Egyptian art and culture developed over thousands of years along the Nile River. Egyptian society was stratified, with pharaohs, priests and scribes at the top of social hierarchy. Common people included farmers, fishermen, artisans and laborers. The ancient Egyptians had a rich cultural tradition and produced art to serve religious and functional purposes. They also placed great importance on the afterlife, leading to the practice of mummification and burial customs. Hieroglyphics, papyrus and monumental structures like the pyramids and Sphinx provide insights into Egyptian civilization.

1. EGYPTIAN ART

2. GEOGRAPHY
• relates to two
regions: North
Africa and
Southwest Asia.
•Egypt has
coastlines on
both the
Mediterranean
Sea and the Red
Sea.

3. •The country
borders Libya to
the west,
the Gaza Strip
and Israel to the
east,
and Sudan to
the south.

4. PEOPLE
•Egyptians are
an ethnic
group and
the citizens of E
gypt sharing a
common culture
and a variety
of Arabic.

5. PEOPLE
Scribe
• hunters and
fishermen
• soldiers
• slaves
• priests
• scribes
• artists and
craftsmen
• farmers and
herdsmen

6. The priests Craftsmen

7. Slaves Soldiers

8. PEOPLE
Cleopatra
The last active pharaoh
• The leader was called
a PHARAOH.

9. SOCIAL STATUS

10. DAILY LIFE
• The ancient
Egyptians
maintained a rich
cultural heritage
complete with feasts
and festivals
accompanied by
music and dance.

11. • A painted depiction
of Senet, one of the
world's earliest
known board
games.

12. CLOTHING
Was made from
simple linen
sheets that were
bleached white.
mode of clothing

13. RELIGIOUS BELIEFS
• They believe in the
divine and in the
afterlife.
• Believed that every
human being was
composed of
physical and
spiritual parts
or aspects.
The Book of the Dead

14. BURIAL CUSTOMS
An Egyptian mummy kept in
Vatican Museums
• They believed
immortality after
death.
• Mummification is
one way of
preserving the
human body.

15. Canopic jars of Neskhons, wife
of Pinedjem II. Made of calcite, with
painted wooden heads. Circa 990–969
BC. On display at the Britis Museum.

16. WRITING
• Hieroglyphics are an
early form of picture
writing.
Hieroglyphics

17. PAPYRUS
A thin paper-
like material
made from
the pith of the
papyrus plant.
Papyrus (P. BM EA 10591 recto column IX,
beginning of lines 13-17)

18. ROSETTA STONE
a granodiorite
stele inscribed
with
a decree issued
at Memphis,
Egypt.
The Rosetta Stone in the British Museum.

19. EGYPTIAN ART
• The Ancient
Egyptians produced
art to serve
functional
purposes.
Narmer Pallete

20. FUNERARY ART
Any work of art
forming, or
placed in, a
repository for
the remains of
the dead.
Ushabti of pharaoh Ramesses IV
(20th Dynasty)

21. AMARNA ART
Characterized by a
sense of movement
and activity in images,
with figures having
raised heads, many
figures overlapping
and many scenes
busy and crowded.
Akhenaten, Pharaoh of Egypt.
Egyptian Museum, Cairo.

22. INSIGHTS
• I have realized that despite their social status
they did not forget to praise and thank their
Gods.
• Their lack of education is not a hindrance for
them to produce a work of art.
• I wonder how they able to build the pyramids
that in fact there were no machines at that time
to help them build it.