Ancient Mesopotamia Architecture

Excavations of Ancient Egypt has led historians to uncover bits and pieces of life during that time period, but only to a limited extent. Historians have been able to conclude that the Ancient Egyptians valued tombs and temples, and had specific domestic housing architecture. Analyses of these features indicates Ancient Egyptian lifestyles; however, these features only provide historians with a limited amount of knowledge due to no direct evidence from robbing of tombs, flooding of the Nile, and the destruction of buildings. Historians have frequently discovered tombs which implies that Egyptians highly valued caring for and honoring the deceased. Before dying, people would carefully select objects that they wanted to be placed in their tomb. The objects placed in the tomb …show more content…
Temples have been found to be of religious importance to Ancient Egyptians. The location of temples gives insight on how a town or city was planned and constructed. This in turn, then signifies what buildings and residential areas society thought were most important to be close to the temple (FOOTNOTE TEMPLE ARTICLE). For example, in Amarna the people erected a central temple followed by several sectors of palaces, domestic housing, office administrative buildings, and ramps. This implies that a centralized form of government existed, as well as social stratification. A higher power had to have organized the planning and building, while people with less power executed the plan. However, no more knowledge can be excavated because Amarna suffered a large loss of river frontage due to flooding of the Nile. The floods limit knowledge about Ancient Egyptians since floods destroyed direct evidence. Seasonal flooding forced Egyptians to constantly rebuild. Consequently, due to rebuilding, no direct evidence of these settlements exists in these areas. Amarna was lucky since only a portion was