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THOTHMES PILLAR OF GRANITE

Dating from the New Kingdom Found in the sanctuary in Karnak (Lepsius, Tagebuch)...

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FLOOR PAINTING

From Tell el Amarna Dynasty XVIII, 1379-1362 B.C. Egyptian Museum, Cairo This is a portion of a floor painting with ducks, papyrus, and lotus flowers from the palace at Tell el Amarna. It was intended to be walked on....

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BURIAL VAULT OF SENNOFER

Sheikh Abd el Gurna, Thebes Dynasty XVIII, c. 1448-1422 B.C. The normal effects of the unfinished and unsquared walls of this tomb are minimized by the painting. Notice the beautiful patterns juxtaposed on the ceiling....

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GEESE OF MEIDUM

From the Mastaba of Itel, Meidum Early Dynasty IV, C. 2700 B.C. Cairo Museum Painted in sharp flat colors, these geese stand out against a neutral ground. In formal symmetry they face another group of three geese. They are a small part of a panel which is five feet long and only nine inches high. This is the oldest Egyptian painting to survive....

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Detail, HUNTING AND FISHING

From the tomb of Menna Thebes Dynasty XVIII, C. 1422-1411 B.C. Depth in space is two-dimensional. Objects in the distance are kept the same size as those nearby and placed on top of them....

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Detail, ENGAGED COLUMN WITH PAPYRUS CAPITAL

Mortuary Complex of King Zoser Saqqara Dynasty III, 2780-2680 B.C. This beautiful form is introduced in Zoser's complex and lasts in variations throughout Egyptian architecture....

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PLAN OF TYPICAL FUNERARY COMPLEX

This diagram, while not of any specific funerary complex, shows the basic parts found at most of the sites. The body of the king was brought to the valley temple for the beginning of the burial process. In the valley temple it was "mummyfied" and prepared for burial over a period of two to three months. Next it was moved in a wooden coffin on a cer...

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SECTION THRU A HOME WITH CELLAR

Pompeii 2nd century This sectional view through a tradesman's home in Pompeii shows a cellar beneath the peristyle. The inwardly sloped roof and the roof opening (compluvium) can be clearly seen above the impluvium of the atrium....

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PAINTED WALL PANEL

House of the Samnite Herculaneum 2nd century B.C. Typical of the first style is the wall panel painted in different colors to look like different kinds of marble....

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COLONNADE

Forum of Pompeii After 80 B.C. The two-tiered colonnade has columns in the Doric style on the bottom and slender Ionic columns on top of a cross beam. In Pompeii many columns were made of brick and covered with stucco....

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