CAS AR 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Terracotta Army, Qin Dynasty, Tumulus

• School: Boston University
• Department: Archaeology
• Course: CAS AR 100
• Professor: Laura Heath- Stout

Document Summary

For the people to deal with the transition of power. Shaft to a burial chamber beneath for pharaoh or elites: stepped pyramids. Stepped pyramid of djoser: started as mastaba tombs then built more on top of each other, djoser of 3rd dynasty, was buried underground of structure. 39: found objects in chambers bearing the name namer, the first egypt king, failed attempts of constructing true pyramids. Bent pyramid: experimented by pharaoh sneferu, problem achieving the proper angle of inclination causing smaller and shorter, but pharaoh still buried underneath, true pyramids the three great pyramids at giza during 4th dynasty (2613 - Function: protection, ancestor cult descendants can come and pay respects, king"s after life, akh"s residence, joining the sun-god, re , osiris, king of the underworld. 40: funeral temple, enclosure wall, causeway (processional ramp, valley temple (front one, satellite pyramids may have pharaoh"s family.