Transcript Monuments, Temples, and Pyramids

*Monuments: A structure such as
a building to memorialize
something.
The Mount Rushmore Monument: This monument
is located in South Dakota. It is memorializing four
great U.S.A. Presidents: George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and
Abraham Lincoln.
The Washington Monument:The Washington Monument is
the most prominent structure in Washington, D.C. The
555-foot, 5-1/8" marble obelisk honors the nation's
founding father George Washington, who led the
Continental Army to victory, and then became the nation‘s
first president under the Constitution.
The Statue of Liberty Monument:The Statue of Liberty
Enlightening the World was a gift of friendship from the
people of France to the United States and is a universal
symbol of freedom and democracy. The Statue of Liberty
was dedicated on October 28, 1886, designated as a
National Monument in 1924 and restored for her centennial
on July 4, 1986.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: The memorial includes the
names of over 58,000 servicemen and women who gave
their lives in service in the Vietnam Conflict.
Washington National Cathedral Monument:
is
a cathedral of the Episcopal Church located in Washington, D.C., the
capital of the United States. Of neogothic design closely modeled on
English Gothic style of the late fourteenth century, it is the sixth-largest
cathedral in the world, the second-largest in the United States,[
*Temple: A place of worship
Temple of Abu Simbel: The twin
temples were originally carved out of the mountainside
during the reign of Pharaoh Ramesses II in the 13th
century BCE, as a lasting monument to himself and his
queen Nefertari, to commemorate his alleged victory at
the Battle of Kadesh.
Luxor Temple: large Ancient Egyptian
temple complex located on the east bank of the
Nile River in the city today known
as Luxor (ancient Thebes) and was founded in
1400 BCE.
*Pyramids: A large, burial tomb
The Great Sphinx of Giza (commonly referred to as the Sphinx, is
a limestone statue of a reclining or sphinx (a mythical creature with a lion's body and
a human head) that stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of
the Nile in Giza, Egypt. The face of the Sphinx is generally believed to represent the
face of thePharaoh Khafra. It is the largest monolith statue in the world, standing 73.5
metres (241 ft) long, 19.3 metres (63 ft) wide, and 20.22 m (66.34 ft) high. It is the
oldest known monumental sculpture, and is commonly believed to have been built by
ancient Egyptians of the Old Kingdom during the reign of the Pharaoh Khafra (c.
2558–2532 BC).
The earliest temple obelisk still in its original position is the
68-foot (20.7 m) 120-ton[3] red granite Obelisk of Senusret
I of the XIIth Dynasty at Al-Matariyyah part of Heliopolis.[4]
The obelisk symbolized the sun god Ra, and during the
brief religious reformation ofAkhenaten was said to be a
petrified ray of the Aten, the sundisk. It was also thought
that the god existed within the structure.
Tie Altogether
• Magnitude and Cost.
• How they constructed them.
• How the decisions to construct them
affected the people.
Hieroglyphics: Egyptian
hieroglyphs were a formal writing
system used by the ancient
Egyptians that combined words
and letters to communicate.
Egyptians used cursive
hieroglyphs for religious
literature on papyrus and wood.
Hieroglyphic Alphabet
Directions: Using a cartouche and your hieroglyphic
alphabet, write your first name .