Reading Art in Ancient Egypt - Connect Plus Primary 3 Term 2 - ثالث ابتدائي

Reading Art in Ancient Egypt 1 Look and read Ancient Egyptian art is famous all around the world. Today, we can see paintings, sculptures, jewelry and other artifacts from thousands of years ago. There are many statues and paintings in ancient temples. Because Egypt is a very dry country, the paintings and statues have survived for a long time. Archaeologists have also found lots of important artifacts in tombs for the Pharaohs. People believed that these artifacts would help them in the afterlife. There were small models of boats, animals, people lots of things that were important in daily life. Paintings in tombs often showed pictures of the person in the afterlife, too. Today we can see some of these 2 Read again and match 1 archaeologist 2 tomb 3 gold 4 afterlife 5 model 38 www.Cryp2Day.com موقع مذكرات جاهزة للطباعة a a place to put people who have died b ideas about what happens after death c a small statue or object that looks like a real thing d a person who studies artifacts to learn more about the past e an expensive metal for jewelry and other objects

www.Cryp2Day.com E موقع مذكرات جاهزة للطباعة objects in museums and learn about the past. Ancient Egyptians also made enormous sculptures, such as the statues of Ramses II at Abu Simbel. They are nearly 20 meters tall. The Great Sphinx of Giza is nearly 73 meters long! The size of these sculptures made them very important and powerful. Small sculptures and artifacts were made, too. These were very detailed and beautiful. Egyptians used precious metals such as gold, as well as wood and colored glass. The artifacts were often colorful. The most popular colors were blue, red, green, black and gold. Unit 8 3 Read and answer 1 Why can we see lots objects from the past in Egypt today? 2 What did paintings in tombs show? 3 Why did people put models in tombs? 4 Why were some sculptures and statues very big? 39