Eating it Up

In Stela of a Middle Kingdom official, Mentuwoser's table is piled high with his ritual foods. Ask the students to draw themselves at a table covered with their favorite things to eat. Before they start drawing, ask them to think about how they will arrange the food so that each kind can be clearly seen. When they have finished their artwork, talk about whether they have used the Egyptian convention of putting things one on top of another and avoiding overlapping or whether they have devised other techniques.

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