The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt

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A wealth of art and architectural treasures survive from Ancient Egypt—a civilization that endured from the fourth millennium B.C. to the conquest of Alexander the Great. In this book, Ancient Egyptian monuments, their decorations, and many other works of art are reproduced in more than four hundred beautiful illustrations.

The Ancient Egyptians in their tombs attempted to recreate life for the dead in a naturalistic way, often against the background of the landscape in which they lived. This book shows the tombs at Thebes, including the treasure-filled burial place of Tutankhamen, the temples of Luxor and Karnak, and the palaces of Akhenaten at Tell el Amarna and of Amenhotep III at Thebes. It also presents many revealing portraits depicting a range of subjects from the kings and queens who built the pyramids at Giza and Saqqara to their own civil servants.

Many works reproduced in black-and-white in the print version of the book have been replaced with high-quality color illustrations in this electronic version.

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Print publication date January 1999 (out of print)

Print ISBN 9780300077476

EISBN 9780300276480

Illustrations 420

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List of illustrations

Map of Egypt
Rock-drawings
Paintings on pottery
Decorated ware with boats with standards
Bowl with hippopotami
Hippopotamus
Jackal figure
Figures
Figure
Hierakonpolis, tomb, wall-painting, detail
Carved palette
Fragment of palette
Scorpion King on a mace-head
Narmer palette, verso
Narmer palette, recto
Libya Palette
Abydos, tomb of Mernieth and Saqqara, tomb attributed to Merneith, reconstructions
Confronted animals, including a Middle Kingdom example at Meir with a man standing on long-necked monsters
Impression of a cylinder seal
Painted Syrian jar
Bowl
Saqqara, stela of Merka
Saqqara, superstructure of Tomb 3038
Saqqara, tomb of Her-neith, axionometric projection
Disk with Scene of Dogs Hunting Gazelles
Two faces of an inlaid wooden panel
Four Bracelets from the Tomb of King Djer
Jewelry from Naga-ed-Dêr
Dish imitating basketry
Seated figure, front view
Seated figure, back view
Saqqara, Niche stone
Saqqara, painted niche stone
Khasekhem, seated statue
Khasekhem, seated statue
Fallen enemies of Egypt from statue-bases of Khasekhem
Statue of King Djoser
Saqqara, South Tomb of Djoser complex, head of Djoser on false-door panel
Saqqara, Step Pyramid Djoser complex, model
Saqqara, Step Pyramid Djoser complex, model, detail
Saqqara, North Building of Djoser complex, courtyard, papyrus columns
Saqqara, South Building of Djoser complex, actual façade
Saqqara, South Building of Djoser complex, reconstruction
Saqqara, South Building of Djoser complex, prototype
Saqqara, South Tomb of Djoser complex, subterranean area, false-door
Entrance corridor, pyramid complex of King Djoser
Saqqara, Djoser group, column capital
Statuette of a Male Deity
Wooden panel of Hesy-ra, detail
Wooden panel of Hesy-ra, detail
Offering niche of Kha-baw-sokar
Offering niche of Kha-baw-sokar, detail
The god Geb, relief fragment from the Djoser shrine
Saqqara, tomb of Hesy-ra, plan
The Egyptian canon of eighteen fists from hair line to ground line
Saqqara, chapel of Kha-baw-sokar, plan
Head of statue depicting princess Redji
Statue of Ankhwa
Statues of Sepa and Nesa
Meidum, causeway and pyramid
Meidum, view from pyramid over temple and causeway
Dahshur, Lower Temple and Bent Pyramid
Dahshur, offering place before the Bent Pyramid, plans
Dahshur, offering place before the Bent Pyramid, reconstruction
Dahshur, Lower Temple of the Bent Pyramid, reconstruction and plan
