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Egyptian Architecture
 | Pharos Island Lighthouse Alexandria, Pharos Island Lighthouse |
 | Androsphinx "Androsphinx of Thothmes III."-Whitney, 1902 |
 | Building Ancient Egyptian building |
 | Mosque Mohammed Ali In Cairo, the Mosque of Mohammed Ali is located on the Mokattam Hills. |
 | Capital Types Figures a and b show the bell-shaped (campaniform) capital. Figure c is a palmiform capital. |
 | Bell Capital with Papyrus A bell capital with papyrus decoration. |
 | Floral Capital Ptolemaic floral capital from Philae. |
 | Lobed Lotus Capital Lobed lotus capital from the Theban Oasis. |
 | Palm Capital Palm capital from the Temple of Edfu. |
 | Citadel, Cairo Gateway of the Citadel, Cairo |
 | Egyptian Column Campaniform column. |
 | Egyptian Column Lotus-bundle column from the Temple of Thomthmes III, Karnak. |
 | Column "Columns are largely employed in the architecture of Egyptian temples. They are of various forms." —D'Anvers, 1895 |
 | Column "Columns are largely employed in the architecture of Egyptian temples. They are of various forms." —D'Anvers, 1895 |
 | Column Types Egyptian columns had shafts of three types: a) circular or cylindrical, b) clustered, c) polygonal or proto-doric. The first two tapered upward and sometimes had a slight swelling at the base (d). |
 | Capital of a column "Many columns have capitals representing palm leaves." —D'Anvers, 1895 |
 | Columns Columns |
 | Egypt, Plan of the Memnonium, Thebes Plan of the Memnonium, at Thebes. |
 | Egypt, Types of Columns of Types of Egyptian Columns. |
 | Egyptian Temple Sleep temples are regarded by some as an early instance of hypnosis over 4000 years ago, under the influence of Imhotep. |
 | Elliptical Arch "Upright elliptical arch, sometimes called the egg-shaped arch, employed in Egyptian and Sassanian architecture." — The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1910 |
 | Gizeh Pyramid The Great Pyramid at Gizeh |
 | Horseshoe Arch "Pointed horseshoe arches, found in the mosque of Tulun, Cairo, 9th century." — The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1910 |
 | Kaid Bey Mosque "Exterior view of Kaid Bey Mosque, Cairo." — Encyclopedia Britanica, 1893 |
 | Kaid Bey Mosque "Interior view of Kaid Bey Mosque, Cairo." — Encyclopedia Britanica, 1893 |
 | Kait Bey Mosque "Exterior of Kait Bey Mosque, Cairo." — The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1910 |
 | Karnak Capital Campaniform capital at Karnak. |
 | Mosque "Court of the Mosque of Tulun, Cairo." — The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1910 |
 | Obelisk Obelisk of Heliopolis |
 | Osirid Pier In several Egyptian temples there are square or rectangular piers fronted with colossal sculptured figures of Osirid holding a scourge and a "Nile key" or "key of life." |
 | Pillar and beam "Columns are largely employed in the architecture of Egyptian temples. They are of various forms." —D'Anvers, 1895 |
 | Pylon "Pylon (entrance-gate) of an Egyptian temple." —D'Anvers, 1895 |
 | Pylon "Exterior of the Pylon of the Temple of Edfu." — The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1910 |
 | Pyramid Sphinx "Pyramid and Sphinx at Gizeh" — Morey, 1903 |
 | Pyramids The pyramids of Egypt. |
 | Pyramids Pyramids and palms |
 | Pyramids and sphinx Pyramids and sphinx |
 | Ramesseum "The Ramesseum" — Morey, 1903 |
 | Sphinx "Sphinx is a Greek word signifying 'strangler,' applied to certain symbolical forms of Egyptian origin, having the body of a lion, a human or an animal head, and two wings. Various other combinations of animal forms have been called by this name, though they are rather griffins or chimæras. Human-headed sphinxes have been called andro-sphinxes; that with the head of a ram, a criosphinx; and that with a hawk's head, a hieracosphinx. The form when complete had the wings added at the sides; but these are of a later period and seem to have originated with the Babylonians or Assyrians. In Egypt the sphinx also occurs as the symbolical form of the monarch considered as a conqueror, the head of the reigning king being placed on a loin's body, the face bearded, and the usual head dress. Thus used, the sphinx was generally male; but in the case of female rulers that figure has a female head and the body of a lioness. The most remarkable sphinx is the Great Sphinx at Gizeh (Giza), a colossal form hewn out of the natural rock, and lying about a quarter of a mile S.E. of the Great Pyramid. It is sculptured out of a spur of the rock itself, to which masonry has been added in certain places to complete the shape, and it measures 172 feet 6 inches long by 56 feet high."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911) |
 | Sphinx "Egyptian Sphinx."—D'Anvers, 1895 |
 | Sphinx An ancient Egyptian divinity, who personified wisdom and the fertility of nature. This goddess was transplanted to Greece, where it became possessed with malignant power and partook of the nature of a monster. |
 | Sphinx The Egyptian Sphinx and Pyramids. |
 | Egyptian temple "Rock-cut temple at Ipsambul, on the Nile." —D'Anvers, 1895 |
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