What are Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt?
The great architecture achievements of the past are built of stone. Stone quarries supplied the large blocks of granite, limestone, and sandstone that were used for buildings, temples and tombs. Architects planned carefully as building was done without mortar, so the stones had to fit precisely together. Only pillars were used to sustain short supports. At the temple of Karnak, a ramp of abode brick can be seen leading to the top of the temple wall. Such ramps were used to allow workmen to carry stones to the top of structure and allow artist to decorate the tops of walls and pillars. Pillars were built in the same way. As height was added, the ground was raised. When the top of pillar was completed, the artist would decorate from the top down, removing ramp sand as they went along.