Ancient Egypt 2615-332 B.C.E.: Science, Technology, Health Research Article from World Eras

This Study Guide consists of approximately 39 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Ancient Egypt 2615-332 B.C.E..

Ancient Egypt 2615-332 B.C.E.: Science, Technology, Health Research Article from World Eras

This Study Guide consists of approximately 39 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Ancient Egypt 2615-332 B.C.E..
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Similarities to Art. Maps preserved from ancient Egypt attest to the ancient interest in recording and interpreting the world. Egyptian maps described topography, architecture, the mythological world, and the whole cosmos. The scholar James A. Harrell has isolated three characteristics of these maps that associate them with the conventions of Egyptian art in general; for example, making a picture of a space rather than an actual plan. One map also can combine a bird's-eye view with profiles and plan-views simultaneously. Thus, a map resembles in concept an Egyptian rendering of a human body. It also shows multiple perspectives within one drawing, such as a whole eye within a profiled face. Finally, scale was not recorded in the drawing but rather through written annotations. A note added to the map tells the actual distance between two places. This connection between importance and size of...

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