Egyptian Art Vocabulary

the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities

• Comparison

• Symbolism

• Texting

a stone pillar, typically having a square or rectangular cross section and a pyramidal top, set up as a monument or landmark

• Obelisk

• Megalith

• Papyrus

a material prepared in ancient Egypt from the pithy stem of a water plant, used in sheets throughout the ancient Mediterranean world for writing or painting on and also for making rope, sandals, and boats

• Register

• Canon

• Papyrus

a stone coffin, typically adorned with a sculpture or inscription and associated with the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Rome, and Greece

• Sphinx

• Sarcophagus

• Cartouche

a large pre-historic stone that has been used to construct a structure or monument, either alone or together with other stones

• Pyramid

• Boulder

• Megalith

a monumental structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top, especially one built of stone as a royal tomb in ancient Egypt

• Pyramid

• Obelisk

• Sphinx

an ancient Egyptian stone figure having a lion's body and a human or animal head

• Sarcophagus

• Sphinx

• Cartouche

the common title now used for the monarchs of ancient Egypt from the First Dynasty until the annexation of Egypt by the Roman Empire

• Ruler

• King

• Pharaoh

a stylized picture of an object representing a word, syllable, or sound, as found in ancient Egyptian and other writing systems

• Cartouche

• Register

• Hieroglyph

an oval or oblong enclosing a group of Egyptian hieroglyphs, typically representing the name and title of a monarch

• Hieroglyph

• Cartouche

• Canon