Answer: Over the next few years, Mexico’s new government commissioned a number of artists to paint large scenes, or murals, on the walls of many schools, churches, and museums. These murals were meant to present Mexico’s history in a way that could educate a largely illiterate population. (At the time, only about 10 percent of Mexicans could read). The artists used bright colors and a bold figural style to depict scenes from ancient and modern Mexico.
It is true of Egyptian history that the Old Kingdom was the time of the construction of the great pyramids. This period was the time that the Egyptian civilization was at its peak.
