Egypt Art

Most of the art created in Ancient Egypt was related to which part of their culture?

• Government
• Religion
• Alabaster
• Tombs

What was the greatest environmental factor in the preservation of the art of Ancient Egypt?

• Flooding of the Nile
• High winds from the Sahara
• The dry climate
• Red Sea hurricanes

Why did many tombs contain models or animals, slaves and boats?

• The dead may need them in the afterlife
• Living relatives honoring the dead
• They were toys of the dead person
• Relatives hope to recover the valuable models at a later time

Writing paper created in Ancient Egypt.

• Ankh
• reedarus
• obelisk
• papyrus

Famous architect that designed the first pyramids.

• Imhotep
• Sarcophagus
• Pharaoh
• Giza

An ancient Egyptian stone figure having a lion's body and a human head located on the Giza Plain

• The Sphinx
• Abu Simbel
• Rameses the 3rd
• King David

A stone pillar, typically having a square or rectangular cross section and a pyramidal top.

• Sphinx
• A giza
• Obelisk
• Ankh

A stone coffin, typically adorned with a sculpture or inscription and associated with the ancient civilization of Egypt.

• Funerary
• Tomb
• Masthaba
• Sarcophagus

A cross but having a loop instead of the top arm, used in ancient Egypt as a symbol of life.

• Rod
• Staff
• Ankh
• Giza

A temple complex, originally cut into a solid rock cliff, in southern Egypt.

• Abu Simbel
• Pyramid tomb
• Nile cataract
• Giza Plain