Modul 10 ANCIENT EGYPT & ANCIENT GREEK ARCHITECTURE ANCIENT EGYPT ARCHITECTURE

1. Modul 10 ANCIENT EGYPT & ANCIENT GREEK ARCHITECTURE ANCIENT EGYPT ARCHITECTURE · Dynasties of Egypt (7000 BC – 30 BC), Pre-Dynastic · Early Dynastic · Old Kingdom · Middle Kingdom · New Kingdom · Conquered by the Assyrians in 670BCE · Conquered by the Persians in 662BCE · Conquered by Alexander the Great in 332BCE · Conquered by the Romans in 30BC Located in the Nile river valley mountains to the south vast deserts on both sides Mediterranean Sea to the north This location kept Egypt separate from the rest of the world, so the Egyptians had a unique and enduring style of life and art for about 3,000 years. http://www.mercubuana.ac.id · · · · ·

2. Later, the ancient Egyptians began burying their dead in coffins to protect them from wild animals in the desert. However, they realised that bodies placed in coffins decayed when they were not exposed to the hot, dry sand of the desert. PYRAMYDS The bent pyramid at Dahshur shows us that the ancient Egyptians experimented a lot with the slope of the pyramids. In the middle of construction the builders must have decided that the slope of the building was too steep to continue. Thus, the top half of the pyramid has a different slope. http://www.mercubuana.ac.id

3. Built with over 100.000 worker bought 60-80 Ton stones being quarried 100 metres deep and transported a distance of over 500 miles. The Great pyramid was made by hand! It is nearly 800 feet long, 450 feet high. It was built with over two million of blocks of stone. The average weight of each stone is about 80 ton. The Great Sphinx is a large human-headed lion that was carved from a mound of natural rock. It is located in Giza where it guards the front of Khafra's pyramid. Modules Theres 19 height x 10 wide square module To represent the human body ANCIENT GREEK ARCHITECTURE Mount Olympus http://www.mercubuana.ac.id