ARTH 227 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Narmer, Amarna, Notch Signaling Pathway
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Capital moves to memphis by the end of early dynastic period (up the nile) Tombs are subterranean structures covered by sand. Old kingdom: built out of stone rather than earth, stepped/layer cake kind of tomb, pyramid of djoser rather than giza- type, burial complex underneath it. Various types of ceremonies happening in courtyard. Lots of little pyramids but development toward form that we are familiar with. Polished limestone: menkaure, khafre, khufu- more than a million limestone blocks. Accessed by a series of narrow shafts. Within the pyramid there are galleries, shafts, chambers. Eathen ramps to bring the stone along. 20-30,000 builders and lotsa years to build: workers village comes out to play. Deir el-medina: cramped conditions, small places for them to live: agricultural workers working during the down seasons not. Physical representation of relationship btwn king and solar diety. Akhenaten: heretic pharaoh: revolutionary shift to monotheistic worship of aten, important inovations in arts, architecture, writing.
