Ancient Egyptian Artisans

All of the art and furniture we see today was created by these hard workers of the ancient world.

Ancient egyptian artisans. These were the elite tomb artists and artisans who were commissioned to build and decorate the tombs of pharaohs and other officials. The most skilled were the stone carvers who created the statues engravings and reliefs of the temples tombs and monuments. Egypt s artisans were highly skilled laborers that created the most beautiful art work in the ancient world. Carpenters jewelers leather workers metalworkers painters potters sculptors wig makers glass blowers gold workers and weavers.

Yet unlike the scribes they didn t get the respect they deserved. Some types of artisans are. They made egypt what it is and what it is mostly known for in history. Work for the artisans.

Ancient egypt is indebted to its artisans working day and night with utmost talent skill and hard work. Although these unnamed egyptian artisans worked for rigorous hours under orders of a king or a noble they really possessed an unimaginable amount of talent and expertise. Ancient egypt was blessed with highly sophisticated craftsmen varying from carpenters stonemasons sculptors builders weavers blacksmiths spinners dressmakers glass blowers potters foundry workers and scribes. Only the select few who became master craftsman were sometimes honored for their work.