Although most accounts of the Egyptian civilization concentrate on famous and well-known works of art, all these monuments and paintings had to start …
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Ancient Egypt's Beginnings
Trace the development of ancient Egypt from its pre-pharaoh days to the Old Kingdom.
The Early Dynastic period of Egypt is, despite its importance for the development of Egyptian civilization, still poorly known. Only the names of a …
The Palette of King Narmer is arguably the pinnacle artwork of Pre-Dynastic Egypt. In this palette, artistic conventions were utilized in combination …
The third dynasty marked the beginning of Old Kingdom Egypt which lasted until roughly the sixth dynasty, from ca. 2686-2181 BC. It was an incredibly …
Very little is known about Khufu (Cheops in Greek), the builder of the largest pyramid in the world. Herodotus depicts him as a cruel, evil ruler, …
