The Golden Age of Egypt: High Culture, Architecture, Archeology and Art - Dynasties XVIII - XX-African Historiography
Pharaoh And King Menkaura
King Menkaura (Mycerinus) Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Menkaura, 2490–2472 B.C.
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The Rulers of an Empire
The Chronology f Dynasties 18th, 19th and 20th - From 1570-1070 BC
The continuum of the Rulers of the New Kingdom - 1570 -1070 BC
The chronology of the New Kingdom continuum and towards its end; the beginning of the Third Intermediate Periods begin
Ahmose's I Battle Axe
This beautiful quartzite sarcophagus was created by Hatshepsut and used to bury her late father, Thutmose I
The Temple of Karnak was known as Ipet-isut. It is a city of Temples built more than 2000 years ago and was and was dedicated to the Theban Triad of Amun(Amon), Mut and Khonsu
The Karnak Complex is a vast assembly of ruined temples, chapels, pylons and other buildings. It's ancient Egypt's main place of worship and is the largest Ancient religious site in the World(18th Dynasty - !550-1291)
Everything in Karnak in in a gigantic scale; the site covers over two square miles, contains about 10 Cathedrals, and the Temple of Amun is the largest religious building ever built.
The Sacred Lake of the Temple of Karnak
Colossal Head of Thutmosis I from Karnak
Rendering of Pylon IV. Originally built Thutmose I 1505-1992 BC
Tuthmosis I and his mother Senseneb
The GranoDiorite blocks personifies nomes of Upper Egypt. Figures are shown kneeling and presenting offering
Pharaoh Thutomose on the 18th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, with his chief whife Queen Ahmose and daughter of Neferubity. (The father , nther and sister of Hatshepsut
Hatshepsut's mortuary temple at Deir-le-Bahri, designed by Senemut, her vizier, and it was the first complex built on the site she choose, which would become the Valley of the Kings
The Temple at Deir-el-Bahri served as a record of major even in Hatshepsut's reign. It has scenes depicting a trading expedition to Pun. The are also scenes of her coronation
Eitghteenth Dynasty (~1472-1458 BCE) Widow of Thutmosisi II, she ruled first as regent for his minor son and heir, and then as Pharaoh, a female Horus. Her Titles were "King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Maatkare, and Daughter of Re"
The Statues of Hatshepsut
Hatshepsut(Maatkare) is depicted in a fake beard and with objects that a Pharaoh is usually depicted with, and in male attire, after a few years of ruling in female form
Thutmosis III. Ofiicials of an Italizn Museum decided to give Tutmosis III a new nose in a crude and outrageous attempt to change his racial appearance
Amenhotep II, sixth King of Dynasty 18, and son of corregent of Thutmosis III. He preserved hegemony over most of Nubia and Levant, of those military campaigns initiated by Thustmosis III
The statue and image of Thutmosis IV
Nefrusebek Cleopatra formed friendships with the emperors of Rome. This particular statue is showing the waning years of Egyptian rule, but their art still supreme.
Amenhotep II
Colossus of Amenhotep III
Pharaoh Amnhotep III Statue
The Court of Amenhotep III
Monumental Statue of Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye, along with daughters
The royal tomb of Amenhotep III, situated in the Western Valley of the Kings and is one of the most important tombs at this site, and is registered on the World Heritage List
Mural painting of Adoration of the gods in the tomb of of Thutmosis IV, in the Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Valley of the Kings
Famous stature of Thutmosis IV with his MOther Tiaa
A painting based on an authentic tomb painting of Pharaoh Thutmosis IV in his war chariot, with bow and arrow
Thutmosis IV mural painting of Adoration of the gods, Isis and Pharaoh, XVIIIth Dynasty
Bust of Thutmosis IV
Bust of Amenhotep III
Malkata Palace; this is what is left of the palace of Amenhotep III
Amenhotep the son of Hapu and Amenhotep III's master Architect. Like the great 3rd Dynasty architect, Imhotep, Amenhotep the son of Hapu was elevated to the status of God in the late Ptolemic period
Lion of Amenhotep III that guarded a temple build by Amenhotep III and was re-inscribed for Tutankhamun
The Colossi of Memnon
The chief Archeologist, Zahi Hawaas, said the black statue of Amenhotep III was made of Black Granite
Queen Tiy(Tiye)
Nefertiti
Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV - Neferkheperure
Akhenaten, Nefertiti, Tutankhanum and Moses
Smenkhkare
King Smenkhkare and Queen Merytaten
Princess Merytaten
Tutankhamun's Death Mask
Tutankhamun's hand made chair in the 18th Dynasty, made of solid wood
These beautiful gold and precious-stone canopic coffinttes were created to hold the mummified organs of the Pharaoh Tutankhanum
Bust of Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun's Child'schar with Footrest
Tutankhamun's Falcon collar found in his tomb
Both these Diadems belonged to Tutankhamun. Left: at the front of this diadem are the vulture and the uraeus; right: wavy body extending in an arc from front to back, serving to keep the diadem from dropping down over the face
Beautiful inlaid pectoral of Tutankhamun spelling out his name
King Tut's Golden Sandals
Canopic Stopper of Tutankhamun, it is of painted calcite
Tutankhamun as king of Upper Egypt(left), Tutankhamun as King of Lower Egypt(Right) - 18th Dynasty, and the statues are made of gilded wood
Tutankhamun's Chariot
Tutankhamun's Burial Chariot, 14th Century B.C., and today it iskept at the Cairo Museum
Cow Mehetweret Bed Couch from Tutankhamun's Tomb. It is guilded as an image of Mehetweret("the Great flood"
Pharaoh Horemheb
Pharaoh Horemheb kneeling before Atum. In the picture Horemheb is holding two spherical vessels ad is wearing the Nemes head-dress, uraeus, royal beard, shendyt-kitt and sandals
During his reign, Horemheb decreed measures to protect individual property(and) ordered the restoration of the judicial... Administration of Egypt.
Ramesses II's Mummy
Collosal statue of Rameses II
Ramesses II reclaimed Eypt's glory through war and peace treaties. His followers were unable to follow in his footsteps and the 10th Dynasty slipped into disputes and chaos
The dimunitive figure of a graceful queen Nefertari standing between the legs of the colossal granite state of Ramesses II in the first courtyard of the temple at Karnak; maybe his daughter Bint-Anath, whose mother was Istnofret
Queen Istnofret,the second wife of Ramesses II
Ramesses' greatest monument is the huge temple carved from the natural sandstone rock at Abu Simbel, far to the south in Nubia. Two of the four pairs can be seen seated in the picture above