Ancient Egypt: Middle Kingdom

By Xpena3
  • The Narmer Palette
    6000 BCE

    The Narmer Palette

    It has both sides front and back done like Art work on it.The name of the king is written with heads on top.The King grabs the people he thinks are not higher class by the hair.
  • Predynastic Period (c. 5000–3000 B.C.E.)
    5000 BCE

    Predynastic Period (c. 5000–3000 B.C.E.)

    This art work was made during the rise of most powerful time of the town.During that time blades were a big thing so they made this art work to look like a saw.
  • Ceramic plate (c. 3900 BCE):
    3900 BCE

    Ceramic plate (c. 3900 BCE):

    It is a plate where it was very common for early time of Egypt. It is like picturing a man on a boat with a hippo and crocadile. it wants to say that the hippo represents chaos. While the crocadile shows the god sobek.
  • Fragment of linen with a painting 3500 BCE
    3500 BCE

    Fragment of linen with a painting 3500 BCE

    It was religious.They added color.The artist used a lot of color.It looks like a women is carrying the roof.This art was made on wood and also made on the walls.
  • Old Kingdom: Khnumhotep
    2680 BCE

    Old Kingdom: Khnumhotep

    next to white and black, the range of colors including red and yellows, blues and greens were introduced making a rainbow of amazing colors.This was all happening in 2680 BCE.
  • Middle Kingdom ( 2050 – 1750 B.C.)
    1750 BCE

    Middle Kingdom ( 2050 – 1750 B.C.)

    This is a son of a king.His father was very powerful.He was very powerful until he learned that his father had got murdered.He was the next powerful ruler. He made a few rules.
  • Head of Ahmose
    1550 BCE

    Head of Ahmose

    There was two kings and they are separated for 5 centuries. Then they have to work together to help out Egypt. They work with Middle Kingdom and Then the other works with New kingdom.
  • Old Kingdom: Tomb of Nakht, Necropolis of Thebes
    1420 BCE

    Old Kingdom: Tomb of Nakht, Necropolis of Thebes

    When the kingdom was being created, There was a lot of beauty and grace towards everyone. For the gentleman and ladies. Then the painting were pretty styles.
  • Sphinx of Amenhotep III
    1390 BCE

    Sphinx of Amenhotep III

    This is a lion that transforms into somewhat a human because of the arms.With the hands of a human and body of a lion, that gives this statue a lot of power offering to the Gods.Using this type of shade of blue, makes the lion unique.
  • Gazelle
    1352 BCE

    Gazelle

    She is standing on a wooden pedestal with plants drawn on them. The Gazelle is alert of any danger. The Gazelle has missing horns and ears because they were broken off.
  • Tomb-chapel of Nebamun, c. 1350 B.C.E
    1350 BCE

    Tomb-chapel of Nebamun, c. 1350 B.C.E

    They were known for having non royal tombs.They wanted to create an afterlife for the deased people. They had a lot of fish. They would fish a lot.
  • Old Kingdom
    1200 BCE

    Old Kingdom

    It was big piece that was also common in the painted decoration of Egyptian temples. These painting almost always represented animated with countless luxurious details offering a multitude of overlapping planes, it shows the hero destroying the enemy. Egyptians also had to protect their country against the destructive power of natural forces.