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The wife of Akhenaten. Her portrait bust is an ideal example of Amarna-style art.
Nefertiti
Hatshepsut
Ankhesenamun
Tiy
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The Egyptian symbol for life is called...
ankh
ra
scarab
aten
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The ratio between a figure's height and all of its component parts.
canon law
canon of construction
canon of proportions
canon of symmetry
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Egyptian writing is called...
calligraphy
hieroglyphics
sanscrit
cuneiform
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A low carved or raised design with one flat side is called...
sunken relief
bas-relief
sculpture
alto-relief
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The god of the underworld
Osiris
Tutankhamun
Akhenaten
Horus
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These containers held a mummy's organs for preservation & use in the afterlife.
canopic jars
mason jars
tupperware
dry storage containers
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The word archaeologists use for an Egyptian coffin is...
a catafalque
a sepulcher
a sarcophagus
a casket
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Goddess of motherhood and fertility
Isis
Nefertiti
Amarna
Aten
10
This material & the reed plant it's made from gave us our modern word for paper.
papier
paber
papyrus
pappir
11
The Washington Monument is a modern example of what Egyptian design?
obelisk
pyramid
sarcophagus
bas-relief
12
Who was the Egyptian pharaoh who changed Egyptian religion and art ca. 1336 BCE?
Amenhotep
Tutankhamun
Akhenaten
Thutmose
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Egyptian belief and worship of many gods is an example of...
animism
polytheism
judaism
monotheism
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A short-lived period in Egyptian art that favored more relaxed, natural figures.
Amarna Period
New Kingdom
Classical Period
Modern Period
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The one god worshiped by Akhenaten, and represented as the sun disk.
Aten
Anuket
Ammit
Amun-Ra
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This jackel-headed god was responsible for embalming
Osiris
Aten
Isis
Anubis
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He is the Egyptian falcon-headed god & son of Osiris.
Horus
Hathor
Aten
Anubis
