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Egypt

Published on Nov 23, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Egypt

pre-3500 B.C. to 624 a.d.

monumental architecture

  • something that is man-made
  • used in public spaces
  • something that lots of people can go to and use
  • a prime example would be the great pyramids
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Some examples of architecture would be :



- the Giza Complex
-the Karnak Temple
- the Luxor temple


They were built mainly because of the polytheistic religion that the Egyptians
believed in.

The most MEMORABLE

  • The library of Alexandria
  • because of the vast knowledge it contains
  • over all the history of Egypt (and the ancient world)
  • although it was burned in 391 AD, the historic site is even 
  • more beautiful in modern egypt
the library was believed to be built in 288 B.C. ,
The Bibliotheca Alexandria or better known as The Library of Alexandria was in charge of collecting all the (ancient) world's knowledge, it is said that the library held around 700,000 scrolls.

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