I love Egyptian art

MY favorite era of art is the Egyptian art. I think that information that we are still learning from the hieroglyphs and the mathematical formulas used to create the human form are extremely interesting. As a girl my father and I would share time together reading the national geographic magazines and I gained a love for Egyptian hieroglyphs. It is very intriguing that we are able to read this complex language and I think that the Rosetta stone which is a tablet not covered by art but rather containing the writing of three languages is one of the greatest discoveries of Egyptology history. It is these three languages on a granodrorite stele they include ancient Egyptian, demonic, and ancient Greek. Having been found at the location known as Rosetta this stone broke the language barrier in reading hieroglyphs.
The finding and opening of a pharaohs tomb untouched and forgotten has brought to light many great treasures. To my mind one of the most important of these is the golden mask of a king whom died at the beginning of the prime of his life. The death mask of Tutankhamen is breathtaking. Made from solid gold and painted to give realism to the headdress and facial features gives the viewer the experience of being watched. Perhaps it is not so far fetched that many believed that opening the tomb of this young pharaoh was releasing a curse. On the other hand it spoke of a great man not much more than a child who was loved beyond all to buried so well he became forgotten.
I have always been fascinated by the history of the pharaohs and the rituals that were taken so seriously to preserve the body. I find that the Egyptians ability to see beyond their current existence into the future of their lives after they are dead. It is too bad that we have forgotten how to see beyond the fabric of this existence. In a way it is their ability to express who they are in a written and visual form that so intrigues me. Over all I looked forward to this period in history and it did not disappoint.