Egypt ID test

1. The pyramid of Djoser
Old Kingdom
Significant because it is tells modern achaeologists how much respect the ancient Egyptians had for their dead, especially the pharoah. It tells us that the pharoah was treated as a god, or else why would they have built such grand pyramids for them?

2. The Stele of Narmer
Old Kingdom
Significant because it shows how Lower egypt defeated Upper Egypt and how powerful the pharoahs were. Narmer is shown here as being twice the size of anyone else in the stele and he is trumphantly crushing his opponents below him. he is shown wearing the crown of Lower Egypt. It is also significant because it is possibly the first historical piece of artwork. It sets the trend for artwork to come from Egypt in the future. His torso is turned to face the front but his feet and head are shown as walking.

3. the Pyramids of Giza, Khafre, and Khufru
New Kingdom
these huge burial sites for the pharoahs are significant because they tell so much about the Egyptian way of life. It tells how much emphasis they put on the afterlife because they spend so much time, energy and resources to build the massive structures for their pharoah, who they saw as a god. They stored things that the dead person would need with them in between death and the afterlife. They show that the ancient Egyptians were good matheticians and architects too.

4.
Old Kingdom
It shows goddesses taking care of babies. It has Old Kingdom characteristics because the relief is very low.

5. Menkaure and His Queen
New Kingdom
This is significant because it shows the development of Egyptian sculptures. Even though Egyptian art remained for the most part unchanged this sculpture shows characteristics unlike the others. First of all, Menkaure and his queen are facing forward, while still in a static stance. It also shows another uniquely Egyptian characteristic in sculpture. Their bodies are not fully carved out of the stone.