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Drama, Dance, and Music Connections
Concepts and related text	Works of art	Activities (A) and Lessons (L)
Images of dancers and musicians appear frequently in Egyptian art. Most often they are portrayed at elaborate banquets. Dancers and singers also performed in temple rituals honoring the gods.	Yuny and his wife, Renenutet, Riverboat
Pose and Gesture	Section from a Book of the Dead, Magical stela (detail), West wall from a chapel built by Sety I for his father Ramesses I, Statue of Hatshepsut, Menna and his family fishing and fowling, Nikare and his family,	You as an Egyptian (A) Body Language (A)
Bringing Narrative to Life	Fragment of a battle scene, Section from a Book of the Dead, Menna and his family fishing and fowling,	Eyewitness News (A) Living Work of Art (L)