Mediterranean
Ancient Mesopotamian form of writing
What is Cuneiform
Several rulers in a row connected by blood
What are Dynasties?
The person on the top of the Hierarchical Scale
Who is the Pharoah?
Triangular shaped tomb that comes to a point
What is a true pyramid?
A type of art that has moved away from idealized forms and switched to a more realistic art style
What is realism?
relief sculpture in which figures or images are carved in low relief and set within a sunken area
What is Sunken Relief?
This flat roofed rectangular Mastaba is sometimes an example of this
What is a Rock cut tomb?
the practice of wrapping a dead human or animal to preserve them from further decay
What is Mummification?
The first widely adopted phonetic writing system
What are Hieroglyphics?
A line drawn to signify the surface of the ground
What is Groundline?
An extensive burial place for many people or a city
What is Necropolis?
Ziggurat is this kind of pyramid
What is a stepped pyramid?
V-shaped containers that are hollow on this inside and topped with either plain or characterized stoppers
What are canopic jars?
a person who copied out documents before printing was invented
Who is a scribe?
An era where artists portrayed unrealistic representations of the human form
What is Idealized/stylized?
A standing carved block made of a stone or wooden block
What is a Stele?
12 uncanny figures of different sizes and big eyes
What are Votive Figures?
Interior space whose roof rests on pillars located in the Karnak Temple Complex
What is Hypostyle Hall?
A ceremonial tablet carved from a single piece of siltstone
What is a palette?
A fortress on high ground that protects or dominates a city
What is Citadel?
A protective figure usually made of a hybrid of human, bird, and a bull or lion
What is Lamassu?
Horizontal bands or divisions within a composition that separate different narrative or thematic elements.
What is Register?
a carved tablet or drawing representing a scroll, used ornamentally or bearing an inscription
What is Cartouche?
Commonly known as Karnak, comprises a vast mix of temples, pylons, chapels, and other buildings near Luxor, Egypt
What are Temple Complexes?
In contrast to Monotheism, believing in one God, this is the name for believing in many gods
What is Polytheism?