Featured image of post Egyptian Revival Architecture Characteristics - The egyptian revival, like the gothic and classical revival styles, was popular in american decorative arts throughout the nineteenth century the major motifs of egyptian art, such as obelisks, hieroglyphs, the sphinx, and pyramids, were used in various artistic media, including architecture.

Egyptian Revival Architecture Characteristics - The egyptian revival, like the gothic and classical revival styles, was popular in american decorative arts throughout the nineteenth century the major motifs of egyptian art, such as obelisks, hieroglyphs, the sphinx, and pyramids, were used in various artistic media, including architecture.

The pyramids were built as the burial places of the egyptian kings from before the start of the old kingdom until the end of the middle kingdom.