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ch. 2.1 continued 9/10/12
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09/27/2012

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what were the egyptian statues like on the significant fractional view?
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show as much as body s possible, side view of legs,front of the body, side view of the head, frontal view of the eye
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old kingdom period
Definition
3,000-2,155 B.C.E.
hathor and horris were married
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what did it mean if you take the head of someone?
Definition
if you take the head of someone they cannot harm you in the after life
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mastoba
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step pyramid with smooth sides. consists of a rectangular shape with walls slightly in. they dug a shaft down where the burial chamber is located and it was decorated inside
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what did king Zoser get impotech, the architect, to do?
Definition
king got impotech to create his step pyramid that was 180 ft. tall. its the largest stone monument of its kind. inside were storage facilities, temples, and shrines
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pyramids at ciza
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beonged to three generations. the oldest and largest belonged to the pharoah Khufre. the middle pyramid belonoged to Khufre's son Khafre. Menkaure had the last pyramid (Khafre's son)
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what were the pyramids of ciza like?
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they had caps mixed of gold and silver, airshafts, and the sphinx which faces the east
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how many pyramids are in Egypt?
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just over 100
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engaged column
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attached to a wall
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sarcopharynx
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coffin
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stele
Definition
vertical or uptight marker stone
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