Sunday, August 31, 2014

Chapter 2 Vocabulary


Apadana: Audience HallPicture Address:  http://www.persepolis3d.com/data_apadana/apadana_08.htm
Crenellated Battlements: crenellations is the alternating vertical recesses on top of the walls and towers.Picture Address:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishtar_Gate#mediaviewer/File:Pergamon_Museum_Berlin_2007109.jpg
squelch: a support that connects two adjacent wallsPicture Address: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Squinch.jpg/320px-Squinch.jpg
khekhers:decorative band consisting of papyrus-stalks bundled together with the floral parts at the top.
Picture Address:  http://www.pinterest.com/pin/437060338810904899/



Cartonnage: Linen or papyrus held together by glue and molded into coffins and funeral masks.Picture Address:  http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/burialcustoms/archive/uc55084.gif





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