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Ancient Egyptian: Ancient Egypt Omnipotence Supernatural Harvests Fertility Palace Temple Rituals Benediction

Ancient Egyptian architecture was closely tied to religious beliefs, with gods and the divine playing an important role. Temples and palaces were seen as houses for the gods and were often constructed under the direction of priests or rulers accompanied by religious rituals. Cities and important buildings represented the separation of the divine sacred space from the natural world outside and aimed to maintain blessings from the gods. Architects worked within long-standing traditions rather than as sole innovators.

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Ancient Egyptian: Ancient Egypt Omnipotence Supernatural Harvests Fertility Palace Temple Rituals Benediction

Ancient Egyptian architecture was closely tied to religious beliefs, with gods and the divine playing an important role. Temples and palaces were seen as houses for the gods and were often constructed under the direction of priests or rulers accompanied by religious rituals. Cities and important buildings represented the separation of the divine sacred space from the natural world outside and aimed to maintain blessings from the gods. Architects worked within long-standing traditions rather than as sole innovators.

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Ancient Egyptian[edit]

Main article: Ancient Egyptian architecture

In Ancient Egypt and other early societies, people believed in the omnipotence of gods, with many
aspects of daily life carried out with respect to the idea of the divine or supernatural and the way it
was manifest in the mortal cycles of generations, years, seasons, days and nights. Harvests for
example were seen as the benevolence of fertility deities. Thus, the founding and ordering of the city
and her most important buildings (the palace and temple) were often executed by priests or even the
ruler himself and the construction was accompanied by rituals intended to enter human activity into
continued divine benediction.
Ancient architecture is characterized by this tension between the divine and mortal world. Cities
would mark a contained sacred space over the wilderness of nature outside, and the temple or
palace continued this order by acting as a house for the gods. The architect, be he priest or king,
was not the sole important figure, he was merely part of a continuing tradition. [citation needed]

Pair of obelisks of Nebsen; 2323-2100 BC; limestone; (the one from left) height: 52.7 cm, (the one
from right) height: 51.1 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)
 

Model of a house; 1750-1700 BC; pottery; 27 x 27 x 17 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art


 

Ceiling painting from the palace of Amenhotep III; circa 1390–1353 BC; dried mud, mud plaster and
paint Gesso; 140 x 140 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art
 

Window grill from a palace of Ramesses III; 1184-1153 BC; painted sandstone; height: 103.5 cm,
width: 102.9 cm, depth: 14.6 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art
 

 Column with Hathor-emblem capital and names of Nectanebo I on the shaft; 380–362 BC;
limestone; height: 102 cm, width: 34.3 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art
 

The Temple of Dendur; completed by 10 BC; aeolian sandstone; temple proper: height: 6.4 m, width:
6.4 m; length: 12.5 m; Metropolitan Museum of Art

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