Death to Impress
The process of embalming a dead body and wrapping it in cloth, usually associated with the Egyptians
What is mummification?
This person was the ruler of Egypt and was believed to be the physical form of a god.
What is the Pharoah?
These mini-me dolls were used by the Etruscans to show their gods constant prayer
What are Votive Figures?
These structures were built as defensive fortresses in cities; famously guarding one are carvings of Lamassu, creatures with a bull's body, wings, and the head of a man.
What are Citadels?
A subject that has been depicted differently than how they appear in life.
What is Stylized?
These burial spaces were carved out of rocks
What is a Rock-Cut Tomb?
This writing style was famously used by the Egyptians
What are Hieroglyphics?
The term used for a religion that follows one deity/power
What is Monotheism?
A stepped pyramid (pyramid made up of levels that look like "steps" up to its peak) that held religious significance, from Ancient Mesopotamia
What is a ziggurat?
Rather than its subjects being idealized as beautiful and perfect, this is a style that depicts its subjects as they are. Seen on some Roman busts.
What is Realism?
A city of the dead
What is a Necropolis?
What is a Scribe?
The term used for a religion that worships multiple deities/powers
What is Polytheism?
Found in Karnak, Egypt, with massive sandstone columns and a pathway that grew tighter the further someone walked through it.
What is Hypostyle Hall?
This ancient style of writing was used on The Code of Hammurabi
What is Cuneiform?
Sounds like "skelly" and was used as a sort of early gravestone
What is a Stele?
These containers were used by Ancient Egyptians in funeral practices, and often feature the head of a god or animal on their lids.
What are Gods?
These large landmarks in Egypt are often referred to as being the "true" form of the shape.
What is a true pyramid?
These parallel lines seperate scenes of ancient art and provide a "ground line" (line on which subjects stand/are placed in a piece)
What is a register?
This was a type of tomb used by Ancient Egyptians. Rhymes with "Mufasa".
What is a Mastaba?
An oval frame resembling a scroll with hieroglyphs representing a name, usually that of a leader.
What is a Cartouche?
Groups of temples meant to worship multiple gods.
What are Temple Complexes?
Periods of time where a place has a consecutive line of rulers, all from the same family.
What are Dynasties?
King Narmer's Palette, depicting Narmer as a large figure and those he is defeating as unrealistically small, is an example of this.
What is Hieratic/Hierarchal Scale?