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85 Cards in this Set
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Narmer Palette (Medium)
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Green Schist
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Narmer Palette Location
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Hierakonopolis
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Narmer Palette Style (Time)
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Early Dynastic Period
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Narmer Palette (Significance)
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Interpreted to announce the country's unity and the beginning of the country's growth as a powerful city- state; Also uses heiratic scale and registers
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Narmer Palette (Style)
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Early Dynastic Period
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Djoser's Pyramid (Artist)
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Imhoptep- first architect in history known by name
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Djoser's Pyramid (Medium)
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Limestone
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Djoser's Pyramid (Style)
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Old Kingdom Egypt
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Djoser's Pyramid (Location)
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Saqqara
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Djoser's Pyramid (Discussion)
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Was planned to be a single mastaba, but was enlarged into a step pyramid with six mastaba-like elements. This is the earliest known monumental architecture in Egypt. Tomb of Djoser.
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Great Pyramids (Artists)
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Fourth Dynasty Kings: Menkaure, Khafre, Khufu
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Great Pyramids (Medium)
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Granite and Limestone
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Great Pyramids (Style)
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Old Kingdom Egypt
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Great Pyramids (Location)
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Giza
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Great Pyramids (Significance)
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Built as resting places for the three Kings
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Khafre (Artist)
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Unknown (Egyptian)
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Khafre (Medium)
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Anorthosite Gneiss (like Diorite)
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Khafre (Style)
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Old Kingdom Egypt
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Khafre (Location)
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Giza, Valley Temple of Khafre (Now in Egyptian Museum in Cairo)
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Khafre (Significance)
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Falcon God Horus perches on his back, protecting the King's head with his wings, The throne's legs have lions- symbols of authority, lotus and papyrus plants beneath the seat symbolize the King's power over upper and lower Egypt
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Menkaure and a Queen (Artist)
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Unknown
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Menkaure and a Queen (Medium)
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Graywacke with traces of red and black paint
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Menkaure and a Queen (Style)
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Old Kingdom Egypt
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Menkaure and a Queen (Location)
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Giza
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Menkaure and a Queen (Significance)
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Flatfooted stride, sturdy legs, shows good health and youthfulness, Fertility Features Emphasized
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Seated Scribe (Artist)
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Unknown
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Seated Scribe (Medium)
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Painted limestone with inlaid eyes of crystal, calcite, and magnesite mounted in copper
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Seated Scribe (Style)
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Old Kingdom Egypt (Fifth Dynasty)
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Seated Scribe (Location)
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Saqqara (near tomb of Kai)
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Seated Scribe (Significance)
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Flabby and Smooth skin indicating he was a scribe and was free from physical labor
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Rock-Cut Tomb (Artist)
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Unknown
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Rock-Cut Tomb (Medium)
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Carved out of solid Rock
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Rock-Cut Tomb (Style)
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Middle Kingdom
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Rock-Cut Tomb (Location)
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Beni- Hasan
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Rock-Cut Tomb (Significance)
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Included entrance portico (projecting roof held by columns), a main hall, and a shrine with a burial chamber
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Head of Senusret III (Artist)
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Unknown
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Head of Senusret III (Medium)
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Yellow Quartzite
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Head of Senusret III (Style)
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Middle Kingdom 12th Dynasty
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Head of Senusret III (Location)
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?Egypt
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Head of Senusret III (Significance)
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Shows detailed facial lines, sunken eyes; This is a King that is emotiotionally drained, and this image portrays a pessimistic view of life full of burden
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Hippopotamus (Artist)
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Unknown
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Hippopotamus (Medium)
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Faience
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Hippopotamus (Style)
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Middle Kingdom 12th Dynasty
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Hippopotamus (Location)
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Tomb of Senbi, Meir
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Hippopotamus (Significance)
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Could have been placed in tombs of women for good fortune, or bad luck in men's tombs- standing in water- lotus flowers and blue paint
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Funerary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut (Artist)
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Unknown
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Funerary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut (Medium)
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Positioned against high cliffs, built into rock
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Funerary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut (Style)
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New Kingdom
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Funerary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut (Location)
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Deir El-Bahri
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Funerary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut (Significance)
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Follows an Axial plan, Faces the Great Temple of Amun (several miles away), Large hypostyle hall, columned porticos, Remarkable union of nature and architechture
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Hatshepsut Enthroned (Artist)
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Unknown
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Hatshepsut Enthroned (Medium)
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Unknown
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Hatshepsut Enthroned (Style)
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New Kingdom
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Hatshepsut Enthroned (Location)
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Deir El-Bahri
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Hatshepsut Enthroned (Significance)
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Portrayed as a man ruler, wearing linen headress, and has a bull's tail
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Temple of Amun (Artist)
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Unknown
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Temple of Amun (Medium)
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Unknown
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Temple of Amun (Location)
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Karnak
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Temple of Amun (Style)
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New Kingdom
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Temple of Amun (Significance)
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Hypostyle Hall, Clearstory, Columns with Bud Capitals and Flower Capitals (Lotus Flowers), May have been used for ceremonial purposes
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Akhenaten and Family (Artist)
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Unknown
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Akhenaten and Family (Medium)
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Painted Limestone
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Akhenaten and Family (Style)
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New Kingdom
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Akhenaten and Family (Location)
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Akhetaten
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Akhenaten and Family (Significance)
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Sunken relief, shows Queen Nefertiti with the three daughters, and Akhenaten- shows parents engaged lovingly with their children in a way not hinted at in older portraits
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Queen Tiy (Artist)
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Unknown
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Queen Tiy (Style)
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New Kingdom
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Queen Tiy (Medium)
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Boxwood, gold, silver, lapis lazuli, cloth, clay, wax, ebony, glass
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Queen Tiy (Location)
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Kom Medinet el-Ghurab
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Queen Tiy (Significance)
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Akhenaten's mother
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Nefertiti (Artist)
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Found in the workshop of Thutmose
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Nefertiti (Medium)
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Painted Limestone
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Nefertiti (Style)
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New Kingdom
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Nefertiti (Location)
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Akhetaten
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Nefertiti (Significance)
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Called a bust, which was very unusual for its time. Was never finished, may have been a model for sculpting other works of art, iconic, and has features people tend to value- symmetrical
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Funerary Mask of Tutankhamen (Artist)
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Unknown
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Funerary Mask of Tutankhamen (Medium)
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Gold inlaid with glass and semiprecious stones
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Funerary Mask of Tutankhamen (Style)
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New Kingdom
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Funerary Mask of Tutankhamen (Location)
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Tomb of Tutankhamen, Valley of the Kings, near Deir el-Bahri
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Funerary Mask of Tutankhamen (Significance)
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Wearing blue and gold nemes, double uraeus with cobra and vulture
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Temple of Ramses II (Artist)
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Unknown
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Temple of Ramses II (Medium)
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Carved into a mountain
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Temple of Ramses II (Style)
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New Kingdom
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Temple of Ramses II (Location)
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Abu Simbel
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Temple of Ramses II (Significance)
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In the back sancuary are the three Gods, Ra, Ptah, and Amun as well as Ramses. In front are 65 ft statues of Ramses as well as his wife and family.
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