Sadigh Gallery's Ancient Egyptian Wall Fragments.
Scenes on stone surfaces were often cut into relief before painting or when not painted at all. There were two main types of reliefs: one consisting of raised relief, the other of sunken relief. In both types, chisels were used to cut around the outlines of figures. Then in raised relief, the stone of the background was cut away, so that the figures were left standing out from the surface. In sunken relief, it was the figures that were cut back within their outlines, leaving the surface of the background at a higher level. In both methods, the figures were modeled to a greater or lesser extent within their outlines. Traditionally, sunken relief was used on exterior walls and raised relief on interior walls, because bright sunlight has the effect of flattening raised relief and enhancing sunken relief. Figures carved on these walls are usually those of ancient gods, hieroglyphs and mythical animals.
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