SimonOC - Egyptian Texture Pack, Index Page

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Egyptian Texture Pack

			This is a collection of new textures for Quake 3. The textures are based on my own work with the exception of the detail / relief wall designs. All of the textures that I have created draw inspiration from patterns, textiles, walls and ancient jewellery of Egypt. Due to not much realistically remaining of the original Egyptian architecture, some of the patterns and styles that I have used will have other influences. Towards the end of the Egyptian empire, Roman/Greek influence were very strong. With some temples being modified with niche and flanking columns of Roman origin.

During much of the Late Period, the Egyptian empire was ruled by outside forces. Some of these new rulers sysmatically destroyed temples and large sections of Egypt's past. Eventually in AD 383 the coming of Christianity ordered all pagan temples throughout the empire to be closed. Followed closely by persecution of pagans and destruction of their religious structures, this really was the final nail in the coffin.

Eventually Egypt's ancient pharaonic past became just stories and legends, as the people who built these mighty structures moved on and forgot the past. The few temples which were abandoned and were distant from major populations fared best and remain today as the most perfectly preserved examples.

Sections

Floor

Material

SFX


TGA - 5.92Mb JPG - 3.68Mb	TGA - 2.20Mb JPG - 0.87Mb	TGA - 1.82Mb JPG - 0.96Mb

Trim

Wall

All textures


TGA - 12.10Mb JPG - 5.26Mb	TGA - 6.80Mb JPG - 2.87Mb	TGA - 28.8Mb JPG - 13.5Mb

Comments

I have arranged the Egyptian pack into 5 sections so you can view the sample textures quicker. The above pages are only a small sample of what you will find in the pack. Do not judge the above links as the entire collection as some texture have not even been included on these preview pages. I suppose you can call the following just a small sample to water your appetite.

The Egyptian pack contains 125 unique textures and roughly 500 in total including colour tone variants. This pack has grown a lot larger than I initially envisaged, so I have split the pack into 5 smaller files based on the pages above. You can download the textures in either JPG or TGA format. But be warned the TGA versions are massive in size for modem users, so be prepared for a very, very long download time.

I wish to thank the following people for their support and time spent in beta testing of this texture pack. I strongly believe that your feedback made the difference.

Nunuk, Bal, Killazontherun, GrindSpire and Pestilence ... Thanks.