So the dead could have those things in the after life.
Hieroglyphs were usually written in papyrus paper, but after the Greeks occupied Egypt the Egyptians learned who to carve them into stone.
In Egypt carved into the walls of tombs, pyramids and on obelisks and statues.
The ancient Egyptians wrote on tomb walls to provide information and/or indentification, just like we do now when we write on tombstones at grave sites. If we didn't have signs and other methods of displaying information, we'd still be writing on walls.
When drawing or painting, the Egyptians had to be quick for most of the time they drew into the drying walls or tombs, temples, or homes. They drew people with their bodies facing forward but their head sideways simply because it was easier and more convenient.
The walls of tombs were decorated with pictures of the deceased person, the Afterlife, the deceased's trip through the Netherworld, and other various epitaphs and protective spells.
Pyramids are tombs. The egyptians wanted the pharaoh to have a good after life. That's why the four walls point to the sky.
to show the tourists which way to the mummy tombs
They had to piant pictures on the walls of tombs for the deseased.
Hieroglyphs were usually written in papyrus paper, but after the Greeks occupied Egypt the Egyptians learned who to carve them into stone.
In Egypt carved into the walls of tombs, pyramids and on obelisks and statues.
They painted on cave walls.
The ancient Egyptians wrote on tomb walls to provide information and/or indentification, just like we do now when we write on tombstones at grave sites. If we didn't have signs and other methods of displaying information, we'd still be writing on walls.
When drawing or painting, the Egyptians had to be quick for most of the time they drew into the drying walls or tombs, temples, or homes. They drew people with their bodies facing forward but their head sideways simply because it was easier and more convenient.
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The walls of tombs were decorated with pictures of the deceased person, the Afterlife, the deceased's trip through the Netherworld, and other various epitaphs and protective spells.
Architecture: pyramids, tombs, burial mounds, palaces Sculpture: sarcophagi, Ka statues, low-relief wall carvings (inside tombs) Painting: painting on sarcophagi, on walls, on statues, on papyrus etc. Almost all of the art of Ancient Egyptians was dedicated to deities or Pharoahs, who were essentially considered god-like.