Ancient Ancient Egyptian Egyptian

Art & Art & CultureCulture

66thth Grade Art Unit Grade Art Unit

Egyptian Grid SystemEgyptian Grid System

What does art tell us What does art tell us about life in Ancient Egypt?about life in Ancient Egypt?

Religious beliefsReligious beliefs JobsJobs Family relationshipsFamily relationships Everyday lifeEveryday life

Egyptian god & Egyptian god & goddess were goddess were

very important to very important to every Egyptian. every Egyptian.

Pharaohs claimed Pharaohs claimed that their their that their their power to rule power to rule

came from the came from the gods.gods.

What do mummies tell us?What do mummies tell us?

The people believed that they would The people believed that they would come back to life after they died.come back to life after they died.

People spent a lot of time and money People spent a lot of time and money preparing their tombs for the afterlife.preparing their tombs for the afterlife.

AnimalsAnimals Animals like the cat Animals like the cat

and ibis (a bird) were and ibis (a bird) were considered sacred.considered sacred.

When certain animals When certain animals died, they were died, they were mummified and left as mummified and left as offerings in temples to offerings in temples to the gods they were the gods they were connected with.connected with.

Egyptian workers were paid by Egyptian workers were paid by the government during the flood the government during the flood season when they could not work season when they could not work in the fields.in the fields.

The stone blocks came from The stone blocks came from nearby limestone quarries.nearby limestone quarries.

Limestone is a soft stone, which Limestone is a soft stone, which can easily crumble.can easily crumble.

Building PyramidsBuilding Pyramids

It took thousands of workers to It took thousands of workers to build the pyramids.build the pyramids.

Workers used ropes and Workers used ropes and wooden rollers to drag wooden rollers to drag the enormous limestone the enormous limestone blocks into place.blocks into place.

Some blocks weighed Some blocks weighed over 2 tons.over 2 tons.

Blocks were pulled on Blocks were pulled on sledge runners that sledge runners that were lubricated with oil were lubricated with oil or water to move them or water to move them more easily.more easily.

Egyptian WomenEgyptian Women

Women wore pleated Women wore pleated linen gowns and jewelry.linen gowns and jewelry.

Around their eyes they Around their eyes they wore wore kohlkohl, a black , a black eyeliner made from lead eyeliner made from lead ore.ore.

During funerary During funerary banquets, women often banquets, women often wore scented wax cones wore scented wax cones on their heads.on their heads.

Egyptian MenEgyptian Men

The men wore close-fitting The men wore close-fitting linen kilts.linen kilts.

They also wore They also wore kohlkohl around their eyes for around their eyes for fashion and for protection fashion and for protection from the sun.from the sun.

WorkWork

Egyptian boys usually followed the Egyptian boys usually followed the same profession as their parents.same profession as their parents.

Women and girls were not expected to Women and girls were not expected to have professions, but many worked have professions, but many worked alongside men in common jobs. alongside men in common jobs. Women mostly worked in the home.Women mostly worked in the home.

All artists were seen as craftsmen.All artists were seen as craftsmen. Their training often began at age 5.Their training often began at age 5.

ScribesScribes Scribes were some of the very few people Scribes were some of the very few people

in the ancient world who could read and in the ancient world who could read and write.write.

Scribes were important people in ancient Scribes were important people in ancient Egypt.Egypt.

They held a very high status in Egyptian They held a very high status in Egyptian society.society.

The work of the scribes gives us most of The work of the scribes gives us most of the information we know about the the information we know about the ancient Egyptians. ancient Egyptians.

Statue of a ScribeStatue of a Scribe