Offering niche of Iy-nefer
Saqqara, chapel of Tomb 3078
Dahshur, Lower Temple of the Bent Pyramid, Sneferu and goddess
Dahshur, Lower Temple of the Bent Pyramid, personified estates
Dashur, Bent Pyramid, corbel vaulting in lower chamber
Dashur, Bent Pyramid, isometric view of interior passages, and portcullis
Meidum, mastaba of Nefermaat and Atet, plan
Meidum, chapel of Atet
Meidum, chapel of Atet, Atet's children with pets
Meidum, chapel of Atet, paintings in the outer corridor
Meidum, chapel of Atet, paintings in the outer corridor
Meidum, chapel of Atet, paintings in the outer corridor
Meidum, chapel of Atet, paintings in the outer corridor, restoration drawing
Slab stele of Prince Wepemnofret
Slab stele of Prince Wepemnofret, detail
Seated Statues of Rahotep and Nofret
Head of a king
Statuette of King Khufu
Furniture of Hetepheres
Back of Hetepheres carrying chair
Giza, reconstruction of original position of furniture in the tomb of Hetepheres
Gold casing of Hetepheres bed canopy, detail
Restoration of Hetepheres carrying chair
Restored lid of Hetepheres chest
Old Kingdom decorative patterns
Plant forms
Giza, Pyramid of Menkaure with Queen's Pyramid (left), looking west
Giza, Great Pyramid, gallery
Giza, area east of the Khufu Pyramid, plan
Giza, Khufu Temple, reconstruction
Relief with the head of a female personification of an estate
Giza, general plan
Giza, Valley Temple of Khafre, exterior with Sphinx
Giza, Valley Temple of Khafre, interior
Giza, Pyramid of Khafre and Valley Temple of Khafre, plan
Saqqara, funerary monument of Shepseskaf, reconstruction
Giza, chapel of Meresankh III
Giza, chapel of Meresankh III: Kawab, Meresankh, and Hetepheres II, and personified estates
Tomb statue of the vizier Hemiunu
Plaster mask on a skull
Reserve head of Meritites
Reserve head of Senefru-Seneb
Giza, Khufukhaf and wife
Giza, Khufukhaf
Statue of Khafre Protected by the God Horus
King Menkaura (Mycerinus) and queen
Djedefre and his queen
Statue of Menkaure with Hathor and Cynopolis
Bust of Prince Ankhhaf
Head of Djedefre
Head of Menkaure
Head of King Userkaf
Statue of Sheikh el-Balad Representing Kaaper
Giza, painted scribe
Saqqara, Userkaf Temple, reconstruction
Saqqara, Userkaf Temple, plan
Relief of Birds in the Marshes
Saqqara, Userkaf Pyramid Temple, orchard scene
Saqqara, chapel of Neferhernptah, orchard with birds
Saqqara, Userkaf Temple, boating scene
Abusir, pyramid complex of Sahure, plan
Abu Gorab, Sun Temple, plan and reconstruction
Saqqara, Unas causeway, famine scene
Saqqara, chapel of Neferhernptah, bird-catching scene
Saqqara, chapel of Neferhernptah, bird-catching scene, detail of bird
Saqqara, chapel of Mereruka, Mereruka and his sons
Relief head of Itwesh
Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep
Saqqara, serdab of Mitri, wooden statues
Group Statue of Seneb and His Family
Uncircumcised youth
Statue of Metjetji
Statue of Metjetji
Saqqara, pyramid complex of Pepi II, plan
Saqqara, valley temple of Pepi II, reconstruction
Seated statuette of Pepi I with Horus falcon, back
Statue of Queen Ankhnes-meryre II and Her Son, Pepi II
Statue of Pepi I, head
Statue of Merenre
Falcon from Hierakonpolis, reconstruction
Funerary stela
Stele of the Nubian soldier Nenu
Mourners and cattle
Thebes, chapel of Djar, agricultural scene
Statue of Wepwawetemhat
Deir el-Bahari, temple of Mentuhotep, earlier reconstruction
Deir el-Bahari, temple of Mentuhotep, later reconstruction
Statue of Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II
Stela of Wahankh Intef II, detail
Relief of an Acacia Tree Shading Water Jars with Drinking Cups
Relief Depicting a Sunshade Bearer
Sarcophagus of Queen Kawit, hair-dressing scene, detail
Model of Meketre Counting Cattle
