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97 Cards in this Set
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Hagar Qim
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Malta, 3200-2500 BCE Neolithic
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Human with feline head
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Hohlenstein-stadel, Germany 30000-28000 BCE Paleolithic
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Venus of Willendorf
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Wiliendorf, Austria, 28000-25000 BCE, Paleolithic
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Woman holding a bison horn
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Laussel, France, 25000-20000 BCE Paleolithic
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Two Bison
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Cave at Le Tuc d’Audoubert, France 15000-10000 BCE, Paleolithic
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Bison with turned head
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La Madeleine, France, 12000 BCE, Paleolithic
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Bison from Altamira
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Altamira, Spain 12000-11000 BCE Paleolithic
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Spotted horses from Pech-Merle
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Pech-Merle, France, ca 22000 BCE paleolithic
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Hall of the Bulls from Lauscaux
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Lascaux, France 15000-13000 BCE paleolithic
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Stone tower at Jericho
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Jericho, present day Palestinian territory, Neolithic 8000-7000 BCE
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Human figure from Ain Ghazal
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Jordan 6750-6250 BCE Neolithic
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Landscape with volcanic eruption
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Level VII, catal Hoyuk, turkey 6150 bce, neolithic
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Stonehenge
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Salisbury Plain, England 2550-1600 BCE Neolithic
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Paleolithic
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Old stone age, during which humankind produced first sculpture and painting
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Neolithic
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New stone age
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profile view
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seen from the side
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frontal view
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seen from the front
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composite view/ twisted perspective
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convention of represention in which part of a figure is shown in profile and another
part of the same figure is shown frontally, bison
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sculpture in the round
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free standing figure carved or modeled in 3 dimensions
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relief sculpture
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in sculture,figures projecting from a background of which they are part, the degree of relief is designated high low or sunken
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corbel vaulting
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vault formed by the piling of stone blocks in horizontal courses, cantilevered inward until the two walls meet in an arch
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apse
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recess usually semicircular in the wall of a building
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post-and-lintel
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system of construction in which two posts support a lintel
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Hammurabi’s Law Code
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Susa, Iran, Babylonian, 1780 BCE
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White Temple and Ziggurat
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Uruk, Iraq, Sumerian, 3200-3000 BCE
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Female head (Inanna?)
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Uruk (modern Warka), Iraq, Sumerian 3200-3000 BCE
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Warka Vase
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Uruk (modern Warka), Iraq, Sumerian 3200-3000 BCE
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Statuetes from Eshnunna
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Square Temple at Eshnunna, Iraq, Sumerian 2700 BCE
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Stele of Vultures
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Girsu, Iraq, Sumerian 2600-2500 BCE
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Standard of Ur
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Royal Cemetary, tomb 779, Ur, Iraq, Sumerian, 2600 BCE
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Bull-headed Lyre
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Royal Cemetary, tomb 789, Ur, Iraq, Sumerian 2600 BCE
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Head of Akkadian Ruler
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Nineveh, Iraq, Akkadian 2250-2200 BCE
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Victory Stele of Naram-Sin
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Susa, Iran, Akkadian 2254-2218 BCE
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Votive Disk of Enheduanna
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Ur, Iraq, Akkadian 2300-2275 BCE
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Ziggurat of Ur
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Ur, Iraq, Neo Sumerian, 3rd dynasty of Ur 2100 BCE
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Seated Statue of Gudea
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Girsu, Iraq, Neo Sumerian 2100 BCE
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Lion Gate
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Hattus, Turkey, 1400 BC, Hittites
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Statue of Queen Napir-Asu
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Susa, Iran 1350-1300 BCE , Elamite
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Citadel of Sargon II
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Dur Sharrukin, Iraq, 720-705 BCE, Assyrian
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Lamassu
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Citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin, Iraq 720-705 BCE Assyrian
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Assyrian Archers pursuing enemies
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Northwest palace of AShurnasirpal II, Kalhu, Iraq, 875-860 BCE Assyrian
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Ashurbanipl Hunting Lions
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North Palace of Ashurbanipal,Nineveh, Iraq, 645-640 BCE Assyrian
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Isthar Gate
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Babylon, Iraq, Neo Babylonian, 575 BCE
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Persepolis Apadana
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Persepolis, Iran 521-465 BCE Persian
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Processional from Persepolis
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Terrace of the apadana, Persepolis, Iran 521-465 BC, Persian
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city-state
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Independent, self-governing city, compare to unified nation, Ur, Sumer
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ziggurat
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monumental platform for a temple, white temple, uruk, sumer
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registers/friezes
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one of a series of superimposed bands or friezes in a pictorial narrative, or the particular levels on which motifs are placed, Warka Vase, Sumeria
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hierarchy of scale
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artistic convention in which greater size indicates greater importance, Warka Vase, Sumerian
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lamassu
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Assyrian guardian in the form of a manheaded winged bull, lamassu from citadel of sargon II, Assyrian
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apadana
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great audience hall in ancient Persian palaces, Persepolis, Persian, Iran
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People, boats, animals
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Tomb 100, hierakonpolis, Upper Egypt, Predynastic period 3500-3200 BCE
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Palette of King Narmer
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Hierakonpolis, Upper Egypt, Early Dynastic period 3000-2920 BCE
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Stepped Pyramid of Djoser
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Saqarra, ancient necropolis for Memphis, Lower Egypt, Imhotep, Early Dynasty (3rd) 2630-2611 BCE
