Art of ancient Egypt ||This article includes a list of
references, but its sources remain unclear because it has
insufficient inline citations. (October 2011)| Ancient Egyptian
art is the painting, sculpture, architecture and other arts
produced by the civilization in the lower Nile Valley from 5000
BCE to 300 AD. Ancient Egyptian art reached a high level in
painting and sculpture, and was both highly stylized and
symbolic. Much of the surviving art comes from tombs and
monuments and thus there is an emphasis on life after death and
the preservation of knowledge of the past. Egyptian folk art
often has eyes in it as a symbol of the gods watching upon the
pharaohs. In a more narrow sense, Ancient Egyptian art refers to
the canonical 2nd and 3rd Dynasty art developed in Egypt from
3000 BC and used until the 3rd century. Most elements of
Egyptian art remained remarkably stable over that 3,000 year
period with relatively little outside influence. The quality of
observation and execution started at a high level an