art history for children

1. Ancient egypt’s Art treAsures

2. Egypt is one of
the worlds
oldest
civilizations.

3. Some Egyptian art is over 5000
years old!

5. Egyptian art showed Pharaohs and
Queens.

7. Egyptians also showed everyday
life, like farming and hunting.

9. Egyptians also showed animals in
their art.

11. They loved
using bright
and strong
colors.

12. • Ancient Egyptian
architects used
sun-dried and
kiln-baked bricks,
fine sandstone,
limestone and
granite. Architects
carefully planned
all their work so
the stones had to
fit precisely
together.

13. The 1st
pyramid they designed had steps.

14. Later, Egyptians learned to cover these
steps to create smooth pyramids.

15. The Great Pyramids at Giza are almost
5000 years old!

16. They were the tallest man made structures
on earth for over 4000 years!

17. The pyramids are where the Kings were buried.

19. The Great Sphinx stands guard over the pyramids.

21. The Sphinx has a lion’s body and a human head.

23. King
Tutankhamen
is maybe the
most famous
of all
Pharaohs.

24. He is
known as
the boy
king, he
was 10
years old
when he
ruled
Egypt.

26. Tut was only 19 when he died.

27. One reason he is so famous is
that his grave had not been
robbed. The royal art was still
buried with him when he was
discovered.

28. Many times graves are found empty or ruined by time and
weather.

29. These
treasures
included
precious
stones and
gold.

30. Scientist have recreated what
King Tut would have looked like
using x-ray scans.

32. This is King
Tut
revealed!

33. Nefertiti was said to
be one of the most
beautiful women
who ever lived.

34. She was King
Tut’s
stepmother.

35. Egyptians
wrapped
their dead
with
bandages
to
preserve
them.

36. Mummies were preserved for
thousands of years.

38. Their insides were
taken out and stored
in special containers
called canopic jars.

40. Every King had 4 jars.

41. Egyptians
also made
their cats
into
mummies!

43. Egyptians wanted
their pets with them
in the afterlife.

44. Pharaohs were buried with the Eye of Horus to protect them.

45. Horus was an
Egyptian God
who was said
to have
powers to
stop grave
robbers.

47. Sometimes
he is a
falcon.

48. Sometimes
he is
wearing the
crown of a
Pharaoh.

49. Other times he is
half man half
falcon.

51. Egyptians
believed in
many gods.
Most of
them looked
like animals
and humans
combined.

52. Anubis
was a
dog.

53. But he could
also be half
man.

55. Ammit was
part lion,
part hippo,
and part
alligator.

56. Egyptians believed that Anubis and
Ammit would judge you after you died
to see if you made it into heaven. They
would put you on a scale and feathers
on the other side. If you told a lie your
heart would be heavy. If you lived a
good honest life your soul would be as
light as the feathers and you would go
to heaven.

58. If you were heavier than the
feathers Ammit would gobble
you up.

59. Scarab beetles were thought to have magical
powers. They pushed the sun up into the sky
every morning.

63. Egyptians wrote
in a picture
language called
hieroglyphics.

65. Egyptians wrote on a type of paper made from
the plant called “papyrus”.

66. For many years
no one knew
how to read
hieroglyphics,
until one day the
Rosetta Stone
was discovered.

67. Egypt left a lasting legacy its art and
architecture has influenced art
throughout the world.