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The spiral stair is a type of stairway which, due to its complex helical structure, has been introduced relatively late into architecture. Although the oldest example dates back to the 5th century BC, [ 1 ] it was only in the wake of the influential design of the Trajan's Column that this space-saving new type permanently caught hold in ancient ...
Ankh signs in two-dimensional art were typically painted blue or black. [24] The earliest ankh amulets were often made of gold or electrum, a gold and silver alloy. Egyptian faience, a ceramic that was usually blue or green, was the most common material for ankh amulets in later times, perhaps because its color represented life and regeneration ...
The terraced temple was constructed between Hatshepsut's seventh and twentieth regnal years, during which building plans were repeatedly modified. In its design, it was heavily influenced by the adjacent Temple of Mentuhotep II of the Eleventh Dynasty built six centuries earlier.
The entrance stair descends steeply beneath an overhang. [5] It originally consisted of sixteen steps. The lowest six were cut away during the burial to make room to maneuver the largest pieces of funerary furniture through the doorway, then rebuilt, then removed again 3,400 years later when the excavators removed that same furniture.
The size and simple design show the high skill level of Egyptian design and engineering on a large scale. [27] The Great Pyramid of Giza , which was probably completed c. 2580 BC , is the oldest of the Giza pyramids and the largest pyramid in the world, and is the only surviving monument of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World .
A design of recessed niches decorates the lower edge. [1] Inscriptions run horizontally along the upper edge and vertically along the sides on all faces of the shrine. The inscriptions invoke two manifestations of Anubis: Imiut ( Jmj wt – "He who is in his wrappings") and Khenti-Seh-netjer ( Ḫntj-sḥ-nṯr – "The first of the god's hall ...
The Ankh is the Egyptian hieroglyphic character ☥, meaning "life". Ankh may also refer to: People. Ankh-ef-en-Khonsu i, an Ancient Egyptian priest of the god Mentu;
Ankh spawned two sequels: Ankh: Heart of Osiris and Ankh: Battle of the Gods. In 2006, the original Ankh was ported to Linux [3] and OS X. A Special Edition of the game was released in the UK in February 2007. [4] A Nintendo DS port was released in 2008 under the title Ankh: Curse of the Scarab King (German: Ankh: Der Fluch des Skarabäenkönigs).