The Prince of Eypt

Architecture

The Prince of Egypt is a motion picture film about Moses. Both artistic and historical license was taken.

In this film, Egyptian architecture is shown. 

The statues shown in the film are clearly inspired by real life, historical Egyptian architecture.

Hieroglyps

Hieroglyphics are also shown in The Prince of Egypt. During Ancient Egypt times, the hieroglyphic script was mainly used for formal inscriptions on the walls of temples and tombs. The word hieroglyph comes from the Greek hieros (sacred) and glypho (inscriptions). In some inscriptions, the glyphs are in full colour whilst others are simply plain outlines.

Looking at the jewellery in this film, one can clearly notice the difference between the rich people and their slaves. The slaves are dressed with plain clothing while the family of the king are all dressed in white clothing and gold jewellery. During Ancient Egypt times, jewellery was very important to their culture. The Egyptians wore their jewellery to honour their gods and pharaoh. At the time, the Egyptians’ beliefs were that if they wore jewellery they were most likely to survive the afterlife. They also believed that jewellery makes them look more attractive to everyone else.

References:

PrinsenAvEgypten , 2013. The Prince of Egypt 1998 English (Multi-Subs). [video online] Available at: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epk7JUofoEY> [Accessed 14 May 2014].

S. Ager, 2014. Omniglot. [online] Available at: <http://www.omniglot.com/writing/egyptian.htm> [Accessed 14 May 2014].