Model of a Porch and Garden, portico
Karnak, pavilion of Senusret I, reconstruction
Karnak, pavilion of Senusret I, detail
Karnak, pavilion of Senusret I, detail
Lisht, pyramid temple of Senusret I, plan
Kahun town, plan
Beni Hasan, chapel of Amenemhat, looking out from shrine
Beni Hasan, tomb 18
Uronarti fortress, plan
Uronarti fortress, south-east wing
Buhen, west gate, reconstruction
Relief showing procession of offering bearers
Senusret I statuettes
Ka Statue of King Hor I
Statue of Lady Sennuwy
Statue of Lady Sennuwy, detail of head
Seated Statue of Queen Nofret
Wahka I, fragmentary head
Ibu, head
Wahka II, fragment of statue
Standing Figure of a Male Dignitary
Steward
Crocodile
Head of Statue of King Senusret III
Head of Seated Statue of Amenemhat III
Head from a Female Sphinx
Statue of official
Qaw, tombs of Wahka I and Ibu, reconstruction
Qaw, tomb of Wahka II, dancers and tumblers
Beni Hasan, tomb of Khnumhotep, man with antelopes; Meir, tomb of Ukhhotep I, peasant carrying papyrus
Meir, tomb of Senbi, hunting scene, detail
Meir, tomb of Senbi, hunting scene, detail
Meir, chapel of Ukhhotep III
Meir, chapel of Ukhhotep III, detail of swamp scene
Front side panel of outer coffin of Djehutynakht, offering scene
Front side panel of outer coffin of Djehutynakht, detail of offerings
Front side panel of outer coffin of Djehutynakht, false door
Deir El Bersha cemetery
Daughters of Djehutihotep painting
Unloading of grain painting
Beni Hasan, chapel of Khnumhotep, fig-picking scene
Beni Hasan, chapel of Khnumhotep, bird-trapping scene
Statuette of woman and child
Serabit el-Khadim, temple, Retjenu chief riding a donkey
Crown of Princess Khenmet
Jewelry of Princess Khenmet, Sithathor, and Mereret
Diadem of Sithathoriunet
Decorative patterns
Fish pendant
Decorated faience vessel fragments
Bowl with running spiral decoration
Bowl with running spiral decoration, detail
Painted pottery
Ivory inlays
Cap ornaments as remounted
Statue of Sebek-em-saf
Gold model boat of Queen Ahhotep
Ceremonial Dagger of King Ahmose I
Axehead of Queen Ahhotep
Inlaid Gold Armlet of Queen Ahhotep with Two Sphinxes
Mentuhotep and wife, stela
Deir el-Bahari, tomb of Senenmut under the temple, portrait of Senenmut
Statue of Senenmut and Neferure
Senenmut
Karnak, general plan
Karnak, obelisk of Tuthmosis I, looking west
Deir el-Bahari, temple of Hatshepsut
Hatshepsut, upper part of Osiride statue
Head of Osiride statue of Hatshepsut
Deir el-Bahari, temples
Seated statue of Hatshepsut
Seated statue of Hatshepsut, detail of head
Head of statue of Thutmose III
Deir el-Bahari, portico of Anubis sanctuary
Deir el-Bahari, portico of Anubis sanctuary, detail of offerings before the jackal-headed god of the dead
Deir el-Bahari, Punt colonnade, fat queen
Deir el Bahari, Punt colonnade, village
Deir el Bahari, Punt colonnade, reception of Egyptians at Punt
Lion seizing antelope, axehead
Tree between animals, stand
Thebes, tomb Rekhmire (No. 100), Nubian and Syrian tribute
Thebes, tomb of Menkheperraseneb (No. 86), Caphtor and Syrian tribute
Thebes, tomb of Menkheperraseneb (No. 86), foreigners bringing tribute
Thebes, tomb of Senenmut (No. 71), Cretans
Thebes, Tomb of Duwaerneheh (No. 125), dog under master's chair
Thebes, tomb of Amenemhat (No. 53), hunting scene
Thebes, tomb of Amenemhat (No. 53), hunting scene, detail
Thebes, tomb of Senenmut (No. 71), hall
Thebes, tomb of Ineni (No. 81), hunting scene, detail
Thebes, tomb of Ken-Amun (No. 93), hunting scene, detail
Thebes, tomb of Intef (No. 155), hyena heads
Thebes, tomb of Intef (No. 155), old man
Thebes, tomb of Rekhmire (No. 100), serving girl
Thebes, tomb of Senenmut (No. 71), Hathor frieze
Thebes, tomb of Amenemheb (No. 85), Amenemheb and the hyena
Thebes, tomb of Horemheb (No. 78), fish
