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1. Cleopatra’s Needle - Building Analysis I
During the Roman Empire, Augustus Caesar removed two obelisks located in the city of Heliopolis which was eventually moved to Alexandria
prior to being transported to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
It was given as a thanks offering or gift from the Egyptian government for the construction of the Suez Canal in 1869.
The other obelisk was transported to London, England.
Inscribed with
Egyptian
hieroglyphs
Egyptian or symbols
Hieroglyphs which are
severely
faded
masking the
Cleopatra's Needle Washington Monument
inscriptions
due to
weather and
pollution
Resembles the Washington Monument located in Washington, D.C
Made of red granite and stands an estimated 68 feet high and weighs about 224 tons
Height of the monument communicates the Egyptian mythological concept behind the design symbolizing the worshiping of gods
Tall, slender structure with a geometric form similar to the pyramid-style monuments at Giza
The structure communicates power, influence and dominance
Yolanda Berry Arch251-001 Fall 2012

2. The Temple of Dendur
Egyptian Temples were a place of honor and worship to gods including rooms for offerings and ceremonies
Many carved images
including images of Horus
also known as the sky
god and scenes depicting
a king making offerings to
deities which represented
Ceasar Augustus;
Emperor of Rome
Pharoahs ruled
the area with
power which is
was strongly
influenced and
represented
through their
construction and
design of
buildings and
monuments
Closely-related
comparison to
temples
displaying carved
out images of The
pharoahs and Kailasanathar
gods, symmetrical Abu Simel-Egypt
design, Egyptian Temple – India
storyboard
reproductions
The stylobate area consisted of two Corthinian-style columns located in the center of the pronaus region.
Cave-like dwelling, carved out space ♦ Similarities found in India displaying double pillars in center, symmetry and colonnade area

3. Work Cited
http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/100004628
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