State briefly the Egyptian achievements in architecture and medicine.

Architecture

1. The Egyptians built beautiful temples with pillared halls. The most famous of these temples is The Great Temple of Abu Simbel, dedicated to the Sun God and temple at Karnak. They decorated their temples with massive columns and huge statues.
2. The Egyptians also built large Pyramids to bury their dead. The pyramids were huge structures made of blocks of stone. The architectural and engineering skills of the Egyptians can be still seen from 30 large pyramids and a number of small ones which exist even today. The most famous Pyramid is The Great Pyramid at Giza near Cairo. It is one of the Seven Wonders of the world.
3. Another remarkable example of Egyptian architecture is the Sphinx. Sphinx is an Egyptian mythological sculpture carved out of a single stone having a lion's body and a human head.

Medicine

1. The Egyptians were aware of the human anatomy and one of their books provides a detailed analysis of the human circulatory systems.
2. The way by which the Egyptians used to preserve the bodies of the dead by mummification is a marvel of science. The process shown their knowledge of human body and their skill in surgery.