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Chapter 3: Ancient Egypt Definitions/Photos Flashcards

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Hierarchic Scale

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Use of difference in size to indicate relative importance

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Composite Pose

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Combining different viewpoints within a single representation

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Hieroglyph

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Picture writing; words and ideas in symbol forms

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Sacrophagus

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Stone coffin

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Papyrus

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Material from pithy stem of water plant (used in sheets)

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Mastaba

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Tomb rectangular in shape with sloping sides and flat roof

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Sphinx

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Figure of imaginary creature having head of man, or animal and the body of a lion

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Cannon

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Heavy piece of artillery, mounted on wheels and used in warfare

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Grid

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System of regularly spaced horizontally and vertically crossed lines

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Necropolis

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Large cemetery or burial area; literally “a city of the dead”

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Lotus

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Plant

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Portico

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Projecting roof or porch supported by columns, usually marking an entrance

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Gneiss

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Metamorphic rock with banded foliated structure, usually coarse-grained

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Scribe

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Person who copies out documents (Kai)

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Lower Egypt

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North of Egypt where nile stretched out with its several branches to form the Nile Delta

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Upper Egypt

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Stop of land on both sides of the Nile, extends between Nubai and downriver to lower egypt

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Imhotep

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Egyptian polymath who served under the 3rd Dynasty kind Djoser as chancellor

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Khafre

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King of 4th Dynasty ruled 2520-2492 BCE and was the son of Khufu

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Menkaure

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King of 4th Dynasty in the Old kingdom, ruled (2490-2472 BCE) successor of king Khafre

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Khufu

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Second pharaoh during 4th Dynasty. (2490-24720 BCE) commissioned the great pyramid of Giza.

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Photo: The Palette of Narmer

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Hierakonpolis. 2950 BCE.

  • Hieroglyphs
  • Hierarchic scale
  • Composite poses
  • Narmer Wears bull’s tail
  • Ceremonial palette, but with mixing Saucer
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Twelfth Dynasty

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1935-1758 BCE

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Thirteenth Dynasty

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1755-1630 BCE

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Photo: Step Pyramid and Sham Buildings

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funerary complex of Djsor. Saqqara. 3rd Dynasty. C. 2630 - 2575 BCE.

  • Earliest know monumental architecture in Egypt
  • Designed by Imhotep, first architect in history to be identified
  • Stairway to the sun of god (ra)
  • Built over kings tomb for protection
  • Djoser an observer of rituals from afterlife
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Photo: Great Pyramids of Giza

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4th Dynasty. C. 2575-2450 BCE.

  • Oldest & largest; pyramid of Khufu
  • Processional with ceremonies from east bank of Nile to pyramid tomb on west bank
  • Oriented to compass points
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Photo: Great Sphinx

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Funerary complex of Khafre, Giza. Old Kingdom. C - 2520-2494 BCE.

  • Near khafre’s valley temple
  • Khafre’s head on temple body of lion
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Photo: Valley Temple of Khafre Giza

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Old kingdom. C 2520-2494 BCE.

  • Walls & piers support flat roof
  • Clerestory windows for light
  • Polished alabaster floors
  • Houses over-life-size statues of Khafre
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Photo: Khafre, Giza

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Valley Temple of Khafre. 4th Dynasty, C. 2520-2494 BCE.

  • House the falcon god
  • Lions form 3 legs
  • Intertwined lotus (Upper Egypt) and papyrus (Lower Egypt) intertwined beneath the seat indicate king’s power overall of Egypt
  • Stone produces blue glow in sunlight, the celestial colour of Horus (god of the heavens)
  • Permanence conveyed in pose, facial expression, material.
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Photo: Menkaure and a queen, probably Khamerenebty II

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From Giza. 4th Dynasty. 2490-2472 BCE

  • Conventional calm and dignified pose with queen’s embrace
  • Menkaure shown youthful & athletic in conventional kilt and headdresses, left food forward, arm’s straight, fists clenching cylindrical objects
  • Queen’s rounded torso contrasts king’s
  • Traces of paint remain: red on the king per tradition, black on the queen’s hair
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Photo: Seated Scribe

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Found near the tomb of kai. Saqqara 5th Dynasty. C. 2450-2325 BCE.

  • More relaxed/life-like than statues of royalty
  • Round head. Close-cropped hair, alert expression
  • Individually
  • Eyes inlaid with polished crystal with pupils slight off center
  • Soft physique
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Photo: Watching a hippo hunt, tomb of Ti

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5th Dynasty. C. 2450-2325 BCE.

  • Tomb wall painting using representational conventions
  • River viewed from above, while animals in river shown in profile
  • Boats shown straight - on
  • Papyrus in vertacl lines with prey animals stalking birds among flora
  • Ti in composite post and hierarchically scaled, while hunters are more life-like
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Photo: Sensuret III from Dier-el-Bahri.

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12th Dynasty, Middle Kingdom, c 1850 BCE.

  • Less serene and confident than imaged from the Old Kingdom
  • Frontality of pose similar
  • Changing sensibilities or conventions?
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Photo: Picking Figs

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Wall painting from the tomb of Khumhortep. Beni Hasan. 12th Dynasty. C. 1890 BCE.

  • Farm workers & baboons
  • Upper torsos of figures more lifelike than royal composite poses
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Photo: Stele of the Gatekeeper of the Royal Treasury Maety.

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12th Dynasty to middle Kingdom.

