1. Bellwork Read the article on the Egyptian cult of death.
How do you think that will affect the art we will see in Ancient Egypt?
What may be the function of most Egyptian art?

2. You can’t read hieroglyphics, use the artwork to describe the…
Form
Function
Content
Context

3. Deities of the Afterlife
Horus
Anubis
Osiris
Isis

4. Now that you know more about Egyptian deities, what new information can we find on the scroll.
Last Judgment of Hu-Nefer, from his tomb (page from the Book of the Dead). New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty. c BCE. Painted papyrus scroll.

5. The British Museum: Book of the Dead

6. Nov. 26
The seal impressions were of Tût-ankh-Amen and of the Royal Necropolis…The entrance and passage both in plan and in style resembled almost to measurement the tomb containing the cache of Akhenaten… which seemed to substantiate our first conjecture that we had found a cache.

9. Tutankhamen’s tomb, innermost coffin. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty. ca
Tutankhamen’s tomb, innermost coffin. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty. ca BCE. Gold with inlay of enamel and semiprecious stones.
Use the information you know so far about Ancient Egypt to discuss the following with your partner:
Form
Function
Content
Symbols
Context

10. UNESCO: Memphis & its Necropolis