Why are humans depicted in paintings from ancient civilizations like different than now? Weren’t there artists who could paint realistic paintings?

Question

Weren’t there artists at that time who could draw humans for what they actually looked like. For instance, look at the paintings of kings from the 17th Century or before.

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Answer 1

Might be the like difference between a professional photographer, on a shoot, and a guy taking pictures at an accident scene as an investigator. Maybe the standard for the ancient drawings was only focused on the historical documentation aspect, and not the aesthetics.