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== Architecture == | == Architecture == | ||
* Egyptian architecture was defined by the available resources and geography: | |||
** sandstone | |||
** Nile valley and Nile flooding | |||
** Nile floods allowed for transport of massive rock cuttings | |||
=== Inspiration === | ===Obelisks=== | ||
=== Pyramids === | |||
==== Inspiration ==== | |||
[[File:Benben-stone Pyramidion of the Pyramid of Amenemhet III at Dahshur wiki 350.jpg|frame|right|Benben stone from Wikipedia]] | [[File:Benben-stone Pyramidion of the Pyramid of Amenemhet III at Dahshur wiki 350.jpg|frame|right|Benben stone from Wikipedia]] | ||
* in the Egyptian creation myth (see below) a pyramid-shaped land rises from otherwise empty waters, a "primeval mound" called "Benben" | * in the Egyptian creation myth (see below) a pyramid-shaped land rises from otherwise empty waters, a "primeval mound" called "Benben" | ||
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** early Egyptians built large earth mounds to represent the the rising land of creation, which was subsequently represented in a pyramid shape of a single block of stone, thus the Benben | ** early Egyptians built large earth mounds to represent the the rising land of creation, which was subsequently represented in a pyramid shape of a single block of stone, thus the Benben | ||
=== Old Kingdom early pyramid building === | ==== Old Kingdom early pyramid building ==== | ||
* Step Pyramids | * Step Pyramids | ||
** were the 1st pyramids | ** were the 1st pyramids | ||
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=== Great Pyramids === | ==== Great Pyramids ==== | ||
[[File:Great Pyramid of Giza edge.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Great Pyramid of Giza edge: Average core blocks of the Great Pyramid weigh about 1.5 tons each, and the granite blocks used to roof the burial chambers are estimated to weigh up to 80 tons each. (wiki)]] | [[File:Great Pyramid of Giza edge.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Great Pyramid of Giza edge: Average core blocks of the Great Pyramid weigh about 1.5 tons each, and the granite blocks used to roof the burial chambers are estimated to weigh up to 80 tons each. (wiki)]] | ||
'''summary''' | '''summary''' | ||
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=== Sphynx === | |||
* see Luxor dromos, aley of sphynxes | |||
===temples=== | ===temples=== | ||