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14 Cards in this Set
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The first architect in history to be identified by name was?
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Imhotep
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The fact of the Sphinx at Giza is a portrait of?
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Khafre
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What image portrays the informal family interaction of Egyptian royals?
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Akhenaten and his Family, fig 3-26
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Which dynasty is older?
A) The fourth B) The eighteenth |
A) The fourth
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Who was a rare female pharaoh that ruled for twenty years?
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Hatshepsut
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Hatshepsut defied Egyptian conventions how?
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By being a woman ruler.
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The Egyptian Pyramids were NOT...
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They were NOT...
-Built throughout Egyptian history -Made of mudbrick -Like ziggurats, served many purposes. |
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What is true of the sculpture of Menkaure and a Queen, fig. 3-9?
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-Reflect established Egyptian aesthetic ideals.
-Was probably not finished. -Has traces of red and black paint on it. |
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Which of the following conventions for depicting a pharaoh were already established by the time of the Old Kingdom?
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-False beard
-Kilt -Crook and flail |
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The Amarna period...
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Marked a radical departure from Egyptian convention.
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Why was the Temple of Abu Simbal moved?
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To avoid rising water.
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The Books of the Dead were...
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-Papyrus scrolls.
-Commissioned by family in preparation for the afterlife. -Reveal Egyptian ideas about judgment after death. |
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Tutankhamen's tomb is important because...
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It remained largely untouched until it's discovery.
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What is different about the depictions of Akhenaten?
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They unusually depicted the pharaoh's physical features, as he was aesthetically more feminine appearing than most pharaohs.
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