The Art of Ancient EgyptEgyptians believed in an after-life.The Egyptian pharaohs built huge tombs,called pyramids.

The pharaohs filled the tombs with their treasures.In the tombs they painted wall paintings.

• These pictures showed the lives of the pharaohs .

• Hieroglyphics described the pharaohs’s daily activities.Egyptians statues from a frontal view in motionless poses.

-They drew the face from the side view-The eyes were drawn from the front-The top half of the body from the front-Leg from the side view

The mummy was protected from decay(oszlás) by embalming.

Egyptians sarcophagus

Egyptian writing