Times of reign of Pharaohs left behind many riddles and still occupy minds both researchers, and directors of the Hollywood movies. About where there lived Pharaohs, scientists often should conjecture since time did not spare palaces.
Instruction
1. Palaces of Pharaohs were under construction generally of the clay bricks which are dried up in the sun which are quite fragile materials. Therefore they had no chances to remain for ages. And used them not for long. Usually each Pharaoh, having entered on a throne, built to itself the new palace, and old it was thrown and quickly collapsed.
2. Experts assume that palaces of Pharaohs the appearance repeated architecture of royal tombs which were considered as houses of tsars in afterlife and had the corresponding inhabited planning. The territory of the palace was surrounded with a fortification with towers.
3. Palace walls were decorated with ornaments and bas-reliefs about what it is possible to judge by not numerous remained images. On a facade of the palace the name, a title of the Pharaoh and victories gained by it could be represented, for example. Interesting images in the form of carved jewelry remained also on sarcophagi, on them it is possible to see facades of royal palaces.
4. On ruins of palaces of the Pharaoh Ekhnaton in Akhetaton's stoyolitsa it is possible to recreate their approximate look. Before an entrance to the palace temple there was a court yard, and in is mute there was a sanctuary. in the middle of the central yard the pool was located. In South side of the palace there lived servants, and in northern there was a menagerie. In East side there were premises of the palace, including apartments of the Pharaoh, women and guest rooms. Premises, columned halls and galleries were located around the court yard with verandahs which were placed in the building.
5. The palace representing the official palace of the Pharaoh was in the Akhetatona center. Premises were in its east part, official rooms - in western. The last included the throne and columned hall, the yard with big statues of the Pharaoh and ceremonial rooms. The palace was also adjoined by shady gardens, buildings of women, different pravitelstyovenny and administrative agencies.
6. Usually palaces were plentifully decorated with the frescos representing animals and plants, bas-reliefs with scenes of battles where the Pharaoh struck enemies, and bas-reliefs with scenes of glorification of the Pharaoh by the dancing and exulting people.