ARTH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Lake Nasser, Ptah, Narmer
14 Apr 2016
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Upper egypt farther south, ruled by pharaohs. Most of the people live near it. Stone with inscripions in greek and hieroglyphics: roseta stone because found in town called roseta, carved in 196 bce, used greek to understand the hieroglyphics. Worshipped as the aten, disk of the sun. Story torn to bits, mother went to underworld and brought him back to life. Weighs the heart of the dead to determine worthiness to enter the realm of the dead. Complex process for preserving the body ater death. Mud brick tomb with batered walls above ground. Vary in size depending on wealth, social status etc. Ziggurat plaform for temple: nothing inside, meant to be climbed. Pyramid tomb: sealed ater death, not meant to be ascended by people. Plan for this tomb changed over ime started as a simple mastaba tomb. Djoser ka statue named his architect, imhotep: imhotep thought to have curaive powers, first architect to be named.
