ARH 2050 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Benben, Narmer, Embalming
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Ancient egypt, c. 3000-1200 bce: benben stone from the pyramid of amenemhat iii, dyn xii, c. 1860-1814 bce. Judgement of henefer, detail of an illustrated book of the dead, from the tomb of henefer, 1290-1275 bce. painted papyrus scroll: henefer, dressed in white (dead), lead by anubis, egyptian god of embalming, shown with a man"s body and a jackel"s head, into the hall of judgment. Narmer wears symbolic white crown: style: ba relief, flat, two dimensional, hierarchic scale, convention/standard/unchanging form of human illustration.
