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Unknown (Egyptian)
Sacred eye amulet
date unknown
faience
Overall: 9/16 x 11/16 in., 1/8 in. (1.5 x 1.8 cm, 0.3 cm)
Gift of Horace Mayer
60.39.2.E
  
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Sacred eye amulet

Egyptian paintings share some key characteristics with comics and graphic novels.

  • they tell stories
  • they include people and/or animals
  • the drawings emphasize outline and flat areas of color
  • a sequence of events is shown through a series of boxes or rows called "registers"
  • text and images work together to tell the story

Try creating your own cartoon or graphic novel. Invent your own story or tell the Egyptian story of Osiris and Isis and Horus.

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