Egypt B.C.
Egyptian Timeline Predynastic Period Early Dynastic Period Old Kingdom Middle Kingdom New Kingdom
Old Kingdom First pyramid built for King Zoser at Sakkara (2600 B.C.) Designed my Imhotep, the first known artist First huge stone structure on Earth -made of 6 steps and over 20 stories tall
Old Kingdom The Great Pyramids
Old Kingdom The Great Pyramids at Giza Took 100,000’s of men to build Stones weighed between tons Floated the stones up the Nile during flooding season and hauled to the edge of the desert Used levers, rollers, rope, and ramps to construct the pyramids The largest pyramid was built for Cheops and covers 13 acres, is 911 feet on each side of the base, 55 stories tall, took over 2 million blocks of limestone The largest structure on Earth until skyscrapers 4500 years later
Old Kingdom The Great Pyramids at Giza
Guarded by the Great Sphinx A statue 240 feet long, body of a lion, head of Chefren, a pharaoh one of the 3 pyramids was built for
New Kingdom Most prosperous time in Egypt’s history Temples were built as homes for gods and priests, not just pharaoh tombs Arts flourished. Painting style changed from being stylistic to more realistic. Ramses II had almost every temple rebuilt, redecorated, or expanded.
King Tutankhamen Became king when he was 9 years old Priests and military “guided” his decisions and were able to bring Egypt back to their old ways. When he was 19 he was ruling on his own but died suddenly
-Tomb was discovered in It hadn’t been touched in 3,000 years - It took 10 years to empty everything out of it
Mummification
Egypt Questions 1. Explain how the Nile River influenced the development of Egyptian culture. 2. Who was Imhotep? What is his importance in art history? 3. Why do we know so much about Egyptian society in art?