History of Art: Ancient Egypt

Welcome back to our series on art history. In this article we’ll move forward from Mesopotamia to ancient Egypt where we’ll get into hieroglyphics, paintings, sculpture, and more!

The ancient Egyptians focused a lot of their artwork on figurative works, religion, rituals, and communication through hieroglyphics. We’ll run through an overview of 3,000 years from 3000 BCE (after the end of the Neolithic era in the region) to 30 BCE before the Romans invaded and took over (think Cleopatra and Caesar. Let’s dive into history!