ART FROM EGYPT
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                                                         Tools

Artists use a variety of tools to work in order for her to do the task. They use stone, copper and bronze tools like daggers and swords.

They use various things to make clothing, footwear and accessories. Examples are:

Vegetables dyes that were used on clothes
 
 

Leather that was used bags, shoes, seats for chairs,mattresses for beds and tent covers

Gold that was for handles on weapons, furniture, coffins, face masks, earrings, bracelets and necklaces

Stone for vases and statues

                                                                                        PAINTINGS
 

Paintings were a big thing in the tomb decoratings. The pictures often represent various stories, how they spent their daily lives, what rituals they did, how they did the painting s in the walls.

Possible Questions Asked

Why did Egyptians draw paintings in the walls of the caves, the temples, in the  tombs and in the pyramids?

Why do they bury gods with treasures?

Why do they have sculpters of their gods?

Why do they use animal heads and human bodies?

Why do they use a
 

                                                                                                      Osiris

 Necklace
 
 
 

 
 

Traveling
 
 

 Sumerian gold- leaf neacklace with lapis ande carnelian
Carnelian and lapis neacklace from Mesopotamia
Egyptain cowrie belt with carnelian and green feldspar
Gold and lapis collar from Ur

 

 
 

 
 
 

 Golden Bull is an instrment. Bulls signifiy strength and the plaited beard signifies the sign of divinity.
 

 A goddess worshiped by Mesopotamians