Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
DYNASTY
YEARS
Archaic Period
1-2
3100-2700 B.C.
Old Kingdom
3-6
2700-2200 B.C.
Intermediate Period
7-10
2200-2050 B.C.
Middle Kingdom
11-12
2050-1800 B.C.
Intermediate Period
13-17
1800-1570 B.C.
New Kingdom
18-20
1570-1085 B.C.
Post-Empire
21-31
1085-332 B.C.
Features of mud
construction were
often echoed in
stone.
For example,
Corner detailing
often resembled
bunches of reeds
used as a binding
material in mud
construction.
Chapel
Shaft
Tomb
Relieving
Blocks
Grand Gallery
Kings Chamber
Queens Chamber
Thieves Tunnel
False Tomb Chamber
Entrance
Entrances were
hidden to protect
tomb treasures
from grave-robbers.
Over the millennia
this has proven
largely
unsuccessful. Only
Tutenkhamens
tomb eluded them.
Entrance
Second Pylon
First Pylon
Sacred Area
including Chapels
Wall openings
gaps between
columns
clerestory windows