*Monuments: A structure such as a building to memorialize something.

The Mount Rushmore Monument: This monument is located in South Dakota. It is memorializing four great U.S.A. Presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.

The Washington Monument:The Washington Monument is the most prominent structure in Washington, D.C. The 555-foot, 5-1/8" marble obelisk honors the nation's founding father George Washington, who led the Continental Army to victory, and then became the nation‘s first president under the Constitution.

The Statue of Liberty Monument:The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World was a gift of friendship from the people of France to the United States and is a universal symbol of freedom and democracy. The Statue of Liberty was dedicated on October 28, 1886, designated as a National Monument in 1924 and restored for her centennial on July 4, 1986.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: The memorial includes the names of over 58,000 servicemen and women who gave their lives in service in the Vietnam Conflict.

Washington National Cathedral Monument: is a cathedral of the Episcopal Church located in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. Of neogothic design closely modeled on English Gothic style of the late fourteenth century, it is the sixth-largest cathedral in the world, the second-largest in the United States,[cathedralEpiscopal ChurchWashington, D.C.United Statesneogothic[

*Temple: A place of worship Temple of Abu Simbel: The twin temples were originally carved out of the mountainside during the reign of Pharaoh Ramesses II in the 13th century BCE, as a lasting monument to himself and his queen Nefertari, to commemorate his alleged victory at the Battle of Kadesh. PharaohRamesses IINefertariBattle of Kadesh

Luxor Temple: large Ancient Egyptian temple complex located on the east bank of the Nile River in the city today known as Luxor (ancient Thebes) and was founded in 1400 BCE. Ancient Egyptian templeLuxorThebes

*Pyramids: A large, burial tomb The Great Sphinx of Giza (commonly referred to as the Sphinx, is a limestone statue of a reclining or sphinx (a mythical creature with a lion's body and a human head) that stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt. The face of the Sphinx is generally believed to represent the face of thePharaoh Khafra. It is the largest monolith statue in the world, standing 73.5 metres (241 ft) long, 19.3 metres (63 ft) wide, and m (66.34 ft) high. It is the oldest known monumental sculpture, and is commonly believed to have been built by ancient Egyptians of the Old Kingdom during the reign of the Pharaoh Khafra (c. 2558–2532 BC).limestonestatuesphinxmythical creaturelionGiza PlateauNileGizaEgyptPharaohKhaframonolithmonumental sculptureOld Kingdom

The earliest temple obelisk still in its original position is the 68-foot (20.7 m) 120-ton[3] red granite Obelisk of Senusret I of the XIIth Dynasty at Al-Matariyyah part of Heliopolis.[4] The obelisk symbolized the sun god Ra, and during the brief religious reformation ofAkhenaten was said to be a petrified ray of the Aten, the sundisk. It was also thought that the god existed within the structure.temple[3]Senusret IXIIthDynastyAl-MatariyyahHeliopolis[4]AkhenatenAten

Tie Altogether Magnitude and Cost. How they constructed them. How the decisions to construct them affected the people.

Hieroglyphics: Egyptian hieroglyphs were a formal writing system used by the ancient Egyptians that combined words and letters to communicate. Egyptians used cursive hieroglyphs for religious literature on papyrus and wood.writing systemancient Egyptianscursive hieroglyphsreligious literaturepapyrus

Hieroglyphic Alphabet Directions: Using a cartouche and your hieroglyphic alphabet, write your first name.