Chapter 3: Egypt Under the Pharaohs

Death Mask of Tutankamen

From the innermost coffin of his tomb at Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1323 BCE. Gold with inlay of precious stones.360 view: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z8mgYyxZBU

Palette of King Narmer (left, back; right, front)From Hierakonpolis, Egypt, Predynastic. 3000-2920 BCE. Slate.

IMHOTEP, Step Pyramid and mortuary precinct of Djoserhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRK6DTpX5Tshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByeEbkqfRgASaqqara, Egypt, Third Dynasty, 2630-2611 BCE

Great Pyramids Gizeh Fourth Dynasty. From bottom, Pyramids of Mekaure ca. 2490-2472 BCE; Khafre ca. 2520-2494 BCE; and Khufu ca. 2551-2528 BCE.

Great Sphinx (with Pyramid of Kafre)

Gizeh, Egypt, Fourth Dynasty, ca. 2520-2494 BCE. Sandstone.

Menkaure and Khamerernebty (?)From Gizeh, Egypt, Fourth Dynasty. ca. 2490-2472 BCE. Graywacke. 4’6 ½ “ high.

Seated Scribe,, from SaqqaraFourth Dynasty, ca. 2500 BCE. Painted limestone.

Fragmentary head of Senusret III12th Dynasty, ca. 1860 BCE, Red quartzite, 6 ½ “ high

Ti watching a hippopotamus huntBODY IN EGYPTIAN ART: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =FJbkxns8kvg

Relief in the mastaba of Ti, Saqqara, Fifth Dynasty, ca. 2450-2350 BCE. Painted limestone

Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut Deir el-Bahri, 18th Dynasty, 1473-1458 BCE.

Façade of the tempe of Ramses IIAbu Simbel 19th Dynasty, ca. 1290-1224 BCE, Sandstone

Model of the hypostyle hall, temple of Amen-Re Karnak, 19th Dynasty, ca. 1290-1224 BCE

Musicians and Dancers from the tomb of NebamunThebes, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1400-1350 BCE, Fresco on dry plaster

Akhenaton, from the temple of AtonKarnak, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1353-1335 BCE, Sandstone, 13’ high

THUTMOSE, Nefertiti, From Amarna, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1353-1335 BCE, painted limestone

Akhenaton, Nefertiti and three daughtersFrom Amarna, 18th Dynasty, ca 1353-1335 BCE, limestone, 1’1/4” high

Innermost coffin of TutankhamenFrom his tomb at Thebes, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1323 BCE, Gold with inlay of enamel and semiprecious stones, 6’1” high

Painted chest from the tomb of Tutankhamen

Thebes, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1333-1323 BCE, wood, 1’8”long

Last Judgment of Hu-NeferFrom his tomb at Thebes, 19th Dynasty, ca. 1290-1280 BCE, painted papyrus scroll, 1’6”high

Temple of HorusEdfu, ca. 237-47 BCE