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Tuesday 15 May 2012

Ancient Egyptian Architecture

The Temple of Edfu drawing

The Nile valley (River Nile) has been one of the most influential and miraculous civilizations know to architecture, which developed a vast range of miscellaneous structures and buildings. Around about the 3rd Century BC the Egyptians started their own architectural style and started to build temples out of stone instead of mud-brick. They often illustrated figures of men, gods, kings and hieroglyphics on their buildings. That is where the tradition of engraved illustrations on buildings came from. They also were the first civilization to use columns, which in later stages were developed and became one of the most important discoveries made in the history of Architecture.



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