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Flashcard image Funerary mask of Tutankhamun 1327 BC Gold inlaid with glass and semiprecious stones Cairo Museum New Kingdom 18th Dynasty The Art of Ancient  Egypt Theme:  funerary art
Ancient Egypt ,[object Object],Excerpt from the Book of the Dead, New Kingdom flashcard Shows weighing feather of Maat vs. heart of dead Annubis balances scale, Horus takes Ka to Isis  Afterlife guide to help transition Painted papyrus Found in tombs
Geography & Ancient Egypt ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
 
How does Ancient Egypt compare with other civilizations? ,[object Object],[object Object]
How does Ancient Egypt compare with other civilizations? Votive Statue, 2700 BCE Ancient Near East Sumer Detail of Head of Khafre, 2490 BCE (from Temple/Pyramid)
How does Ancient Egypt compare with other civilizations? Votive Statue, 2700 BC Ancient Near East Sumer Great Pyramids of Giza, 2500 BCE Ziggurat of Ur, 3100 BCE
Why do we know so much about Ancient Egypt? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Stone Writing …. ,[object Object],[object Object]
 
Scepter, 1960s, Ghana Egyptian Iconography
Egypt United:  Old Kingdom Begins in 3000 BCE ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Flashcard image Palette of King Narmer, 3000-2920 BCE Commemorates unification of Egypt Conquered march dwellers Hierarchy of scale Hierakonpolis / Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Palette of Nar-mer Side 2 Goddess Hathor on both sides-Horus helping King Marching to view headless bodies Long necked lions symbolize unification Eye makeup well on palette
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Palette of Narmer 3000 BCE Victory Stele of Naram-Sin, 2621 BCE
Palette of Naner 3000 BCE Victory Stele of Naram-Sin, 2621 BCE
Egyptian figurative conventions Used for approximately 3000 yrs Twisted Perspective REMEMBER THE ART MADE THE WORLD VIDEO??? How does this perspective reflect their culture and SOCIAL STATUS?
Pyramids & Tombs ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Stepped Pyramid of Djoser, III Dynasty. , 2630 BCE 1st large scale stone building in world, build over mastaba.  14 gateways, facades of buildings.  Engaged columns mimicked bunches of reed with papyrus tops. Significant:  1st large scale building EVER in world
 
 
Flashcard image - Great Pyramids of Giza IV Dynasty (Old Kingdom)  Khafre, Khufu, Menkaure.  Granite and limestone Size:  height of pyramid of Khufu, 450' (137 m)
How Pyramids Were Built ,[object Object],2 million blocks, 1-2 tons each!  How did they get them up there?
Great Sphinx, believed to be a portrait of Khafre. Originally painted & had a beard.
Menkaure and Queen Khamerernebty Medium:  Graywacke with traces red & black paint 54½ inches high Date:  Fourth Dynasty (ruled 2490–2472 BCE) OLD KINGDOM Source/Museum:  from Giza / Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Harvard University–MFA Expedition Flashcard image Equal scale Embrace Sheer dress on Queen
 
Pepy II and His Mother, Queen Ankhnes-Meryre Egyptian alabaster 15¼ X 9 13/16"  She ruled until he was old enough, carved more naturalistically Arms posed away from side.. Less permanence.. Reflects her status as temporary ruler rather than permanent ruler
Seated Scribe (FLASHCARD) Painted limestone; eyes of rock crystal mounted in copper Size:  height 21"  Date:  Fifth Dynasty, c. 2450–2325 BCE OLD KINGDOM Musée du Louvre, Paris Shows how different classes were portrayed. Much smaller than statues of Pharoahs, etc. (21” vs life size or over sized” Limestone, not more elegant materials
The Middle Kingdom ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Head of Senusret III Yellow quartzite 17¾ X 13½ X 17"  Middle Kingdom Twelfth Dynasty, c. c. 1836–1818 BCE More realistic Looks tired, older Dynamic King who led 4 expeditions into Nubia; overhauled administration
Rock-cut tombs, Beni Hasan.  Middle Kingdom Date:  Twelfth Dynasty, c. 1938–1755 BCE
Pectoral of Senusret II ,  Gold and semiprecious stones  Date:  Twelfth Dynasty, c 1938–1755 (ruled c 1842–1837 BCE) Tomb of Princess Sithathoryunet, el-Lahun. / The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.  “ May the sun god give eternal life to Senusret II” … ankh, falcons, cobras, Ra…
Stele of Amemhat I, 12th Dynasty (Middle Kingdom)… Portrays daily family life.  Found in his tomb.  11” x 15”
