Essay about Ur and Djoser

The pyramids of Giza were three pyramids which were the pyramid of Menkaure, the pyramid of Khafre and the Great Pyramid of Khufu. They were all three precisely aligned with the Constellation of Orion. But when people talk about the great pyramid of Giza they are usually referring to the Great Pyramid of Khufu. The base of that pyramid covered fifty-five thousand meters squared. The interior temperature of the pyramid is constant and equals the average temperature of earth, which is sixty-eight degrees Fahrenheit. The outer mantle was made of 144k casing stones and all of them were highly polished and flat. They each weight fifteen tons. The corner stone foundations of the pyramid were made with a ball and socket construction, which was capable of dealing with expansion due to heat and also earthquakes. The pyramid was originally covered with a casing stone that as made of highly polished limestone. The casing stones reflected the sun's light which made the pyramid shine. The pyramid was also aligned north and was only off by 3/60 of a degree. The four faces of the pyramid were slightly concave and it’s known for being the only pyramid to be built that way. Also the centers of the four sides

It rose in 6 stages and is called the step pyramid. It was generally to show a big stairway for the king to climb to join the sun-god in the sky. Later on kings had step pyramids too, but in the rule of King Sneferu the correct pyramid with tilting sides developed. The plan of this pyramid was to make the mound that had come out of the watery ground at the beginning of time, on which the sun-god stood and brought the other gods and goddesses into being. The biggest pyramid of all is the Great Pyramid at Giza. It was built for King Khufu in 2589 BC. The pyramids were planned to protect the bodies of the kings buried deep inside them. Later pyramids continued inscriptions of spells to help the pharaoh in the afterlife. Doors of granite and false passages were made to prevent robbers who came in pursuit of the rich offering buried with the kings, but by 1000 BC all the pyramids had been robbed of their precious

Most pyramids were very big. Pyramids were tombs for kings. They buried all of their kings there. It would take multiple years to build a pyramid. Pyramids had cool designs on the inside walls. They stop building pyramids because they were too easy to rob them. Especially since kings had so much jewelry and robbers would dig them out and take their stuff.

With a the structure of the corners pointing in the directions of north, south, east, and west, the ziggurat of Ur also included a structure of the god in the sanctuary, a hallway that ran along the entire length, and the bottom layer of the temple was covered in dirt and plant-life. The reasoning behind the lowest layer of the temple being covered with plants and dirt is based off of the fact that the Sumerians believed that the gods lived on the highest points of mountains, so the religious leaders (ziggurats) brought the believers of these gods closer to heaven, where the gods

Egypt is famous with its burial structure. As what stated in the book “Art: A Brief History” chapter 3 page 48, these structures changes over time. It starts with Mastaba; a flat topped, one story structure with slanted walls erected above an underground burial chamber, the stepped pyramid designed by the pharaoh’s prime minister Imhotep and from then it developed into pyramids. These pyramids have different false passageway to prevent it from looters because back then, when a powerful people died, they can carry their treasures with

This paper will discuss the history of the pyramids, the Pharaohs at the times of construction, and how they were built. The Pyramids of Giza were built on the Giza Plateau by three different Pharaohs. Before the Giza pyramids were ever thought of the first pyramid to be built in Egypt was constructed by a king known as Sneferu, this took place during the old kingdom; his reign was from 2613 BC - 2589 BC(History). According to Professor Joshua J. Mark, Sneferu had made a few pyramids before his best one.

This 1700 year rule of the Pharaohs marked the flourish of growth in arts, commerce, science, and medicine. One of the most notable architectures to come out of this growth was the pyramids. These pyramids were made to be great burial tombs to help the Pharaohs achieve eternal life after death. The first pyramid was built by the first Pharaoh by the name of Imhotep. This was built in Saqqara at around 2800 B.C. Soon after, the three pyramids at Giza were built. The largest of the three, known as the Great Pyramid, was built around 2540 B.C. and took about 20 years to build. Today it is the only one of the seven ancient wonders of the world to still be standing. Due to these pyramids, the wealth of pharaohs soon started to decline and their absolute power became unsteady. The Old Kingdom soon collapsed and changed into a rapid succession of Memphis-based rulers until around 2160 B.C. This would soon lead into a civil war between provincial governors. This situation was turned more chaotic by Bedouin invasions. While this was all happening, everyone was accompanied by famine and disease. Around 2040 B.C. the Theban king Mentuhotep II defeated the forced of the two united kingdoms and united Egypt under the rule of

The pyramids of Giza were built thousands of years ago. The pyramids are believed to have been built by grandson, father, and grandfather. They were three pharaohs called Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure. It’s believed that it took approximately twenty years and 100,000 slaves for these pyramids to be built. The core of the pyramid was built first, and the slaves would carry thousands of rocks across the desert for these pyramids to be built. Egyptians believed once a pharaoh was buried, he would be raised from the death within a few days then finally moving on to the afterlife. The main purpose of the pyramids of Giza was to serve as a monument for the pharaohs, taking them to a much better afterlife. Definitely some of these are just theories,

A pyramid is a geometric shape that meets at the top and it also carry's the dead pharaohs body.If you have heard of Khufu he wanted to make a big pyramid when he died he would want to be buried under it. The pyramid took 20 years to build it is called the pyramid of Giza. sometimes robbers got in the pyramids to take stuff from the tombs from the pharaohs. To keep the robbers from stealing the slaves build a little maze to confuse the robbers from stealing. Some robbers died cause the slave also put in traps.

