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Upper Egypt was the ________ part

Lower Egypt was the ________ part

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Southern

Northern

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What did the Egyptians depend on

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The Nile

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What was the pharaoh

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The ruler of two lands (upper and lower Egypt)

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Did they believe in the afterlife

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Yes

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Anthropomorphic-
Zoomorphic-
Theriomorphic-

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God represented in human form
God represented as animals
God represented as both

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Atun

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Anthropomorphic God of Heliopolis

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Triad of Heliopolis and give a small description

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Isis-husband (anthropomorphic)
Osiris-lord of the dead (anthropomorphic)
Horus-national God (theriomorphic)

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Triad of Thebes and give a short description

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Amun-eventually amun-ra (anthropomorphic)
Thoth-scribes of the gods (ibis headed) (anthropomorphic)
Anubis-in charge of mummification (theriomorphic)

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Palette of Narmer

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Slate slab
Low relief
Narmer with the white crown of upper Egypt performing a ritual
Side one is upper Egypt
Side two is lower Egypt (depicts red crown of lower Egypt)
3000 BC
Sets standard for depiction of humans for thousands of years (lower and upper body do not unite)

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Rosetta Stone

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3 languages
Hieroglyphs
Greek
Demotic- equivalent to long hand; faster

Worked out by Champollion

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What is art in Egypt involved with

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Death

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What was believed about the spiritual world

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Kyle could take material possessions to the spiritual world
A body was needed after death to survive
Preservation of the bodies (mummies)
Secure burial places

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Mastaba

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Underground pit

Protected the buried

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Veneer

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Exterior facing

Outside cover

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Djosers funerary complex

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First known monumental architecture in Egypt

Built by imhotep (first known architect by name)

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Papyrus capital represented ________ Egypt

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Upper

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Lotus capital represented __________ Egypt

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Lower

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Khufu

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The great pyramid father

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Khafre

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Limestone casing

Sphinx located in the valley of khafre

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Menkaure

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Smallest grandson

Pyramid

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Statue of menkaure and his wife

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Cubic (carved out of a cube)
Medium- graywacke 
Queen shows tenderness(rare)
Menkaure has action pose
Pharaoh is son of the sun, therefore not human, and shows no emotion
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Obelisk

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Example: Washington monument

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Capital (column)

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Top part of a column

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Clerestory

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Clarity in between the large ceiling and small opening

Allows for air and light to pass, as well as smoke to leave due to torches

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Ruler of Thebes
Ahmos Created thebes Considered golden time of Egypt
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Hatshepsut
First female pharaoh and king First woman ruler of mankind Portrayed as a man
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Funerary temple of Hatshepsut at dear-el-bahir
Architect: senenmut | All elements symmetrical along a central line
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Axial plan
All elements are symmetrical along a dominant central line
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Tombs of Ramses II
One for him | Other for his favorite wife Nefertari
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Amenhotep III
Ramses II father | Best preserved mummy
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Dynasty of amenhotep
Considered the best dynasty | Best warriors in Egypt
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God of Memphis
Ta
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Amenhotep IV
Ruler of upper and lower Egypt Son of the son One God that manifests on the disk of the sun named the aten Changes his name to Akhenaten - servant of aten Father of Tutankhamen Changed capital to aket aten After he dies, everything was wiped out and old religious ways resume
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What did the Egyptians call themselves
Q'emi
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Ma'at
Feather of truth
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Tomb of Tutankhamen
Discovered by Howard carter in 1922 | 240 pounds of solid gold sarcophagus(outer covering)
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The book of coming forth by day
Heart is the seed to the soul Heart of a dead person is weighed to the father of truth (ma'at) Written in demotic
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Thoth
God of the scribe | Taught humans how to write
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The negative confession
Last step | The deceased recites to pass the balance
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In which dynasty were the 3 great pyramids made
4th dynasty
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Pyramids of djoser located in ?
Saqqarah
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Faience
A type of pottery
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Champollion
Deciphered hieroglyphs
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Hall of bulls
Lascaux, France 20,000 BC Earliest examples of cave paintings Created with the light of torches
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Bird headed man
``` Paleolithic (30,000-9,000 BC) Man with bird mask on Staff with bird on it Bison cut bowels pouring out Bison dead Dying=dead ```
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Stonehenge
Located in England Henge- circle of upright stones Megalith- big rocks Menhirs- vertical megalith
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Skara brae
Stone built Neolithic settlement
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Lady of brassempouy
Ivory figurine Upper Paleolithic period Discovered in brassempouy, France First well detailed Venus involving face
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Lyre with bull head
Wood, lapis lazuli, gold
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Stele of Hammurabi
Code given to Hammurabi by the God shamash to set laws for the people Shamash is bigger than Hammurabi even while sitting Code contains 282 laws
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Standard of ur
King is in the top level in the center He is bigger than the rest of the people Guards are behind him protecting him with spears The social class gets poorer as the levels go down Found in the city of ur 2500 BC
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Gate of Ishtar
Eight gate to inner city of Babylon Constructed by order of Nebuchadnezzar II Animals on the brick walls around the gate represented the goddess Ishtar
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Pyramidion
Uppermost part of a pyramid or obelisk
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Queen tiy
Wife of amenhotep III Mother of Akhenaten Grandmother of Tutankhamen
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Mask of Tutankhamen
Gold mask Wore when he died Believed that it was out with a magic spell Used so that he is recognized in the afterlife and will be able to resurrect
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How is Stonehenge considered a more modern architecture than the pyramids of Giza
First of all, the pyramids are 500 years older than stone hedge. That already makes it more modern, though a small amount more modern, because it is closer to our present than the pyramids. Another reason is because of the architecture. Stonhenge is made of an architecture style called post and lintel. This architectural style is still extremely common now for buildings and other architectural monuments such as stonhenge, and can be used to construct buildings in a strong way so they don't fall. Pyramids on the other hand aren't used or made as much nowadays.
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Traces of paint on sphinx how affect our perception
They were more creative Created a type of paint that was able to last through tough conditions More creative
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Egyptian tombs were not to be entered. How should the works of art be perceived.
The works of art were not meant to be seen by any one after the person was buried. People who entered at a later time will not understand some of the paintings or the reasoning behind them because they don't have the same meaning to them. The art should have only been perceived back then by those who were supposed to, instead of a contemporary viewer

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