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Egyptian Symbols: What story do they tell?
Students create a stele to represent what symbols are the most important to them. In this symbols lesson plan, students learn about Egyptian symbols, and then put their own important symbols into model magic clay according to their size...
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Creating Relief Sculpture
Students design and create a sculptural relief using modeling clay.They create latex rubber molds and then produce relief sculptures using Sculptamold.
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Egyptian Masks
Ninth graders investigate the different types of Egyptian art including relief sculpture, sculpture in the round, and Egyptian architecture. They view and discuss pictures of Egyptian sarcophagi and compare them with current day coffins...
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Draw Like an Egyptian
Students discover the cultural history of Egypt by illustrating Egyptian figures. In this art history lesson plan, students analyze the Egyptian styles of figure drawings and emulate that by creating their own illustrations using...
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DRYWALL CARVING
Students study relief sculpture and architectural elements, discuss Egyptian hieroglyphics and relief sculptures that can be seen on Roman and Greek structures, and create a relief sculpture using drywall.
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The Gift of the Nile: Egypt and its River
Students begin with a piece of a puzzle that shows an artifact from ancient Egypt. They find others who have pieces that go with their puzzle piece. Students work in these groups to construct a relief map of the Nile River Valley.
Describing Egypt
Ptah-Hotep and Akhet-Hotep Mastaba
Did you know that mastaba means bench in Arabic? Learn why a mastaba was so important to ancient Egyptian architecture. Middle and high schoolers alike stay entertained while reading a passage that describes the virtual tour of...
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Mesoamerican Carving Project
Third graders are introduced to the use of glyphs and relief carving by Mesoamerican cultures. They complete worksheets, view PowerPoint presentations, participate in a Webquest and create an original glyph carving in sandstone.
Describing Egypt
Ty Mastaba
Many know the beauty of a pillared hall, but what makes those from ancient Egypt so breathtaking? An eye-catching resource takes viewers on a journey through the Ty Mastaba to discover the importance of pillars to architecture. They see...
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Body Building
Students determine whether ancient Egyptian drawing was proportional and in perspective by comparing ancient Egyptian drawings, a mummy's x-ray, and contemporary photographs of people.
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Textured Metal Boxes
Discuss the art process called repousse with this lesson. Learners discuss the history of this artistic method, talk about the technique, and create their own examples. They use boxwood tools, paper mache boxes, and sandpaper to create...
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Alternative Alphabet
Students determine and compare hieroglyph content and frequency to sentences constructed in an alternative alphabet based on symbols that mimic sounds of the alphabet. They decide which images are hieroglyphs and which ones are not.
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Parker Middle School: Relief Sculpture
This resource presents a general history and links to everything about relief sculpture. There are image examples and links to Greek, Ancient Roman, Egyptian and Chinese sites.
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Ancient Egypt: Where Was Writing Used
Uses many pictures to cover the use of heiroglyphics in ancient Egyptian temples and the tools used to create reliefs.
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Etc: Clip Art Etc: Egyptian Noble Hunting Waterfowl
Egyptian noble hunting waterfowl on the Nile with the throwstick' (a boomerang). The birds rise from a group of papyrus reeds, -- Egyptian relief; after Maspero." -West 1904
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Eternal Egypt: Relief of Horhotep
This low-relief shows Horhotep, Priest of Buto, seated on a chair that has lion's paws. He is receiving offerings from eight men and women.
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Eternal Egypt: Relief of Tep Em Ankh
This low-relief of Tep-em-Ankh shows a nude man being grasped around the legs by a large monkey. A second man leads a female monkey who is carrying a baby.
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Eternal Egypt: Low Relief of Niuserre
This low-relief shows how King Niuserre's funerary furniture was taken to his tomb by a number of men who are carrying his personal belongings.
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Eternal Egypt: Low Relief of the Heb Sed
On this low-relief, the king is represented in the form of Osiris. He comes out of his palace and performs the ceremonial run of the Heb Sed festival.
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Eternal Egypt: Relief of Boatmen Jousting
This relief shows a sporting competition of boatmen in a small stream or pond full of water lilies.
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Eternal Egypt: Relief of Ptolemy the First
This relief represents King Ptolemy the First standing and making offerings to Thoth. Thoth is represented in his sacred forms, the baboon and the ibis.
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Eternal Egypt: Relief of Two Papyrus Boats
This low-relief shows a beautiful nature scene of two boats made of papyrus in the marshes of the Delta. Several details add life and realism to the scene.
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Eternal Egypt: Relief of Nefer Hotep and Son
This relief depicts Nefer-Hotep standing and wearing a leopard skin as a sign of his priestly rank. In front of him stands his son, who is embracing his father's leg.
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Eternal Egypt: Relief of Psammetik the First
This relief depicts King Psammetik the First making an offering to the gods Osiris and Horus.