EGYPT- RIVER VALLEY CIVILAZATION BY MEGAN WINGER

• What is monumental architecture.
• architecture that a civilization is remembered for.

PYRAMIDS

• The pyramids were built as tombs for Egyptian rulers.
• They were built to memorialize their rulers.

SPHINX

• The sphinx was intended to associate the king with the sun god.
• It was built for the pharaoh Khafre.

MOST IMPORTANT

• The most important architecture was the pyramids.
• The pyramids were the most important because they are the most recognizable.

WHY THEY WERE BUILT

• They ancient Egyptians built to show their power.
• They pyramids are just tombs for ancient Egyptian rulers.
• The ancient rulers did not need and large pyramids as there tombs.
• The sphinx was built for a specific king.

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