Post information or images relating to Egyptian and Sumerian/Akkadian Art.
pic related is from the Tomb of Ramses VI of the New Kingdom of Egypt
>>276281
>Tomb of Ramses VI
2 headed figure
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>>276288
> Maya was an important figure during the reign of Pharaohs Tutankhamun, Ay and Horemheb of the eighteenth dynasty of Ancient Egypt. Maya's titles include: fan bearer on the King's right hand, overseer of the treasury, chief of the works in the necropolis, and leader of the festival of Amun in Karnak
> 18th Dynasty
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>>276291
Architect of the Great Pyramid
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemiunu
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>>276283
How did egyptians see people born with disabilities/conjoined twins etc?
>>276296
Sneferu is attributed with being the Pharoah who evolved the art of Pyramid building, from Step Pyramids using Bricks to a Pyramid using Blocks.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneferu
>>276300
They didn't mind pygmies/midgets, see pic related.
Also the last great Pharaoh of the Old Kingdom, Pepe, was fascinated with pygmies and had them brought to him in Egypt from Nubia.
>>276300
That 2 headed thing was probably representative of Nehebkau
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehebkau
>>276303
Egypt was a death cult at its core, they were obsessed with Mummies, the Egyptians revered cats, but they also ritually killed them en masse and turned them into mummies.
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The Egyptians ritually sacrificed millions of Ibis birds, they created an industry out of turning the Ibis birds into a sacred artwork.
The Ibis was associated with Thoth
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoth
> http://www.academia.edu/8865630/Ibis_Birds_Its_Mummies_in_ancient_Egypt_and_an_Example_of_its_conservation
> Mummification of the ibis included desiccation and evisceration. Usually, the head and neck of the bird were bent backwards and pressed on the body. The body was then dipped in tar and wrapped tightly with linen. The vast number of mummified ibises suggests that this was done in a mass production, as many times the mummies contained only a part of the body. After serving their ritual purposes, the mummified bodies were placed in ceramic pots, coffins or sarcophagi
>>276360
The first King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Narmer.
The Stele illustrated Narmer vanquishing his enemies.
>>276281
This is Standard of Ur, one of the most interesting iconographical sources from early dynastic Sumer.
>>276456
One side depict warfare, war chariots, attack of Sumerian phalanx and captured, fleeing and trampled enemies.
The blue stone, lapis lazuli, had to be imported from far away Afghanistan.
>>276459
The other side depict feasting. It might be celebration of the victory.
The standard was found above shoulder of a man and Woolley interpreted it as a battle standard.
>>276463
His interpretation wasn't right, some scholars believe it was actually sound box for a musical instrument, like pic related which was found in the same cemetery, or some kind of fancy chest.
>>276463
Yeah, its really nice, pic related is a statue from Adab.
The King Lugal Anne Mundu seated his capital at Adab, he created an Empire that stretched from Modern day Iran, to Cicilia (Turkey), and into the Levant.
