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Describe family life in ancient Egypt.
father headed the family. few Egyptians sent their children to school. Mothers taught daughters to run a household. Boys learned job skills from fathers.
What can we learn about the ancient Egyptians from their art?
what they look like, what kind of clothes they wore, what jobs they worked, & what they considered important.
What topic did much of the art work involve?
religion / pharaohs
what type of art was placed in the tomb of pharaohs?
paintings and sculptures
why was art placed in the tombs of pharaohs?
to help them to the afterlife
what kinds of art was often found in temples?
large statues of their gods as well as many paintings on the walls
give 2 examples of ancient Egyptian giant sculptures.
the Great Sphyx of Giza and the statue of Ramsies II at the Abu Stunbel temples
how long is the Sphinx?
240 ft. long
what materials were used for smaller sculptures?
various materials including alabaster, ivory, basalt, limestone, wood gilded with gold, and sometimes even solid gold.
Who is Queen Nefertiti?
Ramses the Great's wife
What colors were used most in paintings?
Blue, black, red, green and gold
How did the many paintings survive of 1000s of years
extremely dry climate of the area
What happened to a majority of the art hidden in the temples?
Stolen over 1000s of years
How was Egypt and Mesopotamia alike
They were located on a river, both farmed and used trade, both worshiped many gods, used irrigation, had a govt and laws, & both had social groups
