True or False

Egypt was also closer to 

West Asia than any other

part of Africa, and so Egyptian

 artists were able

to trade ideas and skills with

 West Asian artists.

True

True or False

Egyptian artists were able

to work longer and

harder and make bigger,

fancier pieces of art

than other African artists.

True

True or False

Egyptian artists never figured out

how to build big buildings

like Pyramids.

False

Egyptian artists figured out

how to build big buildings

like Pyramids.

True or False

The cartouche, known in ancient

Egypt as the shenu, is derived from

the Egyptian verb, Sheni, which

means to encircle.

True

True or False

The shen is frequently associated with representations of Heh, the god of eternity, and often forms the base of the notched palm-branches symbolizing "years," which is held by this goddess.

True

True or False

  The last king of the 3rd government, was the first to enclose his throne name in a true scroll.

True

 True or False

It is one of the most potent symbols

represented in Egyptian art.

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True or False

The cartouche's

presence identifies the

name it encloses as the

king of Egypt.

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                             True

True or False

The crook and the flail or flabellum,

are two of the most prominent items

in the royal regalia of ancient Egypt.

True or False

There were a variety of crowns in ancient Egypt,

which might be categorized as those

belonging to kings, those belonging to

royal women and those of the gods.