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Math Connections: The Egyptians' desire to maintain order over chaos in the world is expressed in the geometric forms of their art and architecture, through an emphasis on horizontal and vertical axes, balance, symmetry, clear outlines, and mathematically measured proportions.
Concepts and related text	Works of art	Activities (A) and Lessons (L)
The Mathematics of Art: A Geometric Basis Measured Proportions	Temple of Dendur, Statue of Hatshepsut , Haremhab as a scribe, Sakhmet, View of Saqqara, Statuette of an offering bearer,
Balance and Symmetry	Yuny and his wife, Renenutet, Menna and his family fishing and fowling, Magical stela, Section from a Book of the Dead, West wall from a chapel built by Sety I for his father Ramesses I,