Egypt

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Hieroglyphics (just for visual reference)

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Judgment of Hunefer from Illustrated Book of the Dead, Egypt, c. 1290 BC

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Palette of King Narmer, Egypt, 3000 BC

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Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara, Egypt, 2600 BC Architect: Imhotep

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Djoser’s Funerary Complex (reconstruction), Saqqara, 2600 BC

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Great Pyramids at Giza, Egypt, 2500 BC

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Great Sphinx at Giza (Khafre?), Egypt, 2500 BC

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Seated Statue of Khafre, from Giza, Egypt, 2500 BC

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Menkaure and Khamerernebty, Giza, Egypt, 2480 BC

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Menkaure with Two Goddesses, 2480 BC

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Seated Scribe from Saqqara, 2000 BC

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Wooden Statue of the scribe Kaaper, Saqqara, Egypt, 2500 BC

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Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt, Tomb of Ti, Saqqara Egypt, 2400 BC

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Funerary Temple of Hatshepsut, Deir el-Bahri, Egypt, 1470 BC

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Kneeling Statue of Hatshepsut, Egypt, 1470 BC

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Block Statue of Senmut with Princess Nefrua, Thebes, 1470 BC

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Temple of Karnak, Great Hypostyle Hall, Egypt, 1250 BC

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Akhenaton from Temple of Aton, Amarna Style Egyptian, 1350 BC

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Akhenaten and Family, Amarna style Egyptian, 1350 BC

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Akhenaten with Nefertiti and their Children, Amarna Style Egyptian, 1350 BC

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Thutmose, Bust of Nefertiti, 1350 BC

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Head of Akhenaten, Amarna Style Egyptian, 1350 BC

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Tomb of Tutankhamun, Valley of the Kings, Thebes, 1323 BC

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Seal of innermost shrine of Tutankhamun, 1922 Photograph

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Innermost coffin of Tutankhamun, Valley of the Kings, Thebes, 1323 BC

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Golden Mask of Tutankhamun, Valley of the Kings, Thebes, 1323 BC

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The Nile: Upper & Lower

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The Upper Kingdom was further south

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Hieroglyphs (ideograms)

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Hieroglyphs were a major writing system of the Egyptian language. They were used both to mean the things they depicted and as phonetic characters.

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Iconography of Pharaoh

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The Pharaoh was always depicted with a headdress, ritual false beard, kilt, and often with an ankh

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Mastaba vs Pyramid

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In earlier times, Egyptians buried the Pharaohs in mastabas, which were flatter structures built of mud bricks. During the Old Kingdom, they started building pyramids.

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Benben

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The stone on top of a pyramid

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Hatshepsut

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Most famous female Pharaoh; built and did a lot of cool stuff

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Akhenaten & Amarna Style

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Akhenaten completely transformed Egyptian religion and art during the period of his rule, making the art much more elongated and curved

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Old Kingdom dates

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2688-2181 BC

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Middle Kingdom dates

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2055-1650 BC

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New Kingdom dates

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1550-1069 BC

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Amarna Period dates

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1346-1336 BC