ANCIENT EGYPTIAN DESIGN: Coloring Book

Ed Sibbett. Jr.

Dover Publications, Mineola, USA

Year 1978

Pages 44

The 39 authentic pictures, in this book, are designs taken from Tut’s tomb and other shrines in Thebes, from the 18th – 20th Dynasties (c. 1567 – 1085 B.C.) as rendered by the author. Some of these motifs, taken from tomb ceilings, murals, wood sculpture, vases, and papyrus paintings, have been featured in the traveling Tutankhamen exhibit. Motifs include the winged Isis, Osiris, Buto the Cobra-goddess, various Pharaohs, scarabs, and animal deities; scenes of daily life (hunting, boating, banqueting, masters, and servants), and decorative ornament – lotus, ibis, falcon, lion, snake, barbarian. Identifying captions with historical information accompany each drawing, and a brief introduction and glossary of gods complete this book, a fine source of ancient Egyptian pictorial design.