ARTHIST 1A03 Chapter 2: Art of the Ancient Near East Texbook Notes; Chapter 2
14 Aug 2018
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Class 2 | art of the ancient near east. Dried owers and beads around chest and linendraped around the head. Gold funerary mask was put on and body was in 3 nested co ns with the innermost one being gold. Co ns were placed in yellow quartzite sarcophagus which was placed in wooden shrines. 1992 unbelievable treasures were found in tutankhamen"s tomb; when the anteroom was separate from the burial chamber in 1923 the king himself was found. Longest river owing from equatorial africa through egypt to the mediterranean. After seasonal ooding was over and the water receded silt was left making the land fertile. Around 8000 bce habitants were sedentary and later on began to farm but had to use basin irrigation to control the waters. Predynastic period (5000 to 2950 bce) was when rudimentary federations began to conquer communities. By 3500 bce there were several larger states and central leadership. Cermaic gurines, pottery, relief on stone and ivory.
