Names
Conventions
Vocabulary
Symbols used
descriptions
100
This is the name of the Egyptian pharaoh who united the kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt in 3000 BCE
Who is King Narmer
100
Drawing attention to the most important element based on size...
What is hieratic scale
100
When an image is cut into the surface of a stone...
What is a sunken relief
100
Depicted as a falcon this god was the spiritual force behind the king...
Who is Horus
100
Set in a single stone, this 2 figures statue is unique because it pictures a king and his queen standing very close in size....
What is Menkaure and a Queen
200
This was used for grinding eye paint...
What is a palette
200
Combination of front and profile view...
What is twisted pose
200
Used as a symbol for Lower Egypt because it grew in the River Nile in Lower Egypt...
What is papyrus
200
Symbolizes the role of a pharaoh as a shepherd of his people
what is a crook
200
The Nile runs through this example. We see all of the animals in the river as well as the waves...
What is Ti watching a Hippopotamus Hunt
300
Walls that taper down, mark the entrance to an Egyptian temple
What are pylons
300
most egyptian temples were based on a dominant center line known as...
a processional path.
300
an open colonnade courtyard sometimes having a pool or garden
What is a peristyle court
300
The Red Crown is a symbol of this...
What is Upper Egypt.
300
To commemorate and worship the god Amun this was built and added to for over 1,500 years...
What is the Great Temple of Amun at Karnak
400
Name of the pharaoh/god that first made monotheism
What is Aten
400
These 3 elements mark the entrance to an egyptian temple as seen in Great Temple of Amun at Karnak
What are obelisk, colouss ka staues of pharoh, and pylon walls
400
a rectangular stone shaft with a small pyramid at the top...
What is an obelisk
400
These two creatures found on the top of Tut's head piece are thought to represent divine sight and unity...
What is a cobra and a vulture.
400
these were represtations of the rays of the sun... thought the king would climb the rays of the sun to be with the sun god Ra.
What is the Great Pyramids at Giza
500
The name of the feather that human souls were weight against in the book of the dead...
Who is Maat
500
these 4 elements were convectional to the representation of a pharaoh....
What is bare foot, ceremonial false beard, bulls tail at the waistband, and the flail and crook.
500
"the breath of life"
What is an ankh
500
thought to be the most impressive visual symbol of royal power ever created
What is the wig with linen (the pharaoh's head-dress)
500
An offering of perfumed ointment...
What is Queen Nafertari making and offering to Isis
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