The New Kingdom ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Ruins of the Great Temple of Amun at Karnak, Egypt  (New Kingdom, 1579 BCE)
Symmetrical & Axial Design (processional path) Covered area size of 60 football fields; hypostyle hall w/ lots of columns Statues of gods clothed and “fed” daily by priests Added to by various Pharoahs; sacred lake, coronation rooms
 
Flower & Bud columns Hypostyle Hall Great Temple of Amun at Karnak http://dlib.etc.ucla.edu/projects/Karnak/experience/IntroductionToTheTempleOfKarnak/1
Queen Hatshepsut Enthroned New Kingdom, 1473-1458 BCE 20 year reign, 1st female Pharoah portrayed in art Sometimes shown as male w/false beard Led diplomacy with Punt Built incredible funerary temple positioned against high cliffs, oriented towards Karnak
Funerary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Deir El-Bahri 1473 BCE (New Kingdom)
Fowling Scene, Tomb of Nebamum, 1400 BCE (New King.), fragment of wall painting, British Museum  ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Flashcard image, not in book
Amarna Period:  Revolution in Art and Religion ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Akhenaten, Colossal Figure, located at Temple of Karnak (16 ‘ tall) Long face, thin neck, swollen belly, somewhat androgynous looking . Built temples to Aten.. Sun disk, open courtyards Wife Queen Nefertiti was priestess Truth (Maat) emphasized… more realistic artwork and informal situations.
Akhenaten & his Family, 1353 BCE (New Kingdom), painted limestone sunken relief How is this Relief so Different?
Queen Tiye, New Kingdom Funerary piece of yew wood, ebony, glass, silver, gold, lapis, cloth, clay & wax Entire sculpture was 1/3 life size Older woman, mom of Akhenanten Married for love. Played key role in affairs of state husband Amenhotep III. Realistic style; African features
Queen Nefertiti (flashcard) 1302-1234 BCE 18th Dynasty/ New Kingdom Painted limestone 21” (life size) Tomb found in 1904. Most impressive Queen’s tomb found Diplomacy w/Hittites “ mother of kings” Book of Dead Shown w/God Horus frequently
Tutankhamun & Ramses II:  Return to Tradition ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Flashcard image Funerary mask of Tutankhamun 1327 BC Gold inlaid with glass and semiprecious stones Cairo Museum New Kingdom 18th Dynasty Flashcard image
Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel 4 65 foot statues of Ramses Association w/Gods, Religious & political power
Queen Nefertrari, wife of Ramses II, shown behind his leg Hieratic scale?
Judgment of Hunefer before Osiris, Scene from Book of the Dead Painted papyrus ,  height 15⅝" (39.8 cm) ,  Nineteenth Dynasty, c. 1285 BCE  NEW KINGDOM Illustration From a Book of The Dead. The British Museum, London KNOW RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE, HOW THIS WAS USED! Eater waits for judgment Feather of Maat vs.  Heart Osiris, king of underworld
Mummy wrapping of a young boy Medium:  Linen wrappings with gilded stucco buttons and inserted portrait in encaustic on wood Size:  height of mummy 53⅜" (133 cm) portrait 9½ X 6½"  Date:  Roman period, c. 100–120 CE AFTER NEW KINGDOM ENDED, ROMAN RULE Source/Museum:  Hawara / The British Museum, London Conventions of Roman painting not Egyptian

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Ancientegypt

  • 1. Flashcard image Funerary mask of Tutankhamun 1327 BC Gold inlaid with glass and semiprecious stones Cairo Museum New Kingdom 18th Dynasty The Art of Ancient Egypt Theme: funerary art
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  • 6. How does Ancient Egypt compare with other civilizations? Votive Statue, 2700 BCE Ancient Near East Sumer Detail of Head of Khafre, 2490 BCE (from Temple/Pyramid)
  • 7. How does Ancient Egypt compare with other civilizations? Votive Statue, 2700 BC Ancient Near East Sumer Great Pyramids of Giza, 2500 BCE Ziggurat of Ur, 3100 BCE
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  • 12. Scepter, 1960s, Ghana Egyptian Iconography
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  • 14. Flashcard image Palette of King Narmer, 3000-2920 BCE Commemorates unification of Egypt Conquered march dwellers Hierarchy of scale Hierakonpolis / Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • 15. Palette of Nar-mer Side 2 Goddess Hathor on both sides-Horus helping King Marching to view headless bodies Long necked lions symbolize unification Eye makeup well on palette
  • 16.
