Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt map

THE ROSETTA STONE, inscribed with a decree of the priests of Memphis, offering divine honours on Ptolemy V., Epiphanes, King of Egypt, B.C. 193.

Dates: ca. 2660 BCEOriginal location: SaqqaraCurrent location: Egyptian Museum, Cairo

Title: A garden pool; fragment of a wall painting from the tomb of NebamunDate: ca. 1400 BCE

Current location: British Museum, LondonCulture: New Kingdom Egypt

Work type: Painting

Ti watching hippopotamus hunt, relief in the mastaba of Ti, Saqqara, Egypt, Dynasty V, ca. 2450_2350 BCE Painted Limestone hunting scene approx. 4’ high

The wall painting from the tomb

Ancient Egyptian Painting "Birds in an acacia tree, wall painting from Tomb of Khnumhotep III, Beni Hasan, Middle Kingdom" ca. 1950-1900 BCE (painted limestone) by Egyptian, 12th Dynasty (1991-1786 BC)

Fresco from Ancient Egypt culture Dates: ca. 2300 BCEOriginal location: Mastaba of Nefermaat at Meidum

Current location: Egyptian Museum of Cairo

Ka- Aper, from hia mastaba at Saqqara, Egypt, Dynasty V, ca. 2450_ 2350 BCE. Wood, approx. 3’ 7” high. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.

Imhotep

IMHOTEP, Stepped Pyramid andmortuary precinct of Djoser, Saqqara, Egypt, Dynasty III, ca. 2630- 2611 BCE.

Great Pyramids, Gizeh, Egypt, Dynasty IV

Great Pyramids, Gizeh, Egypt, Dynasty IV. From left: pyramids of Menkaure, ca. 2490- 2471 BCE; Khafre, ca. 2520- 2494 BCE; and

Khufu, ca. 2551-2528 BCE

Section of Pyramid of Khufu, Gizeh, Egypt.

Average core blocks of the Great Pyramid weigh about 1.5 tons each, and the granite blocks used to roof the burial chambers are estimated to weigh up to 80 tons each.

The Louvre Pyramid, ParisThe large pyramid serves as the main entrance to the Louvre

Museum. Completed in 1989,

Great Sphnix ( with Pyramid of Khafre in the background at the left), Gizeh, Egypt, Dynasty IV, ca. 2520-2494 BCE. Sandstone,

approx. 65’high, 240’long

Rock cut tombs, BH 3-5, Beni Hasan, Egypt, Dynasty XII, ca. 1950-1900 BCE.

Interior hall of the rock cut tomb of Amenemhet (BH2), Beni Hasan, Egypt, Dynasty XII, ca. 1950-1900 BCE.

Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut (with the Middle Kingdom mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II at left), Deir el-bahri, Egypt,

Dynasty XVIII, ca. 1473-1458 BCE

Temple of Ramses II, Abu Simbel, Egypt, Dynasty XIX, ca. 1290-1224 BCE. Sandstone, colossi approx. 65’ high.

The statue of Ramses the Great at the Great Temple of Abu Simbel is reassembled after having been moved in 1967 to save it from being flooded.

Interior of the temple of Ramses II, Abu Simbel, Egypt, Dynasty XIX, ca. 1290-1224 BCE, Sandstone, pillar statues approx. 32’ high.

Hypostyle hall, temple of Amen-Re, Karnak, Egypt, Dynasty XIX, ca. 1290-1224 BCE.

Relief study of King AkhenatonNew Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1340 BCLimestoneHeight 15 cm

Egyptian, Throne Back Depicting Tutankhamen

Death mask of Tutankhamen, from the innermost coffin in his tomb at Thebes, Egypt, Dynasty XVIII, ca. 1323 BCE. Gold with inlay of semiprecious stones, 1’ 9 1/4” high. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.

Detail of the Death mask of Tutankhamen, from the innermost coffin in his tomb at Thebes, Egypt, Dynasty XVIII, ca. 1323 BCE. Gold with inlay of semiprecious stones, 1’ 9 1/4” high. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.

Last judgment of Hu-Nefer, from his tomb at Thebes, Egypt, Dynasty XIX, ca. 1290–1280 BCE. Painted papyrus scroll, approx. 1’

6” high. British Museum, London.