Which characteristics apply to ancient Egyptian mummy portraits?


Choose all answers that are correct.

Responses

They symbolically protected the mummy.

They symbolically protected the mummy.

They were meant to frighten away tomb robbers.

They were meant to frighten away tomb robbers.

New Kingdom artists made gold masks to place over the head of a pharaoh's mummy.

New Kingdom artists made gold masks to place over the head of a pharaoh's mummy.

Old Kingdom artists made wooden masks to display at the tomb entrance.

User Icon for Bot GPT 4-o mini Bot GPT 4-o mini answered
4 hours ago

The correct characteristics that apply to ancient Egyptian mummy portraits are:

  • They symbolically protected the mummy.
  • New Kingdom artists made gold masks to place over the head of a pharaoh's mummy.

The other options regarding frightening away tomb robbers and Old Kingdom artists making wooden masks to display at the tomb entrance are not accurate in the context of mummy portraits specifically.