  • 17. Palette of Narmer 3000 BCE Victory Stele of Naram-Sin, 2621 BCE
  • 18. Palette of Naner 3000 BCE Victory Stele of Naram-Sin, 2621 BCE
  • 19. Egyptian figurative conventions Used for approximately 3000 yrs Twisted Perspective REMEMBER THE ART MADE THE WORLD VIDEO??? How does this perspective reflect their culture and SOCIAL STATUS?
  • 20.
  • 21. Stepped Pyramid of Djoser, III Dynasty. , 2630 BCE 1st large scale stone building in world, build over mastaba. 14 gateways, facades of buildings. Engaged columns mimicked bunches of reed with papyrus tops. Significant: 1st large scale building EVER in world
  • 22.  
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  • 24. Flashcard image - Great Pyramids of Giza IV Dynasty (Old Kingdom) Khafre, Khufu, Menkaure. Granite and limestone Size: height of pyramid of Khufu, 450' (137 m)
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  • 26. Great Sphinx, believed to be a portrait of Khafre. Originally painted & had a beard.
  • 27. Menkaure and Queen Khamerernebty Medium: Graywacke with traces red & black paint 54½ inches high Date: Fourth Dynasty (ruled 2490–2472 BCE) OLD KINGDOM Source/Museum: from Giza / Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Harvard University–MFA Expedition Flashcard image Equal scale Embrace Sheer dress on Queen
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  • 29. Pepy II and His Mother, Queen Ankhnes-Meryre Egyptian alabaster 15¼ X 9 13/16" She ruled until he was old enough, carved more naturalistically Arms posed away from side.. Less permanence.. Reflects her status as temporary ruler rather than permanent ruler
  • 30. Seated Scribe (FLASHCARD) Painted limestone; eyes of rock crystal mounted in copper Size: height 21" Date: Fifth Dynasty, c. 2450–2325 BCE OLD KINGDOM Musée du Louvre, Paris Shows how different classes were portrayed. Much smaller than statues of Pharoahs, etc. (21” vs life size or over sized” Limestone, not more elegant materials
  • 31.
  • 32. Head of Senusret III Yellow quartzite 17¾ X 13½ X 17" Middle Kingdom Twelfth Dynasty, c. c. 1836–1818 BCE More realistic Looks tired, older Dynamic King who led 4 expeditions into Nubia; overhauled administration
  • 33. Rock-cut tombs, Beni Hasan. Middle Kingdom Date: Twelfth Dynasty, c. 1938–1755 BCE
  • 34. Pectoral of Senusret II , Gold and semiprecious stones Date: Twelfth Dynasty, c 1938–1755 (ruled c 1842–1837 BCE) Tomb of Princess Sithathoryunet, el-Lahun. / The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. “ May the sun god give eternal life to Senusret II” … ankh, falcons, cobras, Ra…
  • 35. Stele of Amemhat I, 12th Dynasty (Middle Kingdom)… Portrays daily family life. Found in his tomb. 11” x 15”
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  • 37. Ruins of the Great Temple of Amun at Karnak, Egypt (New Kingdom, 1579 BCE)
  • 38. Symmetrical & Axial Design (processional path) Covered area size of 60 football fields; hypostyle hall w/ lots of columns Statues of gods clothed and “fed” daily by priests Added to by various Pharoahs; sacred lake, coronation rooms
  • 39.  
