Egypsian architecture.pptx..............
- 1. ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN TIMELINE: PRE DYNASTIC OLD KINGDOM MIDDLE KINGDOM NEW EMPIRE
- 2. The Old Kingdom "the age of the pyramids 3 rd 7 th Dynasty During the old Kingdom, the pharaoh and his court lived in Memphis When they died they were buried at the Necropolis at Saqqara The earthly dwelling of the ancient Egyptians was seen as temporary and the tomb as a permanent dwelling Houses were built of temporary materials to last for a life time
- 3. Tombs were most outstanding architectural element of the period Tombs also serve as the focus for the worship of the dead The Tomb evolved during the old kingdom from the Mastaba, through the stepped pyramid to the renown ancient Egyptian pyramid The earliest method of burial in ancient Egypt was in shallow pits in the desert The desert dried the bodies and preserved them When animals preyed on bodies, the people dug deeper In the end they built a bench-like structure over graves to create first burial structure called Mastaba
- 4. The Mastaba was rectangular Flat or curved roofed structures Sloping sides with angle of about 75 degree It consists of three parts: 1. The outer champer (A chapel) 2. The Serdab. 3. Aburial chamber :The chamber containing the sarcophagus. The Serdab and Chapel are located above ground The serdab is a room where the statue of the dead person is kept The statue acts as a substitute for body in case it is destroyed
- 5. Early Kingdom Tomb Pharoah Snefru made two attempts at pyramid construction His first pyramid, the Bent pyramid at Dashur had a square plan with a height of 102 meters The pyramid had a change of angle midway, leading to its being called the bent pyramid
- 6. Snefrus second pyramid, the north pyramid, is the place he was buried It had a low pitch of 43 degrees instead of 52 degrees making it look stunted A true pyramid has an incline angle of 52 degrees
- 7. The construction of a true geometrical pyramid was achieved during the reign of Cheops, son of Snefru This was located at Giza This pyramid is called the Great Pyramid because of its size The pyramid is 482 ft high on a plan 760 ft square
- 8. The Pyramids at Giza Two additional pyramids were subsequently built at Giza The second largest in the center was built by Chefren, the son of Cheops The third and smallest was built by Mykerinus, the son of Chefren The three together are referred to as the pyramids at Giza The three are aligned diagonally along the projection of the diagonal of the great pyramid The small pyramids close to them were built for their Queens
- 9. The great pyramid has a unique internal arrangement First it has a chamber built below the base of the pyramid Another chamber was built above it known as the queens chamber A larger burial chamber known as the kings chamber was built at the center of the pyramid. This is the chamber where the king was buried in his Sarcophagus The kings chamber was 35 ft by 17ft in plan and 19ft high Both the king and queen chamber are connected to the entrance on the north side Two air shafts also connect the kings chamber to outside for ventilation Once a king is buried, the burial chamber was sealed forever