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The Standing on the Shoulders of Giants Curriculum
Slideshow: How the Ancient Egyptians Depicted Themselves
STUDY QUESTIONS (also in Study Guide)
- Based on the slideshow and modern conceptions of race, what "race" would you consider the ancient Egyptians to be?
- What distinguishing racial characteristics did you observe of the ancient Egyptians?
- What skin color did the ancient Egyptians paint themselves? Was it more than one shade of black/brown?
- How many of these images of the ancient Egyptians have you seen before viewing this slideshow?
Unit 1: Ancient Africa (200,000 B.C.E. – 476 A.C.E.)
Queen Tiye () Wife of Amenhotep III, one of the greatest Pharaohs of the New Kingdom. She is the mother of Akhenaten and grandmother of the famed King "Tut," pictured below. Queen Tiye was of Nubian descent.
Class 6: The Whitening of Ancient Kemet/Egypt
Statue of Pharaoh Tutankhamen, "King Tut" found in his tomb in the Valley of the Kings. Although these images are widely known by experts, they are rarely shown or associated with him in popular culture.
