The palette

Sandstone in every finish (plain, cut, smooth, chiseled) for the platform, the pylons and the colossi, red sandstone for the pharaohs' skin; lapis, gold and cyan terracotta for the painted frieze and the nemes stripes; gold for the door frame and the winged sun; red terracotta and black concrete for the details.

Techniques

• Battered pylons
• A cavetto cornice
• Seated colossi
• A painted frieze

The steps

1. Platform: the first step
2. Platform: the floor and the processional way
3. Pylons: the lower courses
4. Pylons: the upper courses and their painted frieze
5. Pylons: the cavetto cornices
6. The gateway
7. The golden door frame and the winged sun
8. Colossi: pedestals and thrones
9. Colossi: feet and shins
10. Colossi: lap, belt and chest
11. Colossi: arms and hands on the knees
12. Colossi: broad collars
13. Colossi: heads and faces
14. Colossi: nemes, uraeus and false beard
15. Light the portal

How each technique is done and every step explained, in 3D: Learn (members).

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