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2. Art of ancient Egypt - Wikipedia

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   Ancient Egyptian art refers to art produced in ancient Egypt between the 6th millennium BC and the 4th century AD, spanning from Prehistoric Egypt until the Christianization of Roman Egypt. It includes paintings, sculptures, drawings on papyrus, faience, jewelry, ivories, architecture, and other art media. It was a conservative tradition whose ...

3. Fayum mummy portraits - Wikipedia

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   Ancient sources indicate that panel painting rather than wall painting (i.e., painting on wood or other mobile surfaces) was held in high regard, but very few ancient panel paintings survive. One of the few examples besides the mummy portraits is the Severan Tondo , also from Egypt (around 200), which, like the mummy portraits, is believed to ...

4. Portraiture in ancient Egypt - Wikipedia

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   Gemiem-hat an official in early Middle Kingdom Herishefhotep an official in early Middle kingdom of ancient Egypt. Idealism apparent in ancient Egyptian art in general and specifically in portraiture was employed by choice, not as a result of lack of proficiency or talent. This is evident in the detailed and realistic depiction of birds and ...

5. Colorful paintings of daily life uncovered in 4,300-year-old ...

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   Archaeologists have discovered paintings of daily life in ancient Egypt in a tomb dating back more than 4,300 years. Colorful paintings of daily life uncovered in 4,300-year-old Egyptian tomb Skip ...

6. Old Kingdom of Egypt - Wikipedia

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   In ancient Egyptian history, the Old Kingdom is the period spanning c. 2700 –2200 BC. It is also known as the "Age of the Pyramids" or the "Age of the Pyramid Builders", as it encompasses the reigns of the great pyramid-builders of the Fourth Dynasty, such as King Sneferu, under whom the art of pyramid-building was perfected, and the kings Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure, who commissioned the ...

7. New X-ray scans of 3,000-year-old Egyptian paintings reveal ...

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   Headdress, necklace, and sceptre in Ramses II painting appear to be ‘substantially reworked’ but reasons remain unknown New X-ray scans of 3,000-year-old Egyptian paintings reveal pharaoh’s ...

8. Department of Egyptian Antiquities of the Louvre - Wikipedia

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   Middle Kingdom art, "known for its gold work and statues", moved from realism to idealization; this is exemplified by the schist statue of Amenemhatankh and the wooden Offering Bearer. The New Kingdom and Coptic Egyptian sections are deep, but the statue of the goddess Nephthys and the limestone depiction of the goddess Hathor demonstrate New ...

9. The Seated Scribe - Wikipedia

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   The sculpture of the Seated Scribe or Squatting Scribe is a famous work of ancient Egyptian art.It represents a figure of a seated scribe at work. The sculpture was discovered at Saqqara, north of the alley of sphinxes leading to the Serapeum of Saqqara, in 1850, and dated to the period of the Old Kingdom, from either the 5th Dynasty, c. 2450–2325 BCE or the 4th Dynasty, 2620–2500 BCE.