AP WORLD

ART AND ARCHITECTURE

OF THE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS --- 3500 BC - 1200 BC

 

 

The Standard of Ur from Sumeria 

 

 

Some figurines from Sumeria  

 

 

The Golden Sarcophogus of King Tutankhamen

 

 

Tomb art describing Egyptian beliefs about the nature of life: Horus the Falcon

 

 

More tomb art: the god Osiris, ruler of the afterlife

 

 

Famous tomb fresco from Egypt

 

 

When Egyptians died, their heart was weighed by Osiris- what would your's do? What about Mr. Finelli's?

 

 

the same scene, from the inside of a pyramid

 

 

The famous bust of Queen Nefirtiti

 

 

An early cuneiform tablet uncovered in Mesopotamia

 

 

The famed Rosetta Stone- written in three languages


 

 Famous Buildings from most ancient Sumeria and Aegypt

 

 

The Great Ziggurat at Ur in Sumer

 

 

In the early 20th Century, the Temple was excavated and restored in modern Iraq

 

 

The first real pyramid, the Step Pyramid of Saqqara

 

 

The Pyramid complex at Giza, one of the world's famous places

 

 

The Great Pyramid at night

 

 

The Great Sphinx at Giza

 

 

The Temple of Luxor,  part of the Valley of the Kings

 

 

The Colossi of Memnon

 

 

The Tomb of Ramses, the 'Ramesseum'

 

 

It was in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that Egypt sparked

the interest and imagination of many people... making history a popular subject in school!

Here are old planes flying among the pyramids between the wars.

 

 

Modern and ancient meet in today's Giza

 

 

Papyrus used in modern consumerism: King Tut likes Big Macs???

 

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