptian tombs,
built of mud brick or, later, stone, with
Temple of Karnak sloping walls and a flat roof. A deep shaft
descended to the underground burial chamber.

The temple of Karnak was known as

Ipet-isu—or “most select of
places”—by the ancient Egyptians.
It is a city of temples built over
2,000 years and dedicated to the Theban triad of Amun, Mut,
and Khonsu. This derelict place is still capable of