CAS AR 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Bent Pyramid, Great Sphinx Of Giza, Interior Design
25 Mar 2017
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Giza in the 4th dynasty, prof. kathryn bard. 2613-2494 bc: major change in scale of egyptian culture & administration, pyramid complex & estates: ability of the state to feed, clothe, house, & organize large scale programs of great complexity, tombs built with simple technology. Used things like sleds and water to lubricate: pyramids, 1) whole complex of tomb, temples, ceremonial rooms, courtyards, alters, processional ways, 2) pyramids estates ( pious foundations ): for support of pyramid temple. We simply don"t know: air spaces are called relieving chambers. Khufu"s sub boat: queen hetepheres"s tomb, she was the mother of khufu, had a gold chair, stone headrest, and gold jewelry. Sarcophagus was empty, but her embalmed organs were there. Interior design f pyramid is much simpler than his father"s: made of 3 different types of lime stone, carved with a body of a lion, which was the symbol of a king, and the head of a king.
