ARTH 1380 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Great Sphinx Of Giza, Hatshepsut, Nebamun
26 Jul 2016
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The flooding of a nile was a giving. Represented the human head with a animal body. The belief of a ka; they believe of an after-live, when a body dies, they still continues to live in the other sides. The cult of death is an important aspect of life. Stepped pyramid of king zoser/djoser imhotep, architect (ca. The great pyramid, gizeh of pharoahs khufi, khafre, menkaure. The shape is changed because of the sun gods ra. They"re set along for the set and rise of the sun. The scale is extremely large, comparing to human scale. Sitting a large desert plain, it stand out. The pharaoh provided the burial to transcends the after-live. The body of a lion and a head of a human. The purpose for the tomb for the pharaoh with many figure was to keep body intact to serve in as protection. To make sure that akah has a physical home.
