In 1922, Howard carter who was and archaeologist and Lord Canarvon who sponsored him made a very important discovery which would thrill the world and change it, this was the discovery of king Tutankhamen's tomb. Tourists and reporters flooded the site of the tomb in the hopes of getting a chance to witness the treasure which previous to this had laid untouched for over 3,000 years. Soon after a reincarnated love and fascination for Ancient Egypt was being expressed through clothing jewellery, furniture, graphic design and architecture.
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Designers began taking their inspiration from Ancient Egypt and put a modern refined twist on it adding innovative curvatures in their pieces as seen above in the scarab necklace which was a symbol which was very widely present in ancient Egypt and was worn as a symbol of protection.
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| Chrysler building - New York
The Chrysler building has a very tribal influence to it and was designed in the height of the fascination with Ancient Egypt. One may realize the sunburst motif which was widely used at the time and could also be noticed in a variety of ancient Egyptian designs.
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| The Paramount theater - Oakland
The paramount theater's interior design by Timothy Pfleuger had great Egyptian influence, this detail seen above may be linked to the poses of the figures painted onto Ancient Egyptian walls also the similar flatness and the costumes they are wearing .
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| Example of Art Deco Graphic design
Above we see an example of graphic design which is promoting a brand of cigarettes . We see the lady smoking sitting down in a sideways manner mirror that of the Egyptian wall paintings and dressed in Egyptian style clothing sitting down on what looks like the great sphinx monument, the cigarettes are also named Egyptiennes.
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