ARHI 2300 1st Edition Lecture 5Outline of Last Lecture I. The Palette of King Narmer, Pre-Dynastic Egyptian, ca. 3000-2920 BCEOutline of Current Lecture I. Pyramids at Gizeh, Old Kingdom Egyptian, ca. 2551-2472 BCECurrent LectureI. Pyramids at Gizeha. Giza is in lower Egypt, and there are three pyramids built hereb. The smallest and youngest is Menkaure, middle is Khafre (limestone cap), Khufu is the oldest and largest (in that order)c. Khufu is 510 feet high; each side is 775 feet and the base covers 13 acresi. Consists of 2 million granite blocks, each approximately weighing 2 tonsii. Had airshafiii. Took 100,000 slaves 20 years to build1. Paid in food; very organized (workers were treated well)2. It was an honor to work on the pyramid for the pharoh d. Pyramids represented strength and power of pharohs i. Suggest formation of society- pharaoh at top, base of many people e. Khafre’s pyramid- w/ limestone cap, limestone 17 feet thick i. Apex (very top) was gilded in gold1. Beacon to thievesf. Mastaba was an underground burial chamberi. The ka is the immortal spirit of a personii. If a body was damaged, the ka needed a place to go, so a statue/figure was placed near the burial chamber for the ka to go intoThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.g. Step pyramid is one mastaba stacked on top of another h. Pyramid is a tomb, ziggurat was platform for religious ceremonies i. Ziggurats were ofen rectangular; pyramids had square base, as it was more stableii. Pyramids used limestone and other different building materials that last longeri. Necropolisj. - the City of the Deadi. Funeral procession began on the Nile. Then the pharaoh’s body was brought to the Valley Temple (where the mummification takes place), andthen to the Mortuary Temple (priests perform ceremonies honoring the pharaoh). ii. Pyramids were planned by pharaohs years before their deathiii. Mortuary meant “to honor”k. Ka figures were kept in Khafre’s Valley Templei. Mummification took place here over a 70 day period1. Body is dehydrated2. If body is damaged during this process, ka must
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