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Tassili n' Ajier |
Mountains with small caves in them. More like holes really, not deep. 6,000 bc people used to live there 15,000 paintings on the caves the paintings were in 6,000 bc |
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Ice caps once covered the Sahara? |
True |
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Pictograph |
Painting on a rock |
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Petrograph |
Carved stone picture patha-darker stone |
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What is Bovidian Period? |
Named after Bovine, cows |
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Tas |
Lived in there till Christian period A lot settles along the river after they left Tas |
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How many Nile river paintings |
5 - 4000 |
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Ginger Man |
Naturally mummified body become somewhat popular rolled in sand |
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Badarian Pottery |
Named after El' Badari Black at top and Red at bottom Beaker sort of shape Tall and thin found around 4,000 BC Early neo, late copper age Not made well since made by hand |
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Amration/Naquada |
From cemetaries, in upper egypt White on red short and squat zig zag patterns and sunburts Had animals and people occasionally Dunno if it meant anything |
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Gerzean/Naqad II |
Found in lower Egypt in homes Black on White bowl shaped pots, jugs Had holes, maybe suspended by rope Had boat drawings on it and cabins on top Long poles may have been Nome code Horevacule Much more representational May have contained oil some don't have boats |
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Flint |
Carved into bind, other things |
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Ostracon |
Broken piece of pottery stone used as a scratch piece/practice |
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silk cloth |
3-4000 bc Boat pictures held up well in dry climate |
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What did women do at funerals? |
They used to pull their hair out There were also professional mourners |
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Hierakpolis |
Found in small building near Luxor possible tomb, shrine or home Upper Egypt |
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Did Egyptian likes to work in stone? |
yes |
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Thebes old name and the new name is... |
Luxor is the new name |
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Mace head of King Scorpian |
Used in battle/ceremonial it was a club |
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hieratic scale |
Bigger meant better |
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Canon means |
it means it's standard and refers to pose |
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cosmetic palace |
Grinded Malekite, make coal made eyeliner, shadow a whole bunch of makeup Small indention in it Some what medicinal Took on fancier shapes later on turned into animal pallets which were cute |
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Palette of the two dogs |
Wasn't used for makeup used as a trophy lead up to Egyptian art |
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Main Images exoressed and stablized in the ... |
4th dynasty |
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The function of egyption art was too.. |
express religion abstratctions |
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Religion was a cult... |
but it was not a cult like in today standard |