Egyptian Art

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Egyptian Art

• Grade 6
• Susan Stephens

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Introduction

• Egyptian Art includes tomb walls, urns,
  hieroglyphics, temples, pyramids, and artifacts
  found in the burial chambers.
• Hieroglyphics is 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 Tuts tomb. Most were made of gold.

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• 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.

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What are Hieroglyphics?

• Tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
• Type of writing using pictures.
• King Tuts Mother

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Whos tomb had gold artifacts?

• Urns
• King Tut
• Grandma Moses

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What were the pyramids used for?

• A decoration for the city.
• A house
• Tombs for the Kings

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Which way do you read hieroglyphics?

• Top to bottom
• Left to right
• Right to left
• All of the above