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46 Cards in this Set
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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: People, boats, and animals Origin: Hierakonpolis, Egypt Date: ca. 3500-3200 BCE |
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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Palette of King Narmer Origin: Hierakonpolis, Egypt Date: ca. 3000-2920 BCE |
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Artist: Imhotep
Title of Work: Stepped Pyramid and mortuary precinct of Djoser Origin: Saqqara, Egypt Date: ca. 2630-2611 BCE |
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Artist: Imhotep
Title of Work: Plan of precinct at Djoser Origin: Saqqara, Egypt Date: ca. 2630-2611 BCE |
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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Detail of the facade of the North Palace of the mortuary precinct of Djoser Origin: Saqqara, Egypt Date: ca. 2630-2611 BCE |
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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Great Pyramids Origin: Gizeh, Egypt Date: ca. 2490-2472 (Menkaure), 2520-2494 (Khafre), 2551-2528 (Khufu) BCE |
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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Great Sphinx Origin: Gizeh, Egypt Date: ca. 2520-2494 BCE |
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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Khafre enthroned Origin: Gizeh, Egypt Date: ca. 2520-2494 BCE |
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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Menkaure and Khamerernebty (?) Origin: Gizeh, Egypt Date: ca. 2490-2472 BCE |
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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Seated scribe Origin: Saqqara, Egypt Date: ca. 2500 BCE |
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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Ti watching a hippopotamus hunt Origin: Saqqara, Egypt Date: ca. 2450-2350 BCE |
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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Goats treading seed and cattle fording a canal Origin: Saqqara, Egypt Date: ca. 2450-2350 BCE |
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mastaba
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Arabic, "bench". An ancient Egyptian rectangular brick or stone structure with sloping sides erected over a subterranean tomb chamber connected with the outside by a shaft.
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serdab
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A small concealed chamber in an Egyptian mastaba for the statue of the deceased.
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necropolis
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Greek, "city of the dead". A large burial area or cemetery.
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engaged columns
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A half-round column attached to a wall.
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ashlar masonry
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Carefully cut and regularly shaped blocks of stone used in construction, fitted together without mortar.
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ka
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In ancient Egypt, the immortal human life force.
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artistic canon
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A rule, for example, of proportion.
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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Death mask of Tutankhamen Origin: Thebes, Egypt Date: ca. 1323 BCE |
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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Fragmentary head of Senusret III Origin: Egypt Date: ca. 1860 BCE |
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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Interior hall of the rock-cut tomb of Amenemhet Origin: Beni Hasan, Egypt Date: ca. 1950-1900 BCE |
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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut Origin: Deir el-Bahri, Egypt Date: ca. 1473-1458 BCE |
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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Hatshepsut with offering jars Origin: Deir el-Bahri, Egypt Date: ca. 1473-1458 BCE |
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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Temple of Ramses II Origin: Abu Simbel, Egypt Date: ca. 1290-1224 BCE |
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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Interior of the temple of Ramses II Origin: Abu Simbel, Egypt Date: ca. 1290-1224 BCE |
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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Hypostyle hall, temple of Amen-Re Origin: Karnak, Egypt Date: ca. 1290-1224 BCE |
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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Senmut with Princess Nefrura Origin: Thebes, Egypt Date: ca. 1470-1460 BCE |
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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Fowling scene from the tomb of Nebamun Origin: Thebes, Egypt Date: ca. 1400-1350 BCE |
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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Musicians and dancers from the tomb of Nebamun Origin: Thebes, Egypt Date: ca. 1400-1350 BCE |
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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Akhenaton, from the temple of Aton Origin: Karnak, Egypt Date: ca. 1353-1335 BCE |
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Artist: Thutmose
Title of Work: Nefertiti Origin: Amarna, Egypt Date: ca. 1353-1335 BCE |
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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Tiye Origin: Ghurab, Egypt Date: ca. 1353-1335 BCE |
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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters Origin: Amarna, Egypt Date: ca. 1353-1335 BCE |
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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Innermost coffin of Tutankhamen Origin: Thebes, Egypt Date: ca. 1323 BCE |
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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Painted chest, from the tomb of Tutankhamen Origin: Thebes, Egypt Date: ca. 1333-1323 BCE |
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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Last judgment of Hu-Nefer Origin: Thebes, Egypt Date: ca. 1290-1280 BCE |
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Artist: Unknown
Title of Work: Temple of Horus Origin: Edfu, Egypt Date: ca. 237-47 BCE |
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fluted columns
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Vertical channeling, used primarily in ancient Egyptian art and architecture, translating perishable natural forms into permanent architecture.
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colonnades
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A series or row of columns, usually spanned by lintels.
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facade
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Usually, the front of a building; also, the other sides when they are emphasized architecturally.
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atlantid
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A male figure that functions as a supporting column.
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caryatid
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A female figure that functions as a supporting column.
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pylon temple
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The wide entrance gateway of an Egyptian temple, characterized by its sloping walls.
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hypostyle hall
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A hall with a roof supported by columns.
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fresco secco
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Dry fresco.
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