egyptian temple edfu
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EDFU
BETWEEN
57 BC237 BC
HORUSPTOLEAMIC
GREEEKS
Basalt-Alabaster: Floor Pink Granite: Inner walls
Limestone: Walls (Normally outer)
The inclined plane
(To move things with
less effort)
The wedge
(To cut things quickly)
Simple pulley(To raise things easily)
Wheel and axe(To move the stones)
The lever
(To raise the stones)
STRESSES
Shearing Compression Compression
Different places
Columns Beams Stairs
After the reconstruction of the Temple of Edfu this
were the known parts and rooms
they´ve found.
ENTRANCE TO THE TEMPLE
*Pylon: big stone used as a counterweight to the beam clamp.
*Inner sanctum: room where the image of a god of was venerated.
*Sacred boat pedestral: body with cilindrical/rectangular shape that usually holds a statue.
*Hypostyle hall: ceiling supported by columns.
*Unroofed courtyard: yard without roof.
Of materials:
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/material.htm
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/temples/home.html
Of the rest:
www.google.es
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