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  2. Fold each page in half along the solid vertical line
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  1. Verify Front of pages is selected for Viewing and print the front of the notecards
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    NOTE: Since the back of the pages are printed in reverse order (last page is printed first), keep the pages in the same order as they were after Step 1. Also, be sure to feed the pages in the same direction as you did in Step 1.
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14 notecards = 4 pages (4 cards per page)

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Ancient Egypt Kingdom 3500-2134BCE

front 1

back 1

- The Palette of King Narmer

-3000-2920BCE

- Slate, 2'1" high

- People coming together (king "brought" upper and lower Egypt together)

- Cow faced woman with horns, symbol of Hathor. Hierarchy of scale + twisted view.

- Good over evil, falcon symbolism, taking over lower egypt

- Shows standards (wooden stick holding a banner) and aerial view of dead enemies

front 2

back 2

- Rosetta Stone

- 196BCE

- Stone carvings, three different languages inscribed (Greek, Demotic, and Hieroglyphs)

front 3

back 3

- Mastaba: a tomb, brought everything into tombs that they would need in life for death. Might have been inspired by ziggurats

- Chapel and false door (symbolic of transition to death)

- Shaft into burial chamber, Serdab (room with Ka in it), burial chamber

- Ka: a statue meant to hold the soul of the dead until they could pass into afterlife, statue in serdab

front 4

a city of the dead, like a graveyard

back 4

Necropolis

front 5

back 5

- Imhotep, stepped pyramid of Djoser

- 2630-2611BCE

- 200' tall

- Imhotep is a high priest who is the first artist named at this time

- First grandiose royal tomb, started as a mastaba. Symbolized his absolute godly power

front 6

back 6

- Mortuary precinct of Djoser

- 2630-2611BCE

- Underneath is a vast area to represent a palace. Temple to worship the king as a god. Priest would perform daily rituals.

- Also had earliest known columns (Djoser palace, 2630-2611BCE)

- Lotus and papyrus to represent lower and upper Egypt

front 7

a 70 day process for royals, a lot of internal organs are removed through the left flank and placed in jars. Drained brain, heart stayed in body. "Salts" body to absorb all liquids

back 7

Mummification

front 8

back 8

- Pyramids of Snefru

- Red/3rd pyramid is the 3rd largest

- All sun related, ben ben and Ra

- all face east, to the rising sun

front 9

back 9

- Great Pyramids of Gizeh

- 2551-2472BCE

- limestone

- Built over 79 years (3 pyramids). 3 pharaohs, not isolated

front 10

back 10

- Great Sphinx

- 2520-2472BCE

- sandstone, 65'x240x

- probably image of Khafre Enthroned

- cobra symbolism, connected to Ra

- composite creature, man and lion

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back 11

- Khafre Enthroned

- 2520-2494BCE

- diorite, 5'6" high

- would be in serdab, ceremonial beard, sitting, fist to rule

front 12

back 12

- Menkaure and Khamerenbty

- 2490-2472BCE

- Graywacke, 4'6.5"

- portraits, men has one foot in front and is slightly taller that Kham. In a tomb to hold his soul (Ka)

front 13

back 13

- Seated scribe

- 2500BCE

- painted limestone, 1'9" high

- seated on floor, not at king level

- importance of scribes and writers at the time

- as importance of a person decreases, they become more relaxed and naturalistic looking

front 14

back 14

- Ti watching a hippopotamus hunt

- 2450-2350BCE

- painted limestone, 4' high

- has servants (Hierarchy of scale), twisted view, hunting and farming=symbol of good over evil