Week One: Ancient Art

First of all, Ancient Art may be the largest art period. Everything from Stonehenge to the Great Pyramids fits into Ancient Art. We mostly focused on Roman, Greek, and Egyptian art.

We started by looking at the emphasis of each culture's art. Roman art's emphasis was their empire. Greek was mythology. Egyptians emphasis was on the afterlife. Each of the emphasis can tell us about their cultures. Our craft was centered on Egyptian art.

Egyptian art, because its emphasis was on the afterlife, had lots of art that was made to last for eternity. Egyptians believed that if they were remembered after death, they would live forever in the afterlife. To make sure no one forgot them, they left behind as much as they could. Egyptians have succeeded.
  Today we still know the names of many ancient Egyptians. Ramses, Tutankhamun, Khufu, even Cleopatra, who was actually Greek but practiced the Egyptian religion.

Egyptology is a branch of archeology in respect to only Egyptian culture. It is possible to have Egyptology as a branch of archeology because there are so many artifacts left over that an entire culture can be studied. That is the true way that ancient Egyptians have remained living while dead.