ARTH 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Bent Pyramid, 27Th Century Bc, Dahshur
Document Summary
Sleds were used to drag bricks across desert. Set the tome for pyramids after, site a standard for royal burial sites. Two ceremonial house representing upper and lower egypt. Engaged columns were some of the first columns to stand. 2613 bc pharaoh snefru took the throne (smiter of barabarians) Maydum pyramid was a pyramid, started as step pyramid, represents crucial turning point in pyramid construction, filled in steps. Dashur next building site (the bent pyramid) tried to recorrect structure. 1 mile, red pyramid (would of bled the economy dry) Corbeled vaulted ceiling (first) ; this is how they were able to create rooms inside the pyramid. Son, khufu built the biggest and most perfect pyramid. Sesotris iii wanted gold from nubia (bring back egypt to former glory) 1479 bc hatshepsut (rules with thutmose iii because he was too young) She was a king, and commissioned a temple.
