Columns of Color: Ancient Egypt
Published On: 11-14-2011 08:43pm
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Category: Egypt
When we think of Ancient Egypt, the colors that most often come to mind are black, gold, blue and red. These hues dominated all kinds of Egyptian artwork, from murals to jewelry. The colors were common not only because the materials to make them were readily available, but also because the Egyptians attributed them to aspects of their beliefs and daily life.
Black was the color of the life-giving soil that was left behind after each flooding of the Nile. Red was the color of the desert, which protected them from invaders from other lands. Gold was the flesh of the gods. Like in many other cultures, blue represented both water and the heavens, and was an important symbol of vitality and the vastness of the universe.
-Mortira
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Black was the color of the life-giving soil that was left behind after each flooding of the Nile. Red was the color of the desert, which protected them from invaders from other lands. Gold was the flesh of the gods. Like in many other cultures, blue represented both water and the heavens, and was an important symbol of vitality and the vastness of the universe.
-Mortira
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