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Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt. Life, Myth, & Art by Angie Hendrikson. Gods & Goddesses. Everything governed by gods Made offerings to gods and spirits Symbolic animal features Spectacular headdresses. The Nile River. River of life Flooded annually Fertile Soil 6 miles of good farm land

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Ancient Egypt

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  1. Ancient Egypt Life, Myth, & Art by Angie Hendrikson

  2. Gods & Goddesses • Everything governed by gods • Made offerings to gods and spirits • Symbolic animal features • Spectacular headdresses

  3. The Nile River • River of life • Flooded annually • Fertile Soil • 6 miles of good farm land • Graveyards in desert

  4. Egyptian Homes: Workers’ Villages • Cramped villages • Narrow streets • Made of bricks • Square in shape • Space divided • Front for fur trade/livestock • Back for living The layout of the Egyptian homes in the Tomb-builder’s town of Armana

  5. Egyptian Homes: Wealthy Villages • Spacious and comfortable • Made of stone • High ceilings • pillars • barred windows • tiled floors • painted walls • Pools and gardens • Servant’s quarters • Countryside or outskirts of town Well-planned town of Deir el-Medina

  6. Social Classes Pharaoh The Social Pyramid Vizier High Priests, Nobles Priests, Engineers,Doctors Scribes Craftsmen Soldiers, Farmers, Tomb Builders

  7. Art of Ancient Egypt • Architecture • Sculpture • Masks • Jewelry • Cartouche • Hieroglyphics • Papyrus Paintings WWW

  8. Architecture • Three main types • Pyramid • Pylon • Obelisk WWW

  9. Sculpture • Busts • Statues • Sphinx

  10. Relief Sculpture • Mural decorations in tombs • Wall marked out with red guidelines • Grid used for major human figures • Preliminary outlines corrected, paint applied in tempera • Carved painted areas out • Finished carving often painted

  11. Masks • Funerary Masks • Used to cover the face of a mummy • Emphasized transition of dead from this world to the next • Preserved body after death • Ritual Ceremonies • Masks of animal heads • Magic Mask of Tutankhamun

  12. Jewelry • Image-conscious people • Worn to embellish • Adorned with as much as could afford • Charms and amulets • Bracelets, rings, and anklets • Earring, bands around heads • Gold, precious stones • Adorned for afterlife

  13. The Scarab • Design often used in jewelry • Represented Khepri (the sun at dawn) • Believed they were self-generating

  14. Cartouche • Oval band • Name of King • Acts as protector of kings name This cartouche spells Cleopatra

  15. Hieroglyphics • Egyptian writing • Letters and symbols/signs • Syllables • Writing considered sacred act Represents: Vulture Pronounced: ah (as in father) Represents: Two reeds Pronounced: y (as in discovery)

  16. Papyrus Paper Paintings • Paper transformed society • Technology • Egyptians had monopoly on • Made from a plant

  17. Mummification • When they die their soul leaves body • Soul would reunite with body after buried • Soul needed to recognize and find body in order to live forever Mummy Game http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/Egyptians/mummy_maker_game.shtml

  18. Embalming • Preserved bodies to keep looking lifelike • Liver, lungs, stomach, and intestines kept in Canopic Parts • Natron: Salt mixture used to dry • Rebirth • Tools WWW

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