Egypt ID Flashcards
Old Kindom
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The Rosetta Stone
Discovered in 1799 Napoleon
Composed of Three languages:
- Formal Egyptian Hierogliphic
- Demotic (Late Egyptian)
- Classical Greek
Old Kingdom
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The Palette of King Narmer
Hierakonopolis, Egypt
3000-2920 BCE
Oldest historic work of art which documents historic event
Unification of upper and lower Egypt
Canon sets up human figure depiction
Utilitarian purpose
Old Kingdom
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Great Pyramids
Gizeh, Egypt
Old Kingdom
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The Sphinx
Gized, Egypt
2520-2494 BCE
65 ft tall
Connected to Pyramid of Khufu
Old Kingdom
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Khafre
Gizeh, Egypt
2500 BCE
Burried in Middle Pyramid
Made from Diorite
Old Kingdom
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Menkaure and Wife
Gizeh, Egypt
2490-2472 BCE
Relief Sculpture
Old Kingdom
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Seated Scribe
Saqqarra, Egypt
2450-2350 BCE
21 inches high
Painted Limestone
Old Kingdom Sculpture that eximplifies increasesd realism
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Ka-Aper
Saqquara, Egypt
2450-2350 BCE
Free form
Old Kingdom
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Ti Watching a Hippopotumous Hunt
Sarraqua, Egypt
2450-2350 BCE
Represents triumph of Good over evil
Middle Kingdom
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Interior Hall ofthe ruck-cut tombs of Amenemhet
Beni Hasan, Egypt
1950-1900 BCE
Columns serve no supportive function
Middle Kingdom
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Queen Hatshepsut’s Funeral Temple
1480 BCE
Dedicated to Amun
First great recorded Monarch female
Middle Kingdom
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Hatshepsut with Offering Jars
Deir el-Bahri, Egypt
1473-1458 BCE
Depicted as male
Middle Kingdom
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Seated Queen Hatshepsut
1479-1458 BCE
Western Thebes, Deir el-Bahri
Painted Limestone
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Temple of Ramses II
Abu Simbel, Egypt
1290-1224 BCE
60ft tall
moved in 1968
Middle Kingdom
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Interior of Temple of Ramses
Abu Simbel, Egypt
1290-1224 BCE
32 ft tall