Deir el-Bahri

Seated Statue of Hatshepsut The Seated Statue of Hatshepsut located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, was created during 1473-1458 B.C. The original location is Thebes, Egypt at Deir el-Bahri, and the original subject matter was created to honor the Egyptian female pharaoh Hatshepsut. This study will analyze the historical importance of the subject depicted, this piece will have its form thoroughly analyzed, show how it represents the culture of the Ancient Egyptian art historical period,…

The Life Of Queen Hatshepsut Queen Hatshepsut was a woman pharaoh of Egypt. Most known for dressing as a man during her reign. She reigned over Egypt from 1473 B.C. to 1458 B.C. Her name means “foremost of noblewomen”. Which means most important of all the high class women. In the 15th century Hatshepsut was born to Thutmose the 1st and the Queen, multiple people debate on what her name was. Because her dad was pharaoh she was inline to become pharaoh one day, but because she had two brothers…

Chapter 3 Summary Chapter three discusses the art found in Egypt. It starts off with the predynastic and early dynastic periods. In the predynastic era, Egypt was geographically distributed into an upper and lower Egypt. The era also began with a Pharaonic monarchy deeming King Narmer as the ruler. During this time Egyptian artists began making narrative reliefs and paintings, including one of the earliest documented historical artwork, the Narmer palette. King Narmer’s image and name appear on…

feminine grammatical forms, sometimes by including her personal name, Hatshepsut, which means "foremost of noble women." This statue was one of a pair that stood on either side of a granite doorway on the upper terrace of Hatshepsut's temple at Deir el-Bahri. The pose, with both hands open and resting on the front of the kilt, is a devotional gesture that was first used in statues of the Middle Kingdom pharaoh Senwosret III who lived…

Assignment 3 – “Egyptian Women” NMC101H1 Instructor: Prof. K. Goebs TA: Aleksandra Ksiezak Parham Oghabi #999506413 November 22nd, 2014 Living in the twenty-first century and still witnessing gender inequality across the world is a major issue and concern during our period. Consequently, it is fascinating to try to discover the complex development of gender inequality over three thousand years before the beginning of the Common Era by learning how ancient Egyptian women were…

achieving difficult architectural accomplishments of massive scale. This era was the reign of Hatshepsut, perfectly memorialized in the famous sculpture The Large Kneeling Statue of Hatshepsut, dated about c. 1473-1458 BC, the 18th Dynasty in Deir el-Bahri. This three-dimensional artwork was made entirely of red granite and has a height of 8’ 6’’ (2.59 m). In the following paper I will describe the artwork, analyze its concept, purpose, and the techniques used. To emphasize what I saw and how I…

The Egyptian kings and queens were buried, in the Deir- el bahri located in the west bank of the Nile. Among the pharaohs were a few mummies, which could not be identified and was aside letter of the alphabets to them. The coffin in which unknown man E was buried into was examined once he was removed. The coffin appeared to have wood shaving inside, which in tells that coffin was enlarge to accommodate the body of unknown man E. This discovery clearly shows that this coffin was not intended…

The most famous Pharaoh of Egypt’s 18th dynasty has to be King Tutankhamen. The riches of his tomb have given him international fame and recognition , but in a historical sense his accomplishes cannot be compared to those of Ahmose I. Ahmose I accomplished something that Pharaohs before him could not and that was then continued by his Successor. Although the lack of riches in his tomb could not allow him to have the modern recognition that King Tutankhamen he is rich in his history. Before…

Hatshepsut chose to be represented as a male Pharaoh despite her gender. This was a way of showing her power and dominion. Hatshepsut’s Sphinx and her statues were found at The Funerary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut located at what we now call Deir el-Bahri, Egypt. This Sphinx is in all ways a representation of Egypt’s culture where Egyptians wanted to show there control and stability to the rest of the…

In modern American society, the push for gender equality is a popular controversy between the media and the public. Men are sexualizing women more often due to the ease of the internet. However, women are working hard in the fight to prove they are more than just a pretty face. The gender discrimination women face today is due to the enculturation of times passed. The society today is comparable to societies from world history. Society shapes gender because societies create gender ideologies of…