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19 Cards in this Set
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OLD KINGDOM Arial View of the 4th Dynasty Pyramids Gizeh, Egypt |
- Constructed to serve as the tombs of the 4TH Dynasty kings Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure. - Order of pyramids from bottom: Menkaure, Khafre, and Khufu. - Also served as their palace for the after life. |
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OLD KINGDOM Great Sphinx Gixeh, Egypt |
- Carved out of Gizeh quarry. Sandstone - Colossal size. Largest in Egypt, Mesopotamia, or Persia - Has the body of lion and the head of a king (probably Khafre) and is associated with the sun god. |
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OLD KINGDOM Khafre enthroned Gizeh Egypt |
- Stone is Diorite, hard dark stone brought around 400 miles down the Nile from royal quarry. - Depicts Khafre as an enthroned devide ruler with a perfect body - 5 ft 6in high |
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OLD KINGDOM Menkaure and Khamerernebty Gizeh Egypt |
- Mankaure with his wife (or goddess Hathor?) - Statue once stood in the valley temple of of Mankaure's pyramid. - High relief statue - Graywacke, 4ft and 6.4 inches tall |
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Old Kingdom Seated Scribe Saqqara, Egypt |
- Painted Limestone - As a person's importance decreases, formality is relaxed and realism increases. - Seated Scribe shows signs of aging through sagging chest muscles and protruding belly. - Considered disrespectful for gods and kings. |
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OLD KINGDOM Ti watching a hippopotamus hunt Saqqara, Egypt |
- Painted Limestone - A successful hunt was a metaphor for triumph over evil. - Relief in the Mastaba of Ti - Surrounded by animals underwater and above the boat |
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OLD KINGDOM Goats treading seed and cattle fording a canal Saqqara, Egypt |
- Painted Limestone - Relief in the Mastaba of Ti - Metaphor for the deceased's passage from life to the hereafter - Relief combined stereotypical posses for humans and animals with unconventional posture. |
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Middle Kingdom Tomb of Khnumhotep ii (tomb 3) Beni Hasan, Egypt |
- Mud brick pyramid - Have shallow columnar porch, which leads to columned hall and burial chamber. - Hallowed out of the cliffs. |
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New Kingdom Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut (looking southeast) Deir el-Bahri, Egypt |
- Hatshepsut was the first great female monarch whose name is recorded. - Her funerary temple incorporated shrines to Amen, her father Thutmose I, and to Hathor and Anubis. |
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New Kingdom Facade of the Temple of Ramses ii Abu Simbel, Egypt |
- Rock Cut Temple; Sandstone - 65 feet tall - All four images are of Ramses II. - Portraits are a dozen times the height of a man, even though the pharaoh is seated. |
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New Kingdom Columns and clerestory of the hypostyle hall |
- Only selected few could enter. - Sunk Reliefs - Tallest are 66 feet tall - Columns support a roof of stone slabs carried on lintels. |
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New Kingdom Senenmut with Princess Nefrura |
- Granite, 3' 1/2" high - Senenmut, Hatshepsut's chancellor and possible lover. - He holds the queen's daughter in his lap and envelops her in his cloak; creating the cube shape. |
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New Kingdom Fowling scene, from the tomb of Nebamun |
- Fresco Secco, artist let plaster dry before painting on it. - His official titles are scribe and counter of grain - His wife and daughter accompany him on his hunt for fowl - Inscription states that Nebamun is enjoying recreation in her eternal afterlife. |
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Amarna Period Akhenaten colossal statue from the temple of Aton, |
- Sandstone, 13 feet high - Initiated both religious and artistic revolutions. - Deliberate reaction against tradition - Portrayed as sexless sundisk |
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Amarna Period Thutmose, bust of Nefertiti |
- Painted Limestone, 1ft 8in. high - Queen of Akhenaten - Her name means "the beautiful one has come" - Discovered in the workshop of sculptor THUTMOSE |
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Amarna Period Portrait of Tiye |
- Yew wood (main), gold, silver, alabaster, faience, and lapis lazuli. 8 and 7/8 inches tall - Chief wife of Amenhotep III - Carved of dark yew wood to match her skin tone - During reign of her son the tall gold crown was added |
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Amarna Period Akhenaton and Nefertiti with three daughters |
- Limestone, 1ft 1/4 in high - Sunken relief providing a rare intimate look at the royal family - bask in life-giving rays of Aton, the sundisk |
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Post-Amarna Period The Innermost Coffin of Tutankhamun |
- Famous due to his treasure-laden tomb. - Mummy was encased in three nested coffins. - Innermost coffin was the most luxurious, made of beaten gold and inlaid with semiprecious stones |
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Post-Amarna Period Death mask of Tutankhamun |
- Also made of gold and inlaid with semiprecious stones - |
