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Monumental Architecture

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

MONUMENTAL ARCHITECTURE

Made to show wealth and status
Photo by marcp_dmoz

EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS

  • Built as tombs for pharaohs
  • There are 138 but only 3 main pyramids
  • Built by up to 100,000 people
Photo by apdk

MOST MEMORABLE ABOUT THEM

  • We're up to 481 feet tall
  • 138 were made
  • The Giza pyramid complex has the 3 biggest

PURPOSE

The purpose of the pyramids was to be used as tombs for the pharaohs.
Photo by Keith Yahl

TIKAL TEMPLE

  • Located in the Guatemala
  • Topped by a funerary shrine
  • Contains 3 dark, narrow chambers accessed by a single door
  • Founded in 732 AD
  • Abandoned in 1450
Photo by mtsrs

MOST MEMERABLE

  • 154 feet tall
  • Rises in 9 stepped levels symbolizing the 9 levels of the underworld
Photo by jdlasica

PURPOSE

I think the purpose was also used for tombs
Photo by 4Neus

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