I took an art history class in college because is was required for a visual art major and even though I dropped out I still love studying ancient civilizations art.
There's certainly an argument to be had there. I label them Mediterranean primarily because the book I teach from throws the major cultures of antiquity adjacent or not far form the Mediterranean in the same unit.
No, Ancient Egypt is definitely more Mediterranean than Nilotic, it shares a lot more culture, civilization with Mediterranean surrounding kingdoms and civilizations like Sumerian and Phoenician rather than the southern black African tribes
As much as I appreciate the effort it took to make this video, it doesn't manage to portray a true impression of ancient Egyptian culture. The information feels somewhat dated and generic. A couple of points: The 'cow' heads at the top of the Narmer palette are believed to be the early goddess "Bat", not Hathor. The Narmer palette is now believed to have been a symbolic representation of the union of north and south, a triumph over chaos (the enemy) which is represented by the symbols of power (pharaoh, bull) having dominion over "the enemy". The inclusion of a fantasy animal (being controlled) shows that the images are intended to be symbolic, like all ancient Egyptian art.
Hi Prof .Neal , nice to write to you , if you look carefully to the right fist of Narmer , his right thumb reached to cover his right ring finger , the muscles impossible to do that , so I ask you to imitate the action of his right fist, you can not do it - so in this case we have to solve this problem thank you prof - Sayed
Nitpicking, & something LOTS of folks get wrong, but the image on the Narmer Pallet is BES, NOT HATHOR. Both had bovine depictions, but ears & horns on Bes are different than those on Hathor.
The cow-headed images on the Narmer palette actually represent an early goddess named "Bat", not Hathor or Bes (who was represented as a dwarf with a lion's mane and tail).
Ancient Egyptian culture was not anymore "insular" than other, contemporaneous, Nilotic cultures nor could it be understood as an "island"; it shared most of its culture, along with a good chunk of its population (well, the foundational and pre-dynastic population) with the neighboring kingdoms to the south.
@@AgentZ-1844 kingdoms 🤣 what kingdoms, name one king before the 25th dynasty (after Egypt Egyptianized Kush) There was only primitive tribes trying to enter Egypt, not so different than today
@@Sema-Tawy the 25th dinasty isn't just when Egypt further egyptianized kush, it's when kush literally conquered Egypt en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kush
@@AgentZ-1844 Yeah they came and conquered Egypt AFTER Egypt Egyptianised them, that was late towards the end of Ancient Egypt. I am asking before this dynasty from 1st to 24th dynasty, who were the kings of those KINGDOMS?
I took an art history class in college because is was required for a visual art major and even though I dropped out I still love studying ancient civilizations art.
Great informative video, thank you 😊🙏
Ancient Egypt should really be described as a Nilotic Empire, rather than Mediterranean.
There's certainly an argument to be had there. I label them Mediterranean primarily because the book I teach from throws the major cultures of antiquity adjacent or not far form the Mediterranean in the same unit.
No, Ancient Egypt is definitely more Mediterranean than Nilotic, it shares a lot more culture, civilization with Mediterranean surrounding kingdoms and civilizations like Sumerian and Phoenician rather than the southern black African tribes
Why were mosaics not prominent in Egyptian art ? Where are the mosaics before Greco-Roman Egypt ?
As much as I appreciate the effort it took to make this video, it doesn't manage to portray a true impression of ancient Egyptian culture. The information feels somewhat dated and generic. A couple of points: The 'cow' heads at the top of the Narmer palette are believed to be the early goddess "Bat", not Hathor. The Narmer palette is now believed to have been a symbolic representation of the union of north and south, a triumph over chaos (the enemy) which is represented by the symbols of power (pharaoh, bull) having dominion over "the enemy". The inclusion of a fantasy animal (being controlled) shows that the images are intended to be symbolic, like all ancient Egyptian art.
Hi Prof .Neal , nice to write to you , if you look carefully to the right fist of Narmer , his right thumb reached to cover his right ring finger , the muscles impossible to do that , so I ask you to imitate the action of his right fist, you can not do it - so in this case we have to solve this problem thank you prof - Sayed
Hello Prof.
Nitpicking, & something LOTS of folks get wrong, but the image on the Narmer Pallet is BES, NOT HATHOR. Both had bovine depictions, but ears & horns on Bes are different than those on Hathor.
The cow-headed images on the Narmer palette actually represent an early goddess named "Bat", not Hathor or Bes (who was represented as a dwarf with a lion's mane and tail).
13:47 There is no such a thing as superfluous elements in the Ancient Egyptian culture. Those structures were not ‘dummy’ ones.
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Ancient Egyptian culture was not anymore "insular" than other, contemporaneous, Nilotic cultures nor could it be understood as an "island"; it shared most of its culture, along with a good chunk of its population (well, the foundational and pre-dynastic population) with the neighboring kingdoms to the south.
What kingdoms 😂 tribes at best
@@Sema-Tawykingdoms of the south repeatedly invaded Egypt.
@@AgentZ-1844 kingdoms 🤣 what kingdoms, name one king before the 25th dynasty (after Egypt Egyptianized Kush) There was only primitive tribes trying to enter Egypt, not so different than today
@@Sema-Tawy the 25th dinasty isn't just when Egypt further egyptianized kush, it's when kush literally conquered Egypt
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kush
@@AgentZ-1844 Yeah they came and conquered Egypt AFTER Egypt Egyptianised them, that was late towards the end of Ancient Egypt.
I am asking before this dynasty from 1st to 24th dynasty, who were the kings of those KINGDOMS?