From local stone quarries. There were quite a number of them in the Nile valley. For limestone alone, the valley offered some 60 quarries; near Karnak, at least five or six.
stone
Yes.
the karnak temple was made from stone
Mayans, Cambodians, Egyptians, Mongolians, and Tibetans to name a few.
The Greeks begin to build temples back in the early 7th century BC, with the transition stone architecture around 600BC.They built temples to most of their gods. We build churches. Same thing.
Most of their buildings were built from mud bricks, only the temples were built from stone.
Stone was used to build temples and some pyramids (although limestone was the most popular).
because its stronger
Around 350 AD some victorious leaders formed a new empire, the Guptan Empire. Once there was peace, people began to build again, and, for the first time, they began to build free-standing stone temples. By by this time not so many Indian people wereBuddhists anymore, and the new temples were mainly Hindu temples.
it is important because they used it to build pyramids
For houses, the Ancient Egyptians used mudbrick, and wood for the lintels and windowframes. For temples, tombs, and pyramids, the Ancient Egyptians used stone. Basically, anything that was supposed to last forever was built of stone. Everything else was built of mudbricks.
stacking up stone in such a pattern that it creates the acient pyramids we see today.