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Plan of precinct of Djoser
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Saqarra, Egypt, Imhotep, Early Dystasty (3rd) 2630-2611 BCE
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North Palace from Stepped Pyramid of Djoser
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Saqarra, Egypt, Imhotep, Early Dystasty (3rd) 2630-2611 BCE
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Great Pyramids
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Gizeh, Egypt, Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty
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Great Sphinx
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Gizeh, Egypt, Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty
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Khafre enthroned
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Gizeh, Egypt, Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty 2520-2494 BCE
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Menkaure and Khamerernebty
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Gizeh, Egypt, Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty 2490-2472 BCE
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Seated Scribe
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Saqqara, Egypt, Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty 2500 BCE
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Ti watching a hippopotamus hunt
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Mastaba of Ti, Saqqara, Egypt, 5th Dynasty 2450-2350 BCE
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Goats treading seed and cattle fording a canal
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Mastaba of Ti, Saqqara, Egypt, 5th Dynasty 2450-2350 BCE
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mastaba
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Arabic for bench, a rectangular brick or stone structure with sloping sides erected over an underground burial chamber, originally for single burial but later accommodated multiple family burials, chapel had a false door through which the ka could join the world of the living and partake in the meals placed on an offering table, stepped pyramid of djoser, Egypt
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serdab
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a small room housing a statue of the deceased, mortuary precinct of djoser, Egypt
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necropolis
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Greek word for “city of the dead”, Saqqara, in Memphis, Egypt
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engaged columns
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half round column attached to a wall, earliest known stone columns in the history of architecture, northern palace of mortuary precinct of Djoser, Egypt
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ashlar masonry
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consruction in which carefully cut and regulary shaped blocks of stone are piled in successive rows, or courses, Great Pyramid, Egypt
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ka
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life force, Egyptians developed mummification to ensure ka to live on after death
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artistic canon
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system of proportions, Egyptians applied strict cannon to depict human figure, Ti watching a hippoptamus hunt, egypt
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Death mask of Tutankhamen
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Tomb of Tutankhamen, Thebes, Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, 1323 BCE
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Fragmentary head of Senusret III
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Tomb of Senusret, Dashur, Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty 1860 BCE
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Interior hall of Amenemhet’s tomb
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Beni Hasan, Egypt,12th Dynasty, Middle Kingdom, 1950-1900 BCE
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Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut
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Deir el-Bahri, Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, 1473-1458 BCE
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Hatshepsut with offering jar
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Deir el-Bahri, Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, 1473-1458 BCE
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Façade of temple of Ramses II
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Abu Simbel, Egypt, New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, 1290-1224 BCE
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Interior of Ramses II temple
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Abu Simbel, Egypt, New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, 1290-1224 BCE
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Hypostyle hall, temple of Amen-Re
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Karnek, Egypt, New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, 1290-1224 BCE
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Senmut with Princess Nefrura
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Thebes, Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, 1470-1460 BCE
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Fowling scene from Nebamun’s tomb
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Tomb of Nebamun, Thebes, Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, 1400-1350 BCE
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Musicians and dancers from Nebamun’s tomb
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Tomb of Nebamun, Thebes, Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, 1400-1350 BCE
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Akhenton
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Temple of Aton, Karnak, Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, 1353-1335 BCE
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Nefertiti
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Amarna, Egypt, Thutmose, New Kingdom 18th Dynasty, 1353-1335 BCE
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Tiye
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Ghurab, Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, 1353-1335 BCE
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Akhenton, Nefertiti and three daughters
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Amarna, Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, 1353-1335
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Innermost coffin of Tutankhamen
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Tomb of Tutankhamen, Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, 1323 BCE
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Painted chest from tomb of Tutankhamen
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Tomb of Tutankhamen, Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, 1333-1323 BCE
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Last judgement of Hu-Nefer
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Tomb of Hu-Nefer, Thebes, Egypt, 19th Dynasty, 1290-1280 BCE
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Temple of Horus
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Edfu, Egypt, First Millenium BCE 237-47 BCE
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fluted columns
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Column shafts with vertical channels, which was emulated later by the Greeks, archaeologists believe fluting derived from the dressing of softwood trunks with the rounded cutting edge of the adze. Fluted stone columns are yet another case of Egyptian builders’ translating perishable natural forms into permanent architecture. Rock-cut tomb of Beni Hasan, Egypt
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colonnades
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A series or row of columns, Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut, Egypt
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façade
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usually the front of the building, also other sides when they are emphasized architecturally, temple of ramses II, egypt
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atlantid
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male figure that functions as a supporting column, temple of ramses II, egypt
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caryatid
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female figure that functions as a supporting column. temple of ramses II, egypt
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pylon temple
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wide entrance gateway of an Egyptian temple characterized by its sloping walls
temple of amen-re, karnak, egypt
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hypostyle hall
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A hall with a roof supported by columns, temple of amen-re, karnak, egypt
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fresco secco
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dry fresco, artists let the plaster dry before painting on it., permitted slower and more meticulous work than painting on wet plaster which had to be completed before the plaster dried. However it is not as durable as true fresco painting because the colors do not fuse with the wall surface
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