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Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt
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a long walkway that joined the valley temple and the mortuary temple
What is causeway?
100
a mythical creature with, as a minimum, the body of a lion and a human head
What is sphinx?
100
attachment of a round column to a wall
What is engaged columns?
100
temples constructed adjacent to, or in the vicinity of, royal tombs in the Ancient Egypt. The temples were designed to commemorate the reign of the pharaoh by whom they were built, as well as for use by the pharaoh's cult after death
What is mortuary temple?
200
longest reigning female pharaoh in Egypt, ruling for 20 years in the 14th century B.C.;considered one of Egypt's most successful pharaohs
What is Hatshepsut?
200
king of the gods and god of the wind; combined god Amun and sun god Re
What is Amun-Re?
200
the upper part of the nave, choir, and transepts of a large church, containing a series of windows. It is clear of the roofs of the aisles and admits light to the central parts of the building
What is clerestory?
200
an ancient Egyptian tomb rectangular in shape with sloping sides and a flat roof, standing to a height of 17–20 feet consisting of an underground burial chamber with rooms above it (at ground level) in which to store offerings
What is mastabas?
300
an upright structure that is used for support or for navigational guidance, in particular
What is pylons?
300
ancient style of classical order
What is column, shaft, capital?
300
protective goddess; goddess of love and joy; wife of Horus
What is Hathor?
400
large columns carved to look like men
What is atlantids?
400
the disk of the sun in ancient Egyptian mythology, and originally an aspect of Ra
What is Aton?
400
pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty; known for abandoning polytheism and adopting monotheism to Aton
What is Akhenaton?
500
an era of Egyptian history during the latter half of the Eighteenth Dynasty with Akhenaton as pharaoh; period marked with revolution in society and religion
What is Armana Period?
500
a cemetery, especially a large one belonging to an ancient city
What is necropolis?
500
a fresco painting technique in which pigments ground in water are tempered using egg yolk or whole egg mixed with water which are applied to plaster that has been moistened (using this temper) to simulate fresh plaster
What is fresco secco?