1. Hall of Bulls Lascaux Cave, Dordogne, France Ca 15,000-13,000 BCE. The Hall of Bulls was a painting which depicted bull like animals that were carved inside a cave in Lascaux, France. The painting depicted animals that probably were hunted and eaten such as bison and deer as well as animals that were feared such as lions and bears (Tedesco). These paintings were created in the years of 15,000-10,000 BCE and were part of a larger period called the Upper Paleolithic time period
Comparing the Ancient Near East and Egyptian Artwork After just glancing at the artwork in the chapter about the Ancient Near East and the chapter about Egypt, the one thing that strikes me the most is the great size of some of these structures and the great detail that is shown in them. It is amazing to see that people who lived thousands of years before us, created such things in a society much less advanced then our society of today. For instance how did they build the Palace of Shapur
that were built for the kings Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure. Khafre was a ruler of Egypt in the fourth dynasty. Khafre was the fourth ruler to rule. He was the son of Khufu and had a brother named Djedefre. Khafre’s father reigned for around twenty-three years, then his older brother Djedefre took over. Djedefre is estimated to have ruled for eleven years before he was killed. It is rumored that
The Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Although it is the oldest and most studied structure, it still is the most mysterious. The Great Pyramid of Giza is the largest and oldest of the three significant pyramids of Giza plateau that was a “funerary structure.” The everlasting monument was to honor Egypt’s Fourth Dynasty pharaoh, Khufu (known as Cheops to the Greeks). Khufu was the son of King Sneferu, who happened to be a great pyramid builder, and Hetepheres
The great sphinx represents a part of Egyptian architecture that highly emphasizes all the different cultural and historical aspects of what makes Egypt a nation till this day, and while it proudly stands tall surrounding the funerary complex of King Khafre it is impossible to ignore all of its secrets, mysteries and numerous counts of research done through out different decades. Examples include when and who exactly built the Great Sphinx, its different cultural point of views throughout the globe
Son of Snofru by queen Hetepheres I, father of Khafre and Djedefre the great pharaoh Khufu was the builder of the Great Pyramid at Giza. The Turin Canon records 23 years of rule and Manetho (priest of Heliopolis) writes that about his reign for 63 years. Unfortunately, besides the Great Pyramid Complex, which can be found in saqqara, there are few archaeological sites, artifacts and more importantly primary texts which shed more light about King Khufu’s reign in the fourth dynasty. Therefore, this
original detail of the carved figure. The face of the Great Sphinx has been thought to be pharaoh Khafre's face Fascinatingly, the features of the face of the Sphinx has a far more striking resemblance to an older brother of Khafre, the Pharaoh Djedefre . Djedefre's short lived reign occurred just prior to the reign of Khafre. Originally it is believed that the Sphinx was painted and was quite colorful. Since then, the nose and beard have been broken away from . In between the paws of the Sphinx