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I love that archaeologists are still uncovering Egyptian tombs and artifacts. To me, it’s fascinating to imagine what life was like in those times.
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Thanks, mairdie, I so love Egyptian art. Even as a child, I would draw temples and columns and gods all the time.
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Fascinating!
Egypt never fails to amaze with it’s discoveries.
The timeline always floors me — a civilization that lasted so long (2-4K years depending on how you want to calculate) right up to the Common Era.
Think of Christianity’s 2,000 year history, now realize when Christ was born the Egyptian Mythos had already existed that amount of time — maybe twice as long!
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Interesting article! Thanks!
This deserves a Prime Time special.
Ancient Egyptian Art to Ancient Music
An art history look at Ancient Egyptian Art to ‘Sumerians, Egyptians and Greeks’ and ‘Ankh, the Sound of Ancient Egypt’. From Pre-Dynastic Period to Late Period.
https://youtu.be/05kSpcfUCyI
Fine Arts - Egyptian Fayum Portraits of the Ptolemaic Period
332-30 BC
The Ptolemaic Kingdom was founded by Ptolemy and ended with the death of Cleopatra VII and the Roman conquest in 30 BC.
https://youtu.be/ghLdvoR81f4
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By the way, the whole of the dating by dynasty is pretty much meaningless since the dating is based on the Kings List - a known 19th century forgery,