The Egyptian dynastic system from the Early Dynastic period to the Late period demonstrated an improvement in the architectural and artistic methods and techniques used for building tombs, temples, shrines, sphinxes, coffins, etc. These structures are composed primarily of malleable materials like mud bricks, durable materials like cut 2.5-ton blocks of limestone, or aesthetic materials like the golden surface of King Tutankhamun's innermost nested coffin. Formidable projects like the great pyramids helped to inspire efficient techniques of material transportation like using small logs as rollers for the large slabs or using wet mud as a means for frictionless stone transportation. Further up the history of Egypt is the Middle Kingdom period, where elaborately decorated mastabas or intricately carved rock-cut tombs that only the wealthiest ancient Egyptians can afford become more of an everyday sight for ancient Egyptians. Middle Kingdom period also saw some improvements in urban design, where parallel streets were assembled on a grid map, forming rectangular blocks separated into lots reserved for buildings. Finally, in the New Kingdom period of Egypt, grand-scale temple plans were being organized by architects and workers from around those lands. Builders created massive pylons that guarded the city, and the scale of their sanctuary and hypostyle hall (according to the reconstruction drawing) completely dwarfs the surrounding palm trees scattered on the desert. The hypostyle hall also contains a prominent architectural design used by the Greeks; columns carved with impeccable precision that support the weight of the roofs

In 4000 B.C.E., ziggurats were located in the heart of every Mesopotamian or Persian city-state. A ziggurat is a massive stepped tower on which was built a temple dedicated to the chief god(dess) of a Sumerian city. They were inspired by the biblical story of the Tower of Babel, which is found in Genesis 11:1–9. One of the largest ziggurats is about seven-hundred feet high and uses hundred of thousands of bricks. Ziggurats can only be accessed by stairs or a type of spiral ramp winding around the outside because it was easy for the guards and to keep the priest’s rituals private, only if they wanted. Even if there is only twenty-five ziggurats still standing today, the most famous one named, The Great of Ur., changes how archaeologists looks at ancient Egypt.

There are 3 pyramids each built during the same dynasty The Great Pyramid was built as a tomb for the Egyptian King Khufu. It is also known as the Pyramid of Khufu. The other two pyramids were built for King Khufu’s son, Khafre and also Menkaure. These pyramids were built as a final resting place for the god kings of Egypt to ensure their journey to the afterlife. It took 23 years to build the Great Pyramid. They started working on it in 2540 BC. During the late summer and autumn, when the Nile flooded, people would come and work on the pyramids for their god king. The Great Pyramids are one of the Ancient Wonders of the World and they are still standing

“The architectural design of the Ziggurats of Ur is mudbrick structures made up of three stepped levels, accessed by stairways or ramps…the lowest level is about 50ft. high and about 210 by 150 ft. in area, with others decreasing in size as they get closer to the heavens…while the topmost platform is more than 100 ft. high (Dewitte, Larmann, Shields, 2012, p.565).

Pyramids were the four sided buildings with a pointed top which contained a body of a pharaoh. Pyramids were built to help pharaohs get into the afterlife. When a pharaoh was buried his treasures and goods were buried with him. Every pharaoh got his own pyramid for him and his wife. Pyramids were very important to Egypt because they were the graves for pharaohs and they believed they made the gods happy.

These were extraordinary structures that were made of limestone, and were built as burial sites for Pharaohs that were made with many corridors, rooms, and burial chambers. They believed that Pharaohs were divine beings and joined the Sun God, Ra, after death. There are only a few monuments from the Middle Kingdom that has survived through the New Kingdom, but mostly what was found was many smaller pyramids compared to the Old Kingdom’s. These tombs were built to replicate an Egyptian home at the time. They included a vestibule, a hall with pillars, a sacred chamber, and a small room that contained a statue of the dead person. Lastly, during the time of the New Kingdom a great piece of artwork was created called the Temple of Ramesses II. This was a huge relief carved into sandstone, and was theoretically built to honor the sun. This consists of four statues of Ramses that reach over 65 feet tall. To conclude, the New Kingdom made much more elegant and large statues, but the differences between the Old, Middle and New Kingdoms are minor when the enormous time span is