DISCUSSION- Understanding Ancient Egyptian art and its Origins

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QUESTION 1

1.    In your own words, explain how the deity Horus became the king of Egypt and Osiris became king of the underworld. 

 

15 points   

QUESTION 2

1.    Egyptian kings were often depicted as relatively the same size as deities. 

 True

 False

5 points   

QUESTION 3

1.    Many Egyptian representations included hieroglyphics.  Typically, shorter texts and longer texts indicated different things – what were the differences? 

 

 

10 points   

QUESTION 4

1.    Egyptian facience was a rare and costly material and only used to make figures for the kings. 

 True

 False

5 points   

QUESTION 5

1.    Geography and natural resources played a large part in the production of Egyptian art.  Write an essay (two paragraphs minimum) exploring how available materials were used by artists.  

20 points   

QUESTION 6

1.    Funerary texts, such as the Book of the Dead, were often written on what Egyptian equivalent of paper? ________________

 

5 points   

QUESTION 7

1.    During the late Predynastic Period, the culture of northern Egypt communities slowly began expanding to the south.  

 True

 False

5 points   

QUESTION 8

1.    A falcon depiction in Egyptian art typically represents the god _______________________?

 

5 points   

QUESTION 9

1.    The _____________ crown is associated with Upper Egypt and the _________________ crown is associated with Lower Egypt. 

 

5 points   

QUESTION 10

1.    The resurrected Osiris is often depicted with what two colors of skin?

  

Green

  

Red

  

White

  

Black

5 points   

QUESTION 11

1.                Is this an example of raised or sunk relief?

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Raised

  

Sunk

5 points   

QUESTION 12

1.    What is the name of stela component that contains a rectangular glyph depicting a pharaoh’s ‘Horus name’ and typically has an image of a deity?

  

palette

  

serekh

  

niche

  

label

5 points   

QUESTION 13

1.    Tombs often had _______________, which were stone carvings indentifying the buried. Royal versions would have a serekh as part of the relief.

  

crook

  

false door

  

stelae

  

pylon

5 points   

QUESTION 14

1.    Every king was to be associated identified with this deity during his lifetime.

  

Osiris

  

Wadjit

  

Hathor

  

Horus

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