Ancient Egypt Art & Archtitecture

Egyptian Art Narmer Pallette Obelisks Pyramids The Sphinx Valleys Excavating in Egypt Galleries Other Links

Egyptian Art For over three thousand years the Egyptians adhered to a prescribed set of rules as to how a work of art in three dimensions should be presented. Egyptian art was highly symbolic and a painting or sculpture was not meant to be a record of as the result of subtle changes, not an altered conception of art or its role in society Egyptian Art What is Ancient Egyptian art? Understanding Egyptian Art Immortality through Art The Egyptian Canon of Art Egyptian Painting Music & Dance Music Instruments Images of Musical Objects Art of the Body Applied Art Craftsmen & Artists Composition & Development of Tools Carpenters & Their Tools Gold- & silversmiths Foundry workers Basketry Glass: The material, uses & technologies Household utensils & materials Ancient Egyptian Pottery History of Egyptian Pottery Early Egyptian Pottery Types of Pottery Artwork of Egyptian Pottery Potters Users of Egyptian Pottery Examples of Egyptian Pottery

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Obelisks History of the Egyptian Obelisks Existing Egyptian Obelisks A World of Obelisks

Pyramids History of the Egyptian Pyramids The Great Pyramid The Prehistory of the Pyramids How were the Pyramids built? Why were the Pyramids built? Construction of the Pyramids Alternate Theories of Pyramid Construction Pyramid's Air Shafts The Concave Faces of the Great Pyramid The Iron Plate in the Great Pyramid The Hieroglyphic Inscription Above the Great Pyramid's Entrance The Pyramids and Temples at Gizeh - by W.M. Flinders Petrie, 1883 Deep Secrets Giza Plateau The Giza Pyramids Giza Site Plan The Orion Correlation Osiris and Orion The Geometry of the Air-Shafts The Giza Vanishing Point Pyramid of Khafre Pyramid of Khufu Pyramid of Menkaure The Step Pyramid Complex of Djoser Djoser History The Djoser Pyramid Images List of the Pyramids

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The Sphinx The Sphinx Great Sphinx in Situ Sphinx Passages Sphinx Erosion The Sphinx's Identity Secret Chamber The Masonry Boxes of the Great Sphinx Was There a Second Great Sphinx at Giza? The Sphinx's Nose Redating the Sphinx

Valleys Valley of the Kings - The Valley of the Kings, in Upper Egypt, Thebes, the burial place of the pharaohs of the New Kingdom, 18th, 19th, and 20th Dynasties. To date, more than 62 tombs have been identified. The Valley of the Kings has two components - the East Valley and the West Valley. It is the East Valley which most tourists visit and in which most of the tombs of the New Kingdom Pharaohs can be found. Geography and Geology of the Valley Exploration of the Valley of the Kings Historical Development of Royal Cemeteries outside Thebes and inside Thebes (Early Dynastic-Second Intermediate Period) Historical Development of the Valley of the Kings in the New Kingdom History of the Valley of the Kings (Third Intermediate Period-Byzantine Period) The Valley Today Tomb Robberies The Valley of the Kings: Then and Now Tomb Numbering Systems in the Valley Tutankhamun : Anatomy of an Excavation The Search for Tutankhamun Howard Carter A. C. Mace's account of the opening of the burial chamber of Tutankhamun A. H. Gardiner's account of the opening of the burial chamber of Tutankhamun Howard Carter's excavation and pocket diaries Late 1922 Early 1923 1923-1924 Valley of the Mummies Discovery of the Valley of the Mummies Discovery of The Valley of the Golden Mummies at Bahariya Oasis The Roman Settlement at El Haiz Bahariya Temples and Tombs The Rediscovery of Three Tombs Discovering the Golden Mummies Future Excavations in the Valley of the Mummies The Secrets of the Valley of the Golden Mummies

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Excavating in Egypt Before Excavating The Excavation Specialists Recording Dating Publication After Excavation

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Galleries Egyptian Museum, Cairo Egypt Reborn : Art for Eternity - Collections from The Brooklyn Museum of Art Louvre Museum's Department of Egyptian Antiquities Oriental Institute Museum - Collections from The University of Chicago Ancient Egyptian Art - Collections at the Michael C. Carlos Museum Women and Gender in Ancient Egypt - Exhibition in the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology The University of Memphis Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology

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Other Links Images of Tutankhamen's Shrine II At the Tomb of Tutankhamen - National Geographic The Tomb of Niankhkhnum & Khnumhotep The Dig Site - A website which documents an archaeological dig currently underway in Wadi Natrun Archaeology's Interactive Digs Journey Through the Valley of the Kings The Upuaut Project - This web site contains a complete scientific report about the investigation of the so-called "air shafts" inside the Great Pyramid of Cheops Pyramids Galore Nova Online: Pyramids Nova Online: The Sphinx Dr. Zahi Hawass' Official Website The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World