Egyptian Art
Grade 6 Susan Stephens
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 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.
What are Hieroglyphics?
• Tomb in the “Valley of the Kings. • Type of writing using pictures. • King Tut’s Mother
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Who’s 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