Valley Ridge Academy PTO

Sculpture

The Egyptians are famous for their giant works of sculptures. Some examples of this include the Great Sphinx of Giza and the statues of Ramses II at the Abu Simbel temples. The statues of Ramses II are each over 60 feet tall. The Sphinx at Giza is over 240 feet long!

Although they are famous for their giant statues, the Egyptians also carved smaller, more ornate sculptures. They used various materials including alabaster, ivory, limestone, basalt, wood gilded with gold, and sometimes even solid gold.

Another example of the intricate work of Ancient Egyptian sculpture is the funerary mask of a pharaoh named Tutankhamen. The expression on his face is the same used to convey the look of all the pharaohs throughout the history of Egypt. The coloring of the collar is made with semiprecious stones and the stripes on the headdress are made with blue glass. The rest of the mask is made from twenty-four pounds of solid gold!

Statue of Ramses II & Funerary mask of Tutankhamen (King Tut)