Thebes, tomb of Onen (No. 120), Amenhotep III and Tiye enthroned
Thebes, tomb of Ramose (No. 55), Amenhotep IV enthroned
Thebes, tomb of Thutmose III, king and family
Thebes, tomb of Menna (No. 69), harvest scene
Thebes, tomb of Khaemhat (No. 57), chariot in harvest scene
Thebes, tomb of Khaemhat (No. 57), bowing men
Thebes, tomb of Ramose (No. 55), Amenhotep IV and queen at window of appearances
Thebes, tomb of Ramose (No. 55), Ramose receives courtiers
Thebes, tomb of Ramose (No. 55), head of a man
Nakhtmin from Thebes
Wife of Nakhtmin from Thebes
Thebes, tomb of Kheruef (No. 192), princesses
Amenhotep son of Hapu
Luxor temple, plan
Luxor temple, court
Amenhotep III, head
Amenhotep III
Lady Mi
Head of Queen Tiye
Officer
Deir el-Ballas, South Palace, plan and section
Deir el-Ballas, North Palace, plan
Deir el-Ballas, South Palace, stairway
Deir el-Ballas, paintings
Malkata, Palace of Amenhotep III, general plan
Malkata, Palace of the King and South Palace, plan
Throne of Princess Sitamun
Malkata Palace, north-west harem suite, looking south-west
Malkata Palace, south-west suite, looking north, painted support for shelf
Amarna, North Palace, birds in papyrus thicket
Malkata Palace, ceiling of king's robing room
Malkata Palace, north-west harem suite, ceiling of robing room
Malkata Palace, bedroom of Amenhotep III, looking north-west
Malkata Palace, bedroom of Amenhotep III, dado
Deir el-Medina, Bes figures
Malkata Palace, second audience hall, head of a court lady
Details of roofs and ceilings
Stela of the sculptor Bak and his wife
Amenhotep IV, colossal statue
Amenhotep IV, head
Bust of Queen Nefertiti
Amarna, tomb of Mahu, Mahu receives runners
Women dancers, harem ladies and Syrian musicians
Antelopes
Animals in landscape
Talatat: Nefertiti Offers to the Aten
Prostrate attendants
Stela of Akhenaten and his family
Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and three daughters beneath the Aten
Model of a house at Tell el-Amarna
Amarna, North Palace, plan
Amarna, North Palace, garden court, looking north
Goose painting
Amarna, official central quarter, plan
Amarna, general plan of the town
Amarna, central quarter, reconstruction
Amarna, palace in the central quarter, plan
Plant capitals
Amarna, tomb of Tutu, harem of the palace
Daughters of Akhenaten
Sculptor's Model of Princess Eating a Duckling
Amarna, house of Vizier Nakht, plan
Stele of Amenhotep III and Tiye
Amarna, North Suburb, houses on the edge of the wady, reconstruction
Standing figure of Nefertiti
Nefertiti and Her Daughter
Head of a king, probably Amenhotep III, front view
Head of a king, probably Amenhotep III, side view
Plaster mask of a man
Plaster mask of an elderly woman
Gold mask of Tutankhamun
Head of Tutankhamun
Statue of King Horemheb with the god Amun, detail of heads
Haremhab as a Scribe of the King
Saqqara, tomb of Horemheb, plan
Relief with a messenger on horseback
Saqqara, tomb of Horemheb, Nubian captives
Saqqara, tomb of Horemheb, Egyptian officers with Asiatic captives
Saqqara, tomb of Horemheb, Egyptian officer striking a captive
Saqqara, tomb of Horemheb, Egyptian courtiers
Hunting scene on the painted chest of Tutankhamun, detail
Relief of an aged courtier
Tutankhamun and his queen
Bearing tribute from the south to Tutankhamen
Thebes, tomb of Tutankhamun, wall painting
Thebes, tomb of Ay, Ay and his queen boating
Thebes, unfinished reliefs in the tomb of Horemheb
Thebes, tomb of Tutankhamun, treasury
Thebes, tomb of Tutankhamun, objects inside outer sarcophagus shrine
Thebes, tomb of Khaemweset, lion with crossed paws
Ceremonial Throne of Tutankhamun
Ceremonial Throne of Tutankhamun, detail
Thebes, tomb of Tutankhamun, second state chariot, detail
Necklace with vulture pendant of Tutankhamun
