Egyptian king Djoser
Entrance ColonnadeThis was the first use of columns, with engaged columns on either side of [...]
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Meidum PyramidBuilt at Meidum, this was the first pyramid of Snefru. Began as a seven-step [...]
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Early Dynastic period Dynasty I artwork Tomb of Den Abydos The most elaborate Dynasty I [...]
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Early Dynastic era The First and Second Dynasties were characterized by funerary Enclosures (mainly Abydos) [...]
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Ancient Egyptian Funerary Practice: Soul House
Ancient Egypt elites provisioned their tombs with models of servants preparing food and other necessities. These servants magically provided sustenance to the deceased. Poorer burials had a soul...
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The aim of preservation was to transform the corpse into a sah, an eternal and perfect image of the deceased, a new body endowed with magical attributes. The various stages of embalming had...
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The dead and living gained supernatural power and/or protected themselves by using amulets. Amulets gained their potency via shape, color, material, rituals, incantations and even position on the...
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Mummy portrait
Mummy portraits tend be so lifelike that they make the viewer take pause, staring into the eyes of someone from millennia ago -- and finding that the eyes stare back. Mummy portrait Encaustic (melted...
View ArticleEgyptian king Amunhotep III
Artists working for King Amunhotep III (circa 1390 – 1352 BC) were simultaneously conservative and innovative. They looked to the past for ideas, but also broke new ground and developed fresh...
View ArticleAncient Egyptian technology
Ancient Egyptians tended to adopt and refine imported technologies rather than invent new ones themselves. This conservatism grew, in part, from the way the Egyptians worked. Laboring in teams rather...
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