ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE.
Built around real course units and objectives!
Courtyard - Answer: It was a large open room without a roof. The walls were covered with
reliefs.
Pylon - Answer: Giant stone gates. They were decorated with carved and painted scenes of
the pharaoh, gods and goddesses.
Relief - Answer: Carvings on walls or columns. They were originally painted bright colors.
Beams - Answer: Held up by columns to form the roof. Sometimes spaces were left
between __________ to allow light into the interior of a building
Hypostyle Hall - Answer: Large room with columns. Most of the room was dark except for
the center aisle which was lit by small windows cut into the roof. Represented a marsh in
the beginning of time.
Hieroglyphics - Answer: Egyptian written language. Carved on the walls and columns.
Obelisk - Answer: Tall, narrow, rectangular stone pillars with a pyramid shape at the top.
Were built to remember a special event, person, or to honor the gods.
Column - Answer: Upright, circular pillars that support a beam or roof beam. Can be
different shapes and sizes. In many cases, they were covered with paintings and
hieroglyphics
Sphinx - Answer: an imaginary creature with a human head and the body of a lion that was
often shown on Egyptian statues
APPHIA – Crafted with Care and Precision for Academic Excellence. 1
Built around real course units and objectives!
Courtyard - Answer: It was a large open room without a roof. The walls were covered with
reliefs.
Pylon - Answer: Giant stone gates. They were decorated with carved and painted scenes of
the pharaoh, gods and goddesses.
Relief - Answer: Carvings on walls or columns. They were originally painted bright colors.
Beams - Answer: Held up by columns to form the roof. Sometimes spaces were left
between __________ to allow light into the interior of a building
Hypostyle Hall - Answer: Large room with columns. Most of the room was dark except for
the center aisle which was lit by small windows cut into the roof. Represented a marsh in
the beginning of time.
Hieroglyphics - Answer: Egyptian written language. Carved on the walls and columns.
Obelisk - Answer: Tall, narrow, rectangular stone pillars with a pyramid shape at the top.
Were built to remember a special event, person, or to honor the gods.
Column - Answer: Upright, circular pillars that support a beam or roof beam. Can be
different shapes and sizes. In many cases, they were covered with paintings and
hieroglyphics
Sphinx - Answer: an imaginary creature with a human head and the body of a lion that was
often shown on Egyptian statues
APPHIA – Crafted with Care and Precision for Academic Excellence. 1
