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EgyptianArt
By Anna-Marie Torres
Did You Know?• Imhotep• Lived almost 5,000
years ago• Heard of his name
from the Famous “Mummy” movies.
• Famous for being an artist, architect, and scientist.
• Earliest one known today.
4 Aspects of Egypt Architecture Sculptures
Hieroglyphs Mummy Cases
Architecture
• First style of pyramid
• Designed by artist and architect Imhotep
• Underground Burial
Architecture• Great Pyramid• Earths Largest• 3 burial
chambers• 2.3 million
stone blocks• Located in Giza
Sculptures
• Sphinx located in Giza
• Carved out of limestone
• Sun God
Sculptures• Nefertiti• Queen of
Egypt• “The Beautiful
one is come”• Located at
Berlin's Egyptian Museum
Hieroglyphics• “Holy Carvings”
• Displayed on
pyramids and tombs
of the royalty.
Hieroglyphics
• Pictures they used to represent words came to represent sounds
HieroglyphicsRosetta Stone
Mummy Cases • Carefully
carved
• Colorfully decorated
• Hieroglyphics
• Pictures of gods
Mummy Cases• Even insides were
decorated
• Often made in Layers
Summary• Egypt has many beautiful pieces of art.
• No matter were you go in Egypt you will be surrounded by it.
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Resources • http://lifestyle.iloveindia.com/lounge/facts-about-
egypt-1332.html• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/explore/g
izahistory.html• http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids/
pyramids.html• http://historylink101.net/egypt_1/pic_sphinx.htm• http://www.ancientsculpturegallery.com/274.html• http://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/history-of-hi
eroglyphics.html• http://www.buzzle.com/articles/history-of-egyptia
n-hieroglyphics.html• http://www.unmuseum.org/mcase.htm