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Egyptian Culture

Egyptian Culture. Hieroglyphics. Record Keeping History Government Business Science Literature Images represent Words Sounds Ideas. Rosetta Stone. Rosetta Stone. Literature. No “great” works known. Many poems focus on love Death literature. Pyramids. Tombs

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Egyptian Culture

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  1. Egyptian Culture

  2. Hieroglyphics • Record Keeping • History • Government • Business • Science • Literature • Images represent • Words • Sounds • Ideas

  3. Rosetta Stone

  4. Rosetta Stone

  5. Literature • No “great” works known. • Many poems focus on love • Death literature

  6. Pyramids • Tombs • Old and Middle Kingdom • 50,000 men & 20 to 30 years • Step Pyramids • Smooth Pyramids

  7. Pyramids

  8. Step Pyramids Sumerian Egyptian Incan Mayan

  9. The Great Sphinx • 240 feet long • 66 feet high • Lion’s body with human head • Guardian of pyramids

  10. Art

  11. Cubits • Grid system to standardize body measurements

  12. Sculpture • Pharoah Mycerinus and Queen Kha-merer-nebty II • Old Kingdom

  13. Sculpture • “Seated Scribe” • Old Kingdom • Painted Limestone

  14. Sculpture • Queen Nefertiti • 20 inches high • Painted limestone

  15. Sculpture

  16. Proportion • Use of size to show status.

  17. Funeral Mask • Tutankhamen • Only example that exists today

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