Your Guide to Ancient Egypt - Discover the facts about the pharaohs, king Tut, gods, mummies, pyramids, hieroglyphs, daily life, religion, and more.
Greco-Roman mummies show a continued deterioration of embalming methods, but interesting improvements in the wrapping techniques. Craftsmen weaved uniform bandages which allowed embalmers to wrap bodies inelaborate patterns. The most popular was a diagonal pattern that created a series of small squares....
and while a piece of art is undoubtedly of its time, it should also transcend it and be able to speak to us across the generations. One of the greatest examples of this is the craftsmanship and art of ancient Egypt.
Ptah – One of the triad worshipped in Memphis, Ptah is the god of craftsmen and builders. The other triad members included his wife, Sekhmet, and son Nefertem. Ra – Centered in Heliopolis, the cult of Ra believed that Ra, or the sun god sailed across the sky and the underworld each...
The Great Pyramid was the largest building constructed during ancient Egypt. The Great Pyramid of Giza is more than 4500 years old and built from over 2 million huge blocks of limestone. Originally, the pyramids would have been covered in limestone, but that was taken and reused to build the...
MEN OF THE GANG.(craftsmen in Ancient Egypt)(Brief Article)Bierbrier, Morris
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Facts about Art in Ancient Egypt The earliest work of art dates back 5,000 years ago to the Palette of Narmer. The first king of the first dynasty, the palette is carved in relief and displays Narmer’s victories. Ancient Egyptians started sculpting during the 3rd Dynasty. Unlike paintings,...
The majority of the population lived within the city on the Eastern bank, while people who served the king, like soldiers, laborers, craftsmen, priests, etc., lived on the Western bank. Where Was Thebes? Today, the area that Thebes occupied in ancient Egypt is now home to the city of...