Ancient Art: Tombs and Treasures

Question 1- In your own words, explain how the deity Horus became the king of Egypt and Osiris became king of the underworld.

QUESTION 2- Egyptian kings were often depicted as relatively the same size as deities.

-True

-False

QUESTION 3- Many Egyptian representations included hieroglyphics. Typically, shorter texts and longer texts indicated different things - what were the differences?

QUESTION 4- Egyptian facience was a rare and costly material and only used to make figures for the kings.

-True

-False

QUESTION 5- Geography and natural resources played a large part in the production of Egyptian art. Write an essay (two paragraphs minimum) exploring how available materials were used by artists.

QUESTION 6- Funerary texts, such as the Book of the Dead, were often written on what Egyptian equivalent of paper? ________________

QUESTION 7- During the late Predynastic Period, the culture of northern Egypt communities slowly began expanding to the south.

-True

-False

QUESTION 8- A falcon depiction in Egyptian art typically represents the god _______________________?

QUESTION 9- The _____________ crown is associated with Upper Egypt and the _________________ crown is associated with Lower Egypt.

QUESTION 10- The resurrected Osiris is often depicted with what two colors of skin?

-Green

-Red

-White

-Black

QUESTION 11- Is this an example of raised or sunk relief?

-Raised

-Sunk

QUESTION 12- What is the name of stela component that contains a rectangular glyph depicting a pharaoh's ‘Horus name' and typically has an image of a deity?

-palette

-serekh

-niche

-label

QUESTION 13- Tombs often had _______________, which were stone carvings indentifying the buried. Royal versions would have a serekh as part of the relief.

-crook

-false door

-stelae

-pylon

QUESTION 14- Every king was to be associated identified with this deity during his lifetime.

-Osiris

-Wadjit

-Hathor

-Horus.