  • 40. Flower & Bud columns Hypostyle Hall Great Temple of Amun at Karnak http://dlib.etc.ucla.edu/projects/Karnak/experience/IntroductionToTheTempleOfKarnak/1
  • 41. Queen Hatshepsut Enthroned New Kingdom, 1473-1458 BCE 20 year reign, 1st female Pharoah portrayed in art Sometimes shown as male w/false beard Led diplomacy with Punt Built incredible funerary temple positioned against high cliffs, oriented towards Karnak
  • 42. Funerary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Deir El-Bahri 1473 BCE (New Kingdom)
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  • 45. Akhenaten, Colossal Figure, located at Temple of Karnak (16 ‘ tall) Long face, thin neck, swollen belly, somewhat androgynous looking . Built temples to Aten.. Sun disk, open courtyards Wife Queen Nefertiti was priestess Truth (Maat) emphasized… more realistic artwork and informal situations.
  • 46. Akhenaten & his Family, 1353 BCE (New Kingdom), painted limestone sunken relief How is this Relief so Different?
  • 47. Queen Tiye, New Kingdom Funerary piece of yew wood, ebony, glass, silver, gold, lapis, cloth, clay & wax Entire sculpture was 1/3 life size Older woman, mom of Akhenanten Married for love. Played key role in affairs of state husband Amenhotep III. Realistic style; African features
  • 48. Queen Nefertiti (flashcard) 1302-1234 BCE 18th Dynasty/ New Kingdom Painted limestone 21” (life size) Tomb found in 1904. Most impressive Queen’s tomb found Diplomacy w/Hittites “ mother of kings” Book of Dead Shown w/God Horus frequently
  • 49.
  • 50. Flashcard image Funerary mask of Tutankhamun 1327 BC Gold inlaid with glass and semiprecious stones Cairo Museum New Kingdom 18th Dynasty Flashcard image
  • 51. Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel 4 65 foot statues of Ramses Association w/Gods, Religious & political power
  • 52. Queen Nefertrari, wife of Ramses II, shown behind his leg Hieratic scale?
  • 53. Judgment of Hunefer before Osiris, Scene from Book of the Dead Painted papyrus , height 15⅝" (39.8 cm) , Nineteenth Dynasty, c. 1285 BCE NEW KINGDOM Illustration From a Book of The Dead. The British Museum, London KNOW RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE, HOW THIS WAS USED! Eater waits for judgment Feather of Maat vs. Heart Osiris, king of underworld
  • 54. Mummy wrapping of a young boy Medium: Linen wrappings with gilded stucco buttons and inserted portrait in encaustic on wood Size: height of mummy 53⅜" (133 cm) portrait 9½ X 6½" Date: Roman period, c. 100–120 CE AFTER NEW KINGDOM ENDED, ROMAN RULE Source/Museum: Hawara / The British Museum, London Conventions of Roman painting not Egyptian

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  1. Artist: n/a Title: Funerary mask of Tutankhamun Medium: Gold inlaid with glass and semiprecious stones Size: Height 21¼" (54.5 cm) Weight 24 pounds (11 kg) Date: Eighteenth Dynasty (Tutankhamun, ruled 1332–1322 BCE), c. 1327 BCE Source/Museum: Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  2. Artist: n/a Title: Ancient Egypt Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/Museum: n/a
  3. Artist: n/a Title: The Rosetta Stone Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: 196 BCE Source/Museum: The British Museum, London
  4. Artist: n/a Title: Art and its Context: Hieroglyphic, Hieratic, and Demotic Writing Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/Museum: Hieroglyphic signs for the letters P, T, O, and L, which were Champollion's clues to deciphering the Rosetta Stone, plus M, Y, and S: Ptoymys
  5. Artist: n/a Title: Ancient Egypt Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/Museum: n/a
