Kaytlin Dumler

Media Analysis
Grading Period 1

The Pyramids of

Giza

The Great Bath

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Ziggurat at Ur

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Questions:
What is similar about these structures? Different?
What do these structures say about the people that created them?

All of the following structures are very large in proportion to the size of
a human. All three would have probably taken a long time to complete
building. The great pyramids are made of limestone blocks that weight too
much for any human to carry without assistance. The Ziggurat at Ur is a
giant temple that is extreme in size. It was made using mud bricks baked by
the sun. The great bath was made of stone bricks and natural tars. These
structures all use bricks and a natural tar. The people who created them
must have been geniuses at that time, because the architecture is amazing
and extravagant. The fact that