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Mastaba
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ancient Egyptian burial tomb with slanting roof and
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Serdab
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Chamber inside of mastaba containing statue of the deceased
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Reserve Head
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sculpture made of fine limestone -(Armarna?)
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Canon of Proportions
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Gridding style used by Egyptian's to make paintings proportional
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Fresco secco
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painted after plaster dried
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Fresco Stucco
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painted while plaster was wet
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Atlantid
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male supporting column
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Caryatid
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female supporting column
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Reserve column
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column not meant to support structure
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Rosetta stone
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three languagues that unlocked egyptian hieroglyphics
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Pylon temple (know its parts)
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Pylon- Court- Hypostyle hall- Sanctuary- enclosure wall- colossal statue of the Pharaoh- obelisks- avenue of sphinx
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Hypostyle hall
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column room/ pylon room with hieroglyphics
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Clerestory
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A portion of a hall that is higher than the surrounding ceilings and which has windows for illumination.
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Necropolis
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city of the dead
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Ben-ben
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was the mound that arose from the primordial waters Nu and on which the creator god Atum settled
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Ka
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spiritual entity that resides in the body- hand protruding form head
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Tectiforms
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human presence among images
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Hall of Bulls- Prehistoric 15,000-13,000
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Spotted Horses, 22,000, Prehistoric
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The Palette of King Narmer- 3000-2920, old kindom
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Victory Stele of Naram-Sin, 2254-2218, Akkadian
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Code of Hammurabi, 1780, Babylonian
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step pyramid of djoser (Zoser and precinct, 2630-2611, old kindom
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Pyramid of Khafre and great Sphinx, 2520-2494, Old Kindom
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lamassu from citadel of Sargon II, 720-705, Assyrian
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Khafre Seated, 2520-2924, Old Kindom
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Seated Scribe, 2450-1350, Old Kindom
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Seated Gudea figure, 2100, NeoSumerian
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menkaure and khamerernebty, 2490-2472, Old Kindom
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Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt, 2450-2350, Old Kingdom
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Rock cut tomb of Amenemhet, 1950-1900, Middle kindom
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Army of first emperor of Qin, 210, Qin dynasty, China
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Great wall of China, 210, Qin dynasty, China
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Mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut, 1473-1458, New Kindom
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Hypostyle Hall, Temple of Amen Ra, Karnak, 1290-1224, New Kindom
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Temple of Ramses II, 1290-1224, New Kingdom, Egypt
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Inner Temple of Ramses II, 1290-1224, New Kingdom
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Valley of the Kings, 16th century to 11th century, New Kingdom
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Colossi of Memnon (Amenhotep III), 1350 New Kingdom, Egypt
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Pylon Temple of Horus, 237-246, New Kindom
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Inner Altar of the Temple of Horus, 237-247, New Kindom
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Akhenaton and Nefertiti, 1353-1355, Armarna Period, Egypt
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Queen Tiye, 1353-1355, African influence-Amarna Period
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[Thutmose] Head of Nefertiti, 1355, Amarna Period, Egypt
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Death mask of King tut, 1325, New Kindom
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The last judgment of Hu-Nefer, 1290-1280, New Kindom
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