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Great Pyramids of Gizeh, Egypt, ca. 2551-
2472 BCE
The new tomb shape represents many Egyptian gods that have to do with sunlight
(pyramids capture light) or the sun itself. The sun's rays were the ladder the god-king
The pyramid's symbolism used to ascend to the heavens. Egyptians believed in the Primeval Mound, a place in
Heliopolis where Atum, a significant god, dwelled. Egyptian kings were reborn in the
afterlife here. So the pyramid symbolizes death, but also new life.
The pharoah's stairway to heaven started with stacked mastabas. Djoser's funerary
antecedents of the pyramid
complex at Saqqara was the the earliest pyramid we have record of.
Many statues were in the valley temple. The pyramids are made of solid stone.
Pyramid complexes included the god-king's burial chamber, the mortuary temple
and a long causeway from there to the valley temple. There's an entrance hall,
buildings on the pyramid site
colonnaded courtyard, niches for royal statuary, storage chambers, and interior
sanctuary. Boat pits were found buried on either side of the mortuary temples to aid
the king in the Afterlife.
Astronomical theories, aliens. The blocks were moved from the quarries perhaps by
attaching rollers to them, putting them on wheels (wheel theory), or sleds and the
construction method theories "wet sand" theory (middle king tomb illustrations show workers moving statues with
the aid of ropes). Getting the blocks in place has the scaffolding theory, ramp
theories (where's the evidence), and the "internal ramp" theory.
pharoah An ancient Egyptian king.
The spirit of a dead person who could choose to stay in a mummified body or a
ka
statue. The immortal human life force.
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Art History: Pyramids of GizehWITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+.
Terms in this set (12)
Great Pyramids of Gizeh, Egypt, ca. 2551-
2472 BCE
The new tomb shape represents many Egyptian gods that have to do with sunlight
(pyramids capture light) or the sun itself. The sun's rays were the ladder the god-king
The pyramid's symbolism used to ascend to the heavens. Egyptians believed in the Primeval Mound, a place in
Heliopolis where Atum, a significant god, dwelled. Egyptian kings were reborn in the
afterlife here. So the pyramid symbolizes death, but also new life.
The pharoah's stairway to heaven started with stacked mastabas. Djoser's funerary
antecedents of the pyramid
complex at Saqqara was the the earliest pyramid we have record of.
Many statues were in the valley temple. The pyramids are made of solid stone.
Pyramid complexes included the god-king's burial chamber, the mortuary temple
and a long causeway from there to the valley temple. There's an entrance hall,
buildings on the pyramid site
colonnaded courtyard, niches for royal statuary, storage chambers, and interior
sanctuary. Boat pits were found buried on either side of the mortuary temples to aid
the king in the Afterlife.
Astronomical theories, aliens. The blocks were moved from the quarries perhaps by
attaching rollers to them, putting them on wheels (wheel theory), or sleds and the
construction method theories "wet sand" theory (middle king tomb illustrations show workers moving statues with
the aid of ropes). Getting the blocks in place has the scaffolding theory, ramp
theories (where's the evidence), and the "internal ramp" theory.
pharoah An ancient Egyptian king.
The spirit of a dead person who could choose to stay in a mummified body or a
ka
statue. The immortal human life force.
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