{Origin of Ancient Egyptian Art [continued]}[29th April 1991]

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‘During the Old Kingdom,* the period when Egypt was ruled by the kings of the 3^rd to 6^th Dynasties, strong central government** meant that artists *** and craftsmen were drawn to the court to work under the patronage of the king and his great nobles. Techniques of working in stone, wood and metal made tremendous progress, demonstrated by surviving large-scale monuments, such as the pyramids of the 4^th Dynasty**** and the sun temples built by the 5^th Dynasty# kings.’

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*c[irca]2686-2160BCE#**

**[contra G~ political? But cf our 2048-year period; politics as we recognise it may be a shorter-cycle phenomenon]

***2048J~2816|G~2560|R~2304BCE

****c[irca]2613-c[irca]2494[bce]

#c[irca]2494-c[irca]2345[bce]

#*[– Encyclopaedia of Visual Art 1:22]

#**[There are difference of opinion of up to 4 centuries in the chronology of the early period of ancient Egypt, both before and after (and including) the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt]

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