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People, boats, animals, detail of a watercolor copy of a wall painting from Tomb 100
Hierakonpolis, Egypt,
Predynastic,
3500 BCE - 3200 BCE
Paint on plaster,
entire painting approx. 16' 3" long. |
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Palette of King Narmer
Hierakonpolis, Egypt,
Predynastic
3000 BCE - 2920 BCE
Slate
Approx. 2' 1" high
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Stepped Pyramid and mortuary precinct
Imhotep
Djoser, Saqqara, Egypt
Dynasty III
2630 BCE - 2611 BCE
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Columnar entrance corridor to the mortuary precinct
Djoser, Saqqara, Egypt
Dynasty III
2630 BCE - 2611 BCE
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Facade of the North Palace of the mortuary precinct
Djoser, Saqqara, Egypt
Dynasty III
2630 BCE - 2611 BCE |
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Great Pyramids,
Gizeh, Egypt
Dynasty IV
From left: Pyramids of Menkaure (2490 BCE - 2472 BCE)
Khafre (2520 BCE - 2494 BCE)
Khufu (2551 - 2528 BCE) |
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Model of the Pyramid Complex
(Gizeh, Egypt)
Created at: Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University, Semitic University.
Upper left - Pyramid of Menkaure
upper middle - Pyramid and mortuary temple of Khafre
Lower middle - valley temple of Khafre and Great Sphinx
between upper and lower middle: causeway
Upper right - Pyramid of Khufu,
Middle right - pyramids of the royal family and mastabas of nobles. |
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Great Sphinx (Pyramid of Khafre in the background)
Gizeh, Egypt
Dynasty IV
2520 BCE - 2494 BCE
Sandstone
Approx. 65' high, 240' long |
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Khafre
Gizeh, Egypt
Dynasty IV
2520 BCE - 2494 BCE
Diorite
approx. 5' 6" high |
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Menkaure and Khamerernebty
Gizeh, Egypt
Dynasty IV
2490 BCE - 2472 BCE
Graywacke
approx. 4' 6 1/2" high. |
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Seated scribe
Mastaba at Saqqara, Egypt
Dynasty V
2450 BCE - 2350 BCE
Painted limestone
approx. 1' 9" high
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Ka-Aper
Mastaba at Saqqara, Egypt
Dynasty V
2450 BCE - 2350 BCE
wood
approx. 3' 7" high.
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Ti watching a hippopatamus hunt
relief in the mastaba of Ti
Saqqara, Egypt
Dynasty V
2450 BCE - 2350 BCE
Painted limestone
hunting scene approx. 4' high |
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Goats treading seed and cattle fording a canal
Reliefs in the Mastaba of Ti
Saqqara, Egypt
Dynasty V
2450 BCE - 2350 BCE
Painted limestone |
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Fragmentary head of Senusret III
Dynasty XII
1860 BCE
red quartz
approx. 6 1/2" high
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rock cut tombs BH3 - 5,
Beni Hasan, Egypt.
Dynasty XI
1950 BCE - 1900 BCE |
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Interior Hall of the rock-cut tombs of Amenemhet (BH 2)
Beni Hasan, Egypt
Dynasty XII
1950 BCE - 1900 BCE |
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Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
Deir el-Bahari, Egypt
Dynasaty XVIII
1473 BCE-1458 BCE
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Hatshepsut with offering jars
upper court of her mortuary temple,
Deir el-Bahari, Egypt
Dynasty XVIII
1473 BCE - 1458 BCE
red granite
approx. 8' 6" high.
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Temple of Ramses II
Abu Simbel, Egypt
Dynasty XIX
1290 BCE - 1224 BCE
sandstone
colossi approx. 65' high. |
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Interior of the temple of Ramses II,
Abu Simbel, Egypt
Dynasty XIX
1290 BCE - 1224 BCE
Sanstone
pillar statues approx. 32' high. |
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restored view of the temple of Amen-Re,
Karnak, Egypt
begun 15th century BCE
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Hypostyle hall
Temple of Amen-Re,
Karnak, Egypt
Dynasty XIX
1290 BCE - 1224 BCE |
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Model of hypostyle hall,
temple of Amen-Re,
Karnak, Egypt
Dynasty XIX
1290 BCE - 1224 BCE
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Temple of Horus
Edfu, Egypt
237-47 BCE |
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Senmut with Princess Nefrua,
Thebes, Egypt.
Dynasty XVIII
1470 BCE - 1460 BCE
Granite,
Approx. 3 1/2" high. |
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Fowling scene,
tomb of Nebamun
Thebes, Egypt
Dynasty XVIII
1400 BCE - 1350 BCE
Fresco on dry plaster
approx. 2' 8" high |
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Musicians and Dancers
detail of a fresco from the tomb of Nebamun
Thebes, Egypt
Dynasty XVIII
1400 BCE - 1350 BCE
Fragment approx. 1' x 2' 3" |
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Akhenaton
Temple of Aton
Karnak, Egypt.
Dynasty XVIII
1353 BCE - 1335 BCE
sandstone
approx. 13' |
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Nefertiti
Thutmose,
Tell el-Amarna, Egypt
Dynasty XVIII 1353 BCE - 1335 BCE
painted limestone
approx. 1' 8" high.
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Tiye,
Gurob, Egypt
Dynasaty XVIII
1353 BCE - 1335 BCE
wood, with gold, silver, alabaster, and lapis lazuli
approx. 3 1/4" high. |
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Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters
Tell el-Amarna, Egypt.
Dynasty XVIII
1353 BCE-1335 BCE
limestone
approx. 12 1/4" high
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Innermost coffin of Tutankhamen,
tomb of Tutankhamen,
Thebes, Egypt
Dynasty XVIII
1323 BCE
Gold with inlay of enamel and semiprecious stones,
approx. 6' 1" long. |
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Death Mask of Tutankhamen
from the innermost coffin, Tutankhamen's tomb,
Thebes, Egypt.
Dynasty XVIII
1323 BCE
Gold with inlay of semi-precious stones
1' 9 1/4" high |
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painted chest, tomb of Tutankhamen
Thebes, Egypt.
Dynasty XVIII
1333 BCE - 1323 BCE
wood,
approx. 1' 8" long. |
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Last Judgment of Hu-Nefer
Tomb of Hu-Nefer
Thebes, Egypt
Dynasty XIX
1290 BCE - 1280 BCE
painted papyrus scroll
approx. 1' 6" high. |
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Mentuemhet
Karnak, Egypt.
Dynasty XXVI
650 BCE
Granite
approx. 4' 5" high. |
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