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Egyptian Architecture

Egyptian Architecture

The Funerary Complex and Stepped Pyramid of Zoser were built in about 2750 B.C.  It was designed to be a residence for the afterlife, a replica of the royal palace, and a stage for the enactment of the elaborate rituals and festivals of kingship.  The designer of the complex was Imhotep.  He originally designed the complex to be a large example of the traditional mastabas.  The only difference was that instead of using customary sun baked brick; huge blocks of cut stone were used.  Over the years of construction, the mastabas were enlarged several times.  An excessively large mastaba became the core of a huge superstructure built over an extended rectangular plan 411 by 358 feet, with five sloping setbacks toward the top, now 204 feet high.  The shape of the pyramid represented a staircase to which the pharaoh might ascend to join the sun god Amon-Ra. The original mastaba had now been transformed into a stepped pyramid.  Zoser was buried 92 feet underground in his granite!
-lined tomb.  The rectangular funerary complex measures 1,800 by 900 feet and is surrounded by a large stonewall 33 feet high.  The wall does

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