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What were the the differences between the ancient Egyptian architecture and the ancient greek architecture?

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1. Actually, the similarities are more interesting. Some of the similarities are the fluting in Ionian columns--to resemble bundles of papyrus, used to make wooden buildings in Egypt. The basic statue design is the kouros, or 'striding boy', again copied from Egypt. Greek temples also feature the palmette and lotus flowers, which are Egyptian plants. Lions turn up in the architecture of fountains, which also is Egyptian. http://www.artic.edu/~llivin/research/ionic_architecture/paper.html
2. Differences Greeks --softer stones like limestone easier to carver --most buildings above ground --columns often done in sections and stacked --sculpture is individual and specifically human in honoring the nude and semi nude form --stones are large but nothing on the scale of Egyptian structures --sites often chosen for height, closeness to a view, position of power --vaulted ceilings like beehive tombs --statues are of gods and heroes and philosophers--people of political thought. Not so much kings or leaders --lots of use of post and lintel construction, using columns as posts -- Egyptians --worked basalt and granite--some of the hardest stone there is --lots of tunneling and below ground structures with tubes and holes that defy explanation. --larger stone monoliths than the Greeks like obelisks and solid stone statues --carving into the face of a mountain to create a building, like the temple of Hapsetshut and Abu Simbel --largest structures in the world to include the pyramids --buildings more likely to revolve around astronomy and constellations ---large burial tombs for royalty and also extensive caves carved like the Valley of the Kings --extensive carving of hierolglyphics on the sides of buildings and columns. --sculptures include gods with symbolic animal heads and standardized representations of pharaohs and others.