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Ancient Egyptian art refers to the canonical 2nd and 3rd Dynasty art developed in Egypt from 3000 BC and used until the 3rd century Egyptian Art includes tomb walls, urns, hieroglyphics, temples, pyramids, and artifacts found in the burial chambers. Hieroglyphics are a type of writing using pictures. It can be written up to down, left to right, or right to left, depending on which way the animal faces are turned. Some of the most famous artifacts were found in King Tut’s tomb. Most were made of gold.
• Tomb walls tell the story of the life or afterlife of the person buried there. • On tomb walls, as well as, temples the royal or holy name is written in a cartouche. • Most tombs are found in the “Valley of the Kings”. • Pyramids are also tombs of some of the Kings.
Tutankhamun was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty (ruled c.1333 BC – 1323 BC in the conventional chronology)
Nefertiti large sculpture Queen of Egypt Nefertiti means "the Beautiful one is Come"
SPHINX is a mythical creature with a lion's body and a human head.
Queen Sitdjehuti's sarcophagus from about 1500BC. She was the daughter of a king and the wife of pharaoh.
Canopic Jar - Hapy. Canopic jars were used by the ancient Egyptians to hold the internal organs of the deceased. The baboon-headed Hapy was the guardian of the lungs.
Canopic Jar – Duamutef, the jackal-headed god representing the east, whose jar contained the stomach.
Canopic Jar - Qubsenuef. Canopic jars were used by the ancient Egyptians to hold the internal organs of the deceased. The falcon-headed Qebehsenuef guarded the lower intestines.
Canopic Jar - Imsety. Canopic jars were used by the ancient Egyptians to hold the internal organs of the deceased. Human-headed Imsety was the guardian of the liver
Anubis is the Greek name for a jackalheaded god. His duties included conducting the souls of the dead to the underworld and the weighing of their hearts.
Bastet, the feline goddess of Ancient Egypt, is beloved as a protector and mother.