Ancient Egyptians used chronology based on dynasties and pharaohs although historians rely on classifying this period into Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom and the New Kingdom.
The Old Kingdom estates that Egyptian religion was focused on death, or the "afterlife." On the the earliest buildings of this era was the Mortuary Complex of Zoser which is located west of Memphis and north of Saqqara. The name of the architect was Imhotep. The most famous pyramids of this period are Khufu (Cheops) and the pyramid of Khafre (Chephren.)
The Middle Kingdom focuses on the main type of royal monument, the great pylon temples.
New Kingdom was the classic age for Egyptian art and architecture, this is the period where furniture was classified under two systems: simple geometry, and the shape of the human figure.
Egyptian furniture and architecture was easily conserved because of the climate and land conditions, it is easy to assume that this civilization majorly contributed in today's architecture and furniture design.
The following pictures show a contrast of architecture from this period compared to current applications.
Medium Pyramid Falcon City, Dubai.
The Pyramid of Giza, Egypt.
Ancient Egyptian Bed.
Modern Egyptian Daybed.
From Ali's Blog; I thought it was really good how she explained the story of the twins, and she also included the actual painting that was found. I found it really interesting how the painting can be interpreted in many ways, it does not necessarily meant that the twins were together as a couple, but I see how it can be interpreted in that way based on the painting. Although, in that culture men tend to be very affectionate towards each other.
From Ariana's blog; I really liked how all her picture have the same frame, her blog is really neat. Regarding the actual content I thought it was really good how she included her personal preferences in the acacia wood and how she included different examples not only from Egyptian architecture but also designs, paintings and furniture.
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