The Art of Ancient Egypt
Philippe de Montebello and Kent Lydecker
A Metropolitan Museum educator resource on Egyptian art, with background texts, object descriptions, and images spanning sculpture, painting, and architecture across three millennia. A rich visual introduction to how and why the Egyptians made art.
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