  6. Artist: n/a Title: The Narmer Palette Medium: Green schist Size: height 25" (64 cm) Date: Early Dynastic period, c. 2950–2775 BCE Source/Museum: Hierakonpolis / Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  7. Artist: n/a Title: The Narmer Palette Medium: Green schist Size: height 25" (64 cm) Date: Early Dynastic period, c. 2950–2775 BCE Source/Museum: Hierakonpolis / Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  8. Artist: n/a Title: The Narmer Palette Medium: Green schist Size: height 25" (64 cm) Date: Early Dynastic period, c. 2950–2775 BCE Source/Museum: Hierakonpolis / Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  9. Artist: n/a Title: The Narmer Palette Medium: Green schist Size: height 25" (64 cm) Date: Early Dynastic period, c. 2950–2775 BCE Source/Museum: Hierakonpolis / Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  10. Artist: n/a Title: The Narmer Palette Medium: Green schist Size: height 25" (64 cm) Date: Early Dynastic period, c. 2950–2775 BCE Source/Museum: Hierakonpolis / Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  11. Artist: n/a Title: Old Kingdom standard grid—an Egyptian canon of proportions for representing the human body Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/Museum: n/a
  12. Artist: n/a Title: Old Kingdom standard grid—an Egyptian canon of proportions for representing the human body Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/Museum: n/a
  13. Artist: n/a Title: The step pyramid and sham buildings. Funerary complex of Djoser, Saqqara Medium: Limestone Size: height of pyramid 204' (62 m) Date: n/a Source/Museum: n/a
  14. Artist: n/a Title: Elements of Architecture: Mastaba to Pyramid (Stepped Pyramid) Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/Museum: Stepped Pyramid of Djoser, Saqqara, c. 2667-2648 BCE
  15. Artist: n/a Title: Elements of Architecture: Mastaba to Pyramid (Pyramid) Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/Museum: Pyramid: Pyramid of Kafra, Giza, c. 2600 BCE
  16. Artist: n/a Title: Great Pyramids, Giza Medium: Granite and limestone Size: height of pyramid of Khufu, 450' (137 m) Date: Fourth Dynasty, c. 2575–2450 BCE Source/Museum: Erected by (from the left) Menkaure, Khafre, and Khufu
  17. Artist: n/a Title: Model of the Giza plateau. From left to right: the temples and pyramids of Menkaure, Khafre, and Khufu. (number 4 is the valley temple of Menkaure; number 5 is the valley temple and Sphinx of Khafre.) Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/Museum: Prepared for the exhibition “The Sphinx and the Pyramids: One Hundred Years of American Archaeology at Giza,” held in 1998 at the Harvard University Semitic Museum Harvard University Semitic Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  18. Artist: n/a Title: Menkaure and a Queen (perhaps his wife Khamerernebty) Medium: Graywacke with traces of red and black paint Size: height 54½" (142.3 cm) Date: Fourth Dynasty (ruled 2490–2472 BCE) Source/Museum: from Giza / Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Harvard University–MFA Expedition
  19. Artist: n/a Title: Khafre (Detail of head) Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/Museum: n/a
  20. Artist: n/a Title: Pepy Ii and His Mother, Queen Ankhnes-Meryre Medium: Egyptian alabaster Size: height 15¼ X 9 13/16" (39.2 X 24.9 cm) Date: Sixth Dynasty, c. 2323–2152 BCE (ruled. c. 2246–2152 BCE). Source/Museum: The Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York. Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund (39.119)
  21. Artist: n/a Title: Seated Scribe Medium: Painted limestone with inlaid eyes of rock crystal calcite and magnesite mounted in copper Size: height 21" (53 cm) Date: Fifth Dynasty, c. 2450–2325 BCE Source/Museum: found near the tomb of Kai, Saqqara. Musée du Louvre, Paris
  22. Artist: n/a Title: Head of Senusret III Medium: Yellow quartzite Size: height 17¾ X 13½ X 17" (45.1 X 34.3 X 43.2 cm) Date: Twelfth Dynasty, c. 1938–1755 BCE (ruled c. 1836–1818 BCE) Source/Museum: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri. Purchase: Nelson Trust (62-11)
  23. Artist: n/a Title: Rock-cut tombs, Beni Hasan. Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: Twelfth Dynasty, c. 1938–1755 BCE Source/Museum: n/a
  24. Artist: n/a Title: Pectoral of Senusret II Medium: Gold and semiprecious stones Size: length 3¼" (8.2 cm) Date: Twelfth Dynasty, c 1938–1755 (ruled c 1842–1837 BCE) Source/Museum: Tomb of Princess Sithathoryunet, el-Lahun. / The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Purchase, Rogers Fund and Henry Walters Gift, 1916 (16.1.3)
