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1. EGYPTIAN ARTS

2. PREDYNASTIC EGYPT
(5000-3000 BC)
The Dynastic period began around 3000 bc
when lands along the Nile River were united
under one ruler.
From about 5000 bc until 3000 bc, a time
known as the Predynastic period, Egypt was
not a unified nation.
As time passed, however, these groups were
incorporated into larger political units, until a
single state was formed around 3000 BC

3. PREDYNASTIC EGYPT
(5000-3000 BC)
The Egyptians began creating art early in the
Predynastic period, using materials such as
bones, clay, stone, and the ivory teeth of
hippopotamuses.
They made figurines of animals, birds, and
human beings, and decorated the tops of hair
combs and pins with carved birds and
animals.
Stone palettes used for grinding minerals for
eye paint took the shape of birds, turtles, and
fish.

4. PREDYNASTIC
Pottery also was decorated
typically with geometric or animal
designs painted in white on a red
background.
The designs included flamingos,
horned animals, human figures,
plants, wavy lines, and boats with
oars.
Most of this pottery has been

6. DYNASTIC EGYPT
(3000-30BC)
The most important buildings in ancient
Egypt were temples, tombs, and palaces.
Temples housed rituals for the worship of the
gods.
Tombs served as the burial locations for the
king and the elite.
The king lived in the palaces, where he
performed governmental and religious duties.

7. BOOK OF THE DEAD

8. SCULPTURE
Most statues of gods and kings were housed
in temples. In addition to the cult statue,
larger images of gods, or of gods and the king
together, were placed within temple areas.
elite people presented offerings at temples of
small bronze images of gods and of the
animals sacred to those gods.
They also put brightly painted wooden
statues of funerary gods in tombs to help the
deceased pass safely into the afterlife

9. Thutmose
IV
and
Mother

10. The hippopotamus was a symbol of rebirth in
ancient Egypt

11. stone figure of
Egyptian king
Khafre (2500
BC)
165 cm (66 in)
high and is an
idealized
representation
of the king

12. life-sized statue of
Egyptian king Pepi
l in
Hierakonpolis,
Egypt

13. Shrine in
Tutankhamun’s
Tomb
covered in gold leaf was found
in the tomb of Egyptian
king Tutankhamun. A
goddess stands on each
side of the shrine, facing
inward with arms
outstretched in a
protective gesture. Inside
the shrine were alabaster
jars containing the internal
organs of Tutankhamun

14. PAINTING AND
RELIEF
Ancient Egyptians decorated the walls of
temples and tombs with painted scenes.
The painting might be flat or in relief, meaning
that figures and background occupy different
levels of the wall surface.
In raised relief, the background was cut away
so that the figures stood out.
In sunk relief, the figures were cut back to a
slightly lower level than the background.

15. The ancient Egyptians
decorated tombs with
paintings and reliefs to
ensure that the
deceased spent
eternity in a
comfortable and
familiar environment.
This relief, from the
5th Dynasty (2465
bc-2323 bc), shows the
deceased seated at a
table stacked with
offerings of food.

16. Geese of Meidum, the 4th-dynasty

17. Amon-Ra, Father of the Gods
The Egyptian god Amon-Ra was a combination of Amon, a god from the city of Thebes, and Ra, the sun god.
Amon-Ra is depicted with a hawk’s head surmounted by a sun disk in this painting from the Tomb of
Sennedjum, in Luxor, Egypt. (13 bc)

18. The ankh, a cross
with a circular
loop at the top,
appears
frequently in
ancient Egyptian
hieroglyphs and
art. For the
Egyptians, the
ankh sign
represented
LIFE

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