In art, gods and goddesses were depicted as humans, animals, or as humans with animal heads. They were further identified by emblematic headdresses and they held in their hands a variety of scepters and the ankh, the hieroglyphic sign for life.
Use the provided links and select one of the major deities listed. Then post a discussion board essay in YOUR OWN WORDS summarizing information about your selection. Include information such as when the deity was worshipped, which cities were dedicated to them, what they were the god or goddess of, what their animal form is, etc.
Besides information in our text, here are some other links to get you started.
Metropolitan Museum of Art Deity List
https://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/gods/explore/main.html
https://www.touregypt.net/godsofegypt/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/gods_gallery.shtml
Students should make every effort to demonstrate in their responses that they have understood the assigned readings. Responses to peers should also be substantial and contribute to the discussion of the topic.
QUESTION 1- What two forms were used to depict the solar deity Ra-Horakhty?
QUESTION 2- During the Amarna period, squares were removed from the grid system to shorten the proportion of the figures.
True
False
QUESTION 3- Kings were depicted with a protruding or sagging stomach in the _________________ period of the New Kingdom.
QUESTION 4- Depictions of Osiris and the funerary iconography relating to the journey through the underworld all but disappeared under Akhenaten's reign.
1. Why did this occur?
2. What scenes replaced it?
QUESTION 5- Under the reign of Akhenaten, non-royal tomb depictions of hunting, fishing, and everyday life all but disappeared.
True
False
QUESTION 6- The Amarna period introduced the offering scene where the king stands below the sun disk making offerings, and the rays of the sun stream down touching the king with holding the ___________ to his nose.
QUESTION 7- Pharaoh Akhenaten's chief wife was Queen _________, with whom he had at least three daughter.
- Hastheput
- Ankhesenpaaten
- Nefertari
- Nefertiti
QUESTION 8- King Tutankhamun is famous today because of the discovery of his almost intact burial chamber. The typical depiction of the traveling the journey from the sun through underworld was abbreviated.
1. What was the abbreviation depicted on the west wall of King Tutankhamun's burial chamber?
2. What is the likely reason for this untraditional depiction on the west wall?
QUESTION 9- The ____________________________ was the location where many royal tombs were built during the Eighteenth to Twentieth Dynasty.
QUESTION 10- In figure 206 in our text, a painting of a scene with Amun Ra also contains figures of lotus plants, cats, and a Hathor mask. What do each of these icons symbolize?
QUESTION 11- What is the significance and meaning behind the battles scenes so often depicted on temples?
QUESTION 12- Provide the name of this statue, the king depicted, its location and the dynasty it is attributed to.
QUESTION 13- During the reign of Ramses II, illustrations of everyday life in tombs and chapels were phased out. Instead, the decoration is based up on the ___________________________, a collection of funerary texts.
QUESTION 14- In King Sety's temple, the image of the god Seth is replaced by a hieroglyph associated with Isis. What is this glyph known as?
QUESTION 15- What is the image of and what was its purpose?
QUESTION 16- How is the typical queen crown depicted in this era, such as that worn by Queen Nefertari?