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ANCIENT EGYPT ART, LIFE, AND DEATH
THE GREAT PYRAMIDS OF GIZA BUILT DURING "THE OLD KINGDOM"
WHEN?
FROM ROUGHLY 2550 TO 2490 B.C. THE PYRAMIDS WERE BUILT BY PHARAOHS KHUFU (TALLEST), KHAFRE (BACKGROUND), AND MENKAURE (FRONT).
WHY?
• pyramids were made as tombs for the pharaoh
• building began at the start of the pharaoh's reign
• most of the art and carvings we know today from
ancient Egypt were decorations in tombs done for
the afterlife
WHEN THEY WERE MADE, THE GIZA PYRAMIDS WERE SMOOTH AND WHITE AND COVERED WITH POLISHED LIMESTONE
TODAY WE CAN SEE THE
LARGE BLOCKS USED TO CONSTRUCT
For the largest pyramid to be
made in the est. 20 years
that would mean moving 800
tonnes of stone everyday and
putting 12 blocks in place
every hour DAY AND NIGHT approx. 2.3 million
limestone blocks
HOW?
WHO? not slaves but
work camps
some would
be working
instead of
paying taxes
SPHINX MADE DURING OLD KINGDOM APPROX. 2500 BCE
so called by the ancient
Greeks after their sphinx
(body of a lion, head of a
woman and wings of an
eagle)
named 2000 years
after it was made no wings and
head of a man
BUILT 2500BCE ALL BUT THE HEAD WAS COVERED BY SAND UNTIL 1940'S
IT IS THE LARGEST MONOLITH STATUE
IN THE WORLD, STANDING 73.5
METRES (241 FT) LONG, 19.3 METRES
(63 FT) WIDE, AND 20.22 M (66.34 FT)
HIGH.
DEATH BELIEFS AND PRACTICES
MUMMIFICATION WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
CANOPIC JARS
• the brain was not saved but scrambled and removed through the left nostril
• the heart was not removed but was very important
IMPORTANT ORGANS WERE SAVED
JACKAL FALCON BABOON HUMAN
AFTER DEATH YOUR HEART WAS WEIGHED
• If the heart balanced against the feather then the
deceased would be granted a place in the Fields of
Hetep and Iaru.
• If it was heavy with the weight of wrongdoings, the
balance would sink and the heart would be grabbed
and devoured by a terrifying beast that sat ready
and waiting by the scales.
• This beast was Ammit, "the gobbler", a composite
animal with the head of a crocodile, the front legs
and body of lion or leopard, and the back legs of a
hippopotamus.
PAINTING STYLE
STYLE HEAD, BODY, ARMS, LEGS AND FEET IN PROFILE
TORSO AND EYES FROM THE FRONT
HIERARCHY OF IMPORTANCE
• Pharaoh always the largest
• males larger than females
• men painted darker than women
• no emotions or facial expression
HIEROGLYPHICS
• use the hand-out and write your name in hieroglyphics
• remember: they are based on SOUND
• this means you may need fewer than the number of letters in your name
write your name vertical not horizontal