URSI 110--The City

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Egypt

Key Ideas:

• Step pyramids
• Pyramids
• Necropolis
• Lotus column
• Post-and-lintel construction

City Form

• Tell el-Amarna
• Complex plan
• Village plan
• Deir-el-Medina
• Ruins
• View
• Kahun (Hotep Sosestris)

Transportation

• River transportation 1 & 2

Public Buildings

• Temple & pyramid
• Pyramid
• Step pyramid at Zoser
• Pyramid at Giza
• Pyramid construction 1, 2, 3, 4
• Burial Chamber 1, 2
• Temple
• Plan 1,2
• Entry
• Temple at Amarna 1, 2
• Temple of Amun at Luxor 2, 3
• Temple of Hatsheput

Commercial/Industrial

• Exports:
• Textiles
• Pottery
• Building materials
• Paper
• Furniture
• Stone/minerals
• Weaponry
• Grain (wheat/barley)
• Tools
• Fine Goods (jewelry, statuary 2, 3)
• Gold
• Glassware

Residential/Daily Life

• Housing
• Tell el-Amarna house
• House models 1, 2, 3
• Construction techniques
• Post & lintel 1, 2
• Radial vaults
• Arches from Temple of Rameses II

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© 2006 A.J.Filipovitch
Revised 30 August 11