  • Barefoot
  • Elaborate broad collar, bracelets, and knee-length kilt
  • Offering table with ten feathers
  • Perfume vessel
  • Offerings above feathers
  • Emphasis on line
  • Scene composed in registers or bands with canon proportions
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Photo: Judgment of Hunefer befor Osiris

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19th D, c. 1285 BCE

  • Anubis leads him by the hand (left)
  • Ma’at appears atop the balancing arm of the scale wearing a feather headress
  • Ammit, the dreaded “easter of the dead” part crocodile, lion, hoppo watches sign from ibis-headed god Thoth,
  • Hunefer passes test, and Horus presents him to enthroned Osiris
  • Nepthys and Isis supporting him in back
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Photo: Karomama

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3rd Int per, 22nd Dynasty, c. 945-715 BCE

  • Extraordinary most surviving portrait of Egypt:
  • Divine consort of Amun and member of a community of virgin priestesses selected from the pharaoh’s family or retinue who were dedicated to him
  • Karomama.. Daughter of king Osorkan I (20th D, r.c 985-978 BCE)
  • Identified as priestesses rather than princess
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King Djoser

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(2650-2631 BCE)

○ Commissioned the most earliest known architecture in Egypt
○ Designer was Imhotep (served as Prime Minister)

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King Khufu

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2251-2528 BCE

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Khafre

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2520-2494 BCE

  • son of khufu
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Menakaure

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2490-2472 BCE

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Mentuhotep

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(11th D, 2010 - 1938 BCE)

  • Gained power in Thebes
  • Reasserted royal power and founded the Middle Kingdom
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Senusret II

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1842-1837 BCE

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Snusret III

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1836-1818 BCE

Built the town Kahun

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Thutmose I

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1493-1482 BCE

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Thutmose III

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1479-1425 BCE

  • Extended Egypt’s influence alone the eastern Mediterranean coast as far as the region of present-day Syria
  • First to refer himself as Pharaoh
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Amenhotep III

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1390-1353 BCE

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Amenhotep IV

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1353-1336 BCE

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Tutankhaten

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1332-1322 BCE

  • Son of Amun
  • The one to return stuff to traditional beliefs
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Sety I

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1290-1279 BCE

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Ramses II

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1279-1213 BCE

  • Son of Sety
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Osorkan I

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985-978 BCE

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Taharqo

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690-664 BCE

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Cleopatra VII

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51-30 BCE

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Hatshepsut

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1473-1458 BCE

FEMALE PHARAOH

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Photo: Mask of King Tut

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1327 BCE

  • Valley of kings
  • Flail and Crook
  • Sacrophagus (Stone coffin)
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Photo: Reconstruction Drawing of Djosers Funeraray Complex

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  • Saqqara
  • 2630-2575 BCE
  • Stone and wood
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Photo: Step Pyramid and Sham building, Complex of Djoser

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  • Ziggurat
  • Stairway to son god Ra
  • 92 foot shaft
  • Adjacent funerary temple
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Photo: Butcher

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  • Tomb of Nikau-inpu

- 5th d 2450-2325 BCE

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Photo: Stele of Amenemhat

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Assasif

  • 11th D, 2000
  • Food offerings
  • Wife Lyi, and son Antef
  • Convention of Skin
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Photo: Reconstruction Drawing of The Great Temple of Amun at Karnak

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Karnak

  • 1579-1075 BCE
  • Vast Hall filled with columns (Hypostyle)
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Photo: Reconstruction of Hypo Hall

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Karnak

  • 1292 - 1190 BCE
  • Sety and son Ramses
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Photo: Columns with Papyriform and Bud Capitals, Hypostyle Hall, Great Temple of Amun,

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Karnak

  • 19th D
  • Sety and Ramses
  • Carving on Columns
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Photo: Hatshepsut Kneeling

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  • Deir - el - bahir

1423-1458 BCE

  • Shown as king
  • mile away from valley of kings
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Photo: Funerary Temple of Hatshepsut

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1473-1458 BCE

  • Far left ramp in drawing
  • Dier el Bahri
  • Base of funerary temple is mentuotep
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Photo: Drawing of Hatshepsut Temple

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  • Dier el Bahri
  • Flat Dessert to sloping hillside
  • Axial Plan ..
  • Causeway lined with sphinxes
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Photo: Ramose Brother May and his wife

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  • Tomb of Ramose

- 1375 - 1365 BCE

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Photo: Collosal Figure of Akhenhaten

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  • Gompaaten Temple
  • Akhenhaten
  • Starling Stylizations, physical distortions
  • Placed oriental movement on son
  • Facial features include distorted and exaggerations
  • Pictorial Relief Sculptures (2D drawing on 3D surface)
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Photo: Akhenhaten and his Fam

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  • 1353-1336 BCE
  • 2 daughters
  • Shaved heads
  • Pictorial Relief Sculpture
  • Recieving blessings from Aken
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Photo: Queen Tiy

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  • Medinet-El-Ghurab
  • 1352 BCE
  • Reveals bone structure
  • Portrait altered once son came to power
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Photo: Nefertiti

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  • Akhen’s wife
  • 1353-1336 BCE
  • Stucco
  • Painted limestone
  • Smoothed out
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Photo: Fish Shaped perfume bottle

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Akhen

1353-1356 BCE

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Photo: Nefertiti Making an Offering

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  • Tomb of nef
  • Valley of queens
  • 1290 - 1224
  • Making offering to Isis
  • Shown Royalty
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Photo: Sphinx of Taharqo

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  • Tikawa, Nubia
  • 680 BCE
  • 2 Cobras represent 2 kingdoms
  • Known as African King by the facial expressions

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