  25. Artist: n/a Title: Stele of Amenemhat I Medium: Painted limestone Size: 11 X 15" (30 X 50 cm) Date: Twelfth Dynasty, c. 1938–1755 (ruled c. 1938–1908 BCE) Source/Museum: Assasif. / Egyptian Museum, Cairo. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Excavation 1915–16
  26. Artist: n/a Title: The ruins of the Great Temple of Amun, at Karnak, Egypt Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/Museum: n/a
  27. Artist: n/a Title: Reconstruction Drawing of the Great Temple of Amun at Karnak, Egypt. New Kingdom, c. 1579–1075 BCE Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/Museum: n/a
  28. Artist: n/a Title: Reconstruction Drawing of the Hypostyle Hall, Great Temple of Amun, Karnak. Nineteenth Dynasty, C. 1292–1190 BCE Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/Museum: n/a
  29. Artist: n/a Title: Flower and bud columns, hypostyle hall, Great Temple of Amun. Karnak Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/Museum: n/a
  30. Artist: n/a Title: Hatshepsut Enthroned Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: Eighteenth Dynasty (ruled c. 1473–1458 BCE). Source/Museum: Deir el-Bahri / The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  31. Artist: n/a Title: Funerary temple of Hatshepsut, Deir El-Bahri Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: Eighteenth Dynasty, c. 1473–1458 BCE(At the far left, ramp and base of the funerary temple of Mentuhotep III. Eleventh Dynasty, c. 2009–1997 BCE) Source/Museum: n/a
  32. Artist: n/a Title: Inner Coffin of Tutankhamun’s Sarcophagus Medium: Gold inlaid with glass and semiprecious stones Size: height 6'⅞" (1.85 m), weight nearly 243 pounds (110.4 kg) Date: Eighteenth Dynasty, 1332–1322 BCE Source/Museum: Tomb of Tutankhamun, Valley of the Kings, near Deir el-Bahri / Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  33. Artist: n/a Title: Akhenaten, Colossal Figure Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/Museum: n/a
  34. Artist: n/a Title: Akhenaten and His Family Medium: Painted limestone relief Size: 12¼ X 15¼" (31.1 X 38.7 cm) Date: Eighteenth Dynasty, c. 1353–1336 BCE Source/Museum: Akhetaten (present-day Tell el-Amarna) / Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Ägyptisches Museum
  35. Artist: n/a Title: Queen Tiy Medium: Boxwood, ebony, glass, silver, gold, lapis lazuli, cloth, clay, and wax Size: height 3 ¾" (9.4 cm) Date: Eighteenth Dynasty, c. 1352 BCE Source/Museum: Kom Medinet el-Ghurab (near el-Lahun) / Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Ägyptisches Museum
  36. Artist: n/a Title: Nefertiti Medium: Painted Limestone Size: height 20" (51 cm) Date: Eighteenth Dynasty, c. 1353–1336 BCE Source/Museum: Akhetaten (modern Tell el-Amarna) / Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Ägyptisches Museum
  37. Artist: n/a Title: Funerary mask of Tutankhamun Medium: Gold inlaid with glass and semiprecious stones Size: Height 21¼" (54.5 cm) Weight 24 pounds (11 kg) Date: Eighteenth Dynasty (Tutankhamun, ruled 1332–1322 BCE), c. 1327 BCE Source/Museum: Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  38. Artist: n/a Title: Temple of Rameses II (Left) and Nefertari (Right), at Abu Simbel Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: Nineteenth Dynasty, 1279–1213 BCE Source/Museum: n/a
  39. Artist: n/a Title: Detail of Nefertari and Ramses’s Leg Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/Museum: Temple of Ramses II
  40. Artist: n/a Title: Judgment of Hunefer before Osiris Medium: Painted papyrus Size: height 15⅝" (39.8 cm) Date: Nineteenth Dynasty, c. 1285 BCE Source/Museum: Illustration From a Book of The Dead. The British Museum, London
  41. Artist: n/a Title: Mummy wrapping of a young boy Medium: Linen wrappings with gilded stucco buttons and inserted portrait in encaustic on wood Size: height of mummy 53⅜" (133 cm) portrait 9½ X 6½" (24 X 16.5 cm) Date: Roman period, c. 100–120 CE Source/Museum: Hawara / The British Museum, London