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2. Ancient Egyptian 9th Grade History ACIC School 2009 Ancient Egyptian

5. Geography This location kept Egypt separate from the rest of the world, so the Egyptians had a unique and enduring style of life and art for about 3,000 years.

7. People Artists, craftsmen and scribes were honored and admired. A scribe is a scholar who could read and write. Scribes wrote on papyrus. Papyrus is a reed pounded to make a heavy type of paper. Seated Scribe Painted Limestone About 2500 BC

17. Mummies

19. Mummies After embalming, mummies were carefully wrapped in yards of linen bandages.

20. Mummies The ancient Egyptians even mummified animals.

22. Sculpture This stele shows Ramses II slaying his enemies.

23. Sculpture Notice that the sculptures are stiff , formal , and stylized .

24. Sculpture Faces face forward, and the left foot is slightly ahead of the right. There are no open spaces in the stone that the figures are carved from.

26. Sculpture

27. Sculpture This gold mask rested on the head of the mummy of King Tutankhaman.

28. Sculpture Notice how Ramses II faces forward. He appears to be very rigid. This is typical of ancient Egyptian sculpture.

29. Sculpture This sculpture of Queen Nefertiti is much more relaxed and graceful than most ancient Egyptian sculpture.

30. Crafts Craftsmen made furniture, jewelry, pottery, and other useful items.

31. Crafts

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38. Painting Ancient Egyptians followed a very strict set of rules in their art. One of these rules was to show the human body from the most familiar or visible angle.

39. Painting Again, the figures appear to be rigid and stylized. Notice the left foot and body posture.

40. Painting Paintings tell us about the daily lives of the ancient Egyptians.

41. Painting This painting is somewhat unusual. Can you spot the reason why?

42. Painting The gods are often depicted in the tomb paintings.

45. The Egyptians used hieroglyphics and various patterns to decorate the pharaohs’ coffins. You will use pattern and symbols that represent things that are important in your life to make a life-sized mummy case that that resembles those of the ancient Egyptians. What symbols will you use? Assignment

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