Egypt developed very early and among the most notable areas is their early development in architecture. This is mostly attributed to… this paper will focus on critically analyzing two ancient works of Egyptian architecture; the Egyptian pyramids and the great temple of Ammon, Karnak.
Design
The ancient Egyptian pyramids are pyramid-shaped structures that were built as tombs for Pharoahs. The ancient Egyptians believed that the Pharaohs were chosen by God to serve as mediators between humans and gods, hence they were treated with a lot of respect. After their death, they were buried in pyramid together with their possessions that would be useful to them in their afterlife. The shape was also influenced by the belief that they were “launch pads” for the soul of the dead Pharaoh to the sky to live with the imperishable stars. Others believed the pyramids were a stairway for the souls of the Pharaoh to climb to the sky. There are no existing records of the building plans used to build the pyramids, and as a result most of the design schemes that people have come up with over the years are speculative. Different theories have been put forward as to why they were built in the shape of a pyramid.the most common is that this shape reflects the rays of the sun. In his book The Keys to the Temple, David Furlong (1997, pp ) believed that the ancient Egyptians worked on the plan of the pyramids in the form of a triangle, basing their calculations on the basic properties of a triangle such as equal sides and the angles of an equilateral triangle. He came up with a basic plan of how the pyramid’s plan might have looked through use of basic geometry. See figure 1
Pyramids are believed to have evolved into the perfect pyramid shape, with the initial pyramids being the step pyramids, which were built by placing layers of building material differing in length. True pyramids were