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Presented By: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

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Saturday Sampler Tour | Color

Painted hieroglyphs on the false door of an Egyptian official nicknamed Pepy Nefer. The hieroglyphs visible are carved into the stone and look like a hawk, a bowl, a feather, and a sickle. Painted hieroglyphs on the false door of an Egyptian official nicknamed Pepy Nefer. The hieroglyphs visible are carved into the stone and look like a hawk, a bowl, a feather, and a sickle.
Painted hieroglyphs on the false door of an Egyptian official nicknamed Pepy Nefer. The hieroglyphs visible are carved into the stone and look like a hawk, a bowl, a feather, and a sickle.
The colors of the ancient world were not only pragmatic, based on the natural materials at hand, but also highly symbolic. This tour will focus on the colors used by the ancient Egyptians, the ancient Greeks and the Roman Empire and the methods and meanings behind the pigments chosen.

Saturday Sampler Tours are free and open to the public.
Painted hieroglyphs on the false door of an Egyptian official nicknamed Pepy Nefer. The hieroglyphs visible are carved into the stone and look like a hawk, a bowl, a feather, and a sickle. Painted hieroglyphs on the false door of an Egyptian official nicknamed Pepy Nefer. The hieroglyphs visible are carved into the stone and look like a hawk, a bowl, a feather, and a sickle.
Painted hieroglyphs on the false door of an Egyptian official nicknamed Pepy Nefer. The hieroglyphs visible are carved into the stone and look like a hawk, a bowl, a feather, and a sickle.

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