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The Standing on the Shoulders of Giants Curriculum
Slideshow: Ancient Egypt, Greco-Roman Period:
323 B.C.E. - 476 A.C.E.
STUDY QUESTIONS (also in Study Guide)
- How does the images of how the ancient Egyptians depicted themselves compare with those from the Greco-Roman period?
- Did the ancient Greeks adopt Egyptian artistic style or did the Egyptians borrow Greek artistic style?
- Do the images of Ancient Egypt during the Greco-Roman period look African, European, or Asian ?
- How does the detail of the Greco-Roman "Golden mummies" compare with golden mummy masks of the ancient Egyptian?
Unit 1: Ancient Africa (200,000 B.C.E. – 476 A.C.E.)
Late Roman-era coffin with depiction of Egyptian god Annubis administering over his dead body preparing him for the afterlife. Greeks and Romans admired Egyptian culture and readily imitated it at all levels.
Class 6: The Whitening of Ancient Kemet/Egypt