Painted pottery plate
Glazed tile with palms
Duck cosmetic box
Karnak, Hypostyle Hall (exterior), Seti I attacks Kadesh
Abu Simbel, temple of Ramesses II
Luxor temple, pylon of Ramesses II
Thebes, Ramesseum, second court
Thebes, Ramesseum, plan
Medinet Habu, temple of Ramesses III, plan
Medinet Habu, temple of Ramesses III, first court
Karnak, Hypostyle Hall
Abydos, temple of Seti I, inner Hypostyle Hall, two goddesses on the north wall
Valley of the Queens, painting of Nefertari in her tomb
Statue of Ramesses II, upper part
Karnak, Hypostyle Hall (exterior), the Palestinian wars of Seti I
Karnak, Hypostyle Hall (exterior), the Palestinian wars of Seti I
Derr, temple of Ramesses II, the king attacks a Nubian village
Fallen Asiatics, Ramesside relief
Medinet Habu, First Pylon, Ramesses III hunting wild bulls
Karnak, the high priest Amenhotep before a statue of Ramesses IX
Thebes, tomb of Ipy (No. 217), garden shrine
Thebes, tomb of Ipy (No. 217), garden shrine, detail
Thebes, tomb of Ipy (No. 217), fishing and agricultural scene
Thebes, tomb of Ipy (No. 217), agricultural scene
Thebes, tomb of Sennedjem (No. 1), interior
Thebes, tomb of Sennedjem (No. 1), cat and serpent on door jamb
Thebes, tomb of Sennedjem (No. 1), goddess of the horizon with sun-disk on entrance ceiling
Thebes, tomb of Nakhtamun (No. 341), winged spirit over Anubis with scales
Abydos, temple of Seti I, hieroglyph of winged figure
Cat, mouse, and captive, ostracon
Baker tending to an oven, ostracon
Acrobat-dancer, ostracon
Papyrus with Satirical Drawings
Papyrus
Silver Jug with a Golden Handle in the Form of a Goat
Mask of Shoshenq II
Pectoral
Statue of Princess Takushit
The Brooklyn Oracle Papyrus
Women mourners, coffin painting, detail
Jebel Barkal, temple of Amon
Submission of Egyptian rulers, Stela of Piye, top
Jebel Barkal, temple of Amon, Piye relief of men leading horses
Jebel Barkal, temple of Amon, altar of Taharqa
Boat stand of King Atlanersa
Thebes, tomb of Pabasa (No. 279), Pabasa and attendant
Statue of Taharqa
Statue of Taharqa, detail of head
Taharqa, front view of head
Taharqa, side view of head
Bocchoris with gods and goddesses, design on a vase
Ostrich
Ewer
Mirror of King Shabaka, handle
Tray handle
Mourning men, relief from the tomb of Nespeqashuty
Philae, west colonnade, capitals
Woman with a Baby Stacking Fruit
Relief of Mentu-em-hat and Anubis
Mentuemhat
Bust of Montuemhat
Nakhtnebef, relief from Alexandria
Psamtek I
Musicians and dancers, Zanofer relief, detail
Head of a Priest (The Boston Green Head)
Statue of a Priest of Amun
Hermopolis, tomb of Petosiris, agricultural scene
Head of a Pharoah (possibly Augustus)
Philae, temple of Isis, Second Pylon
Naga, Lion Temple and Kiosk B
Naga, Lion Temple, pylon, Meroitic queen
Meroë, royal cemetery

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Acknowledgements to Previous Editions

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~The author would like to express his grateful thanks to colleagues and heads of institutions for their generous response to his requests for information and photographs and permission to reproduce illustrations. Their courtesy has been acknowledged in the list of illustrations, as well as in the notes in a few special cases. The friendly co-operation of the...

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Preface

~Since Smith’s Art and Architecture was revised in 1981, mainly along bibliographical lines in the notes, the activity and productivity on the art and architectural history of Ancient Egypt have been impressive. Many changes have taken place in outlook. Well into the twentieth century the Egyptologist was a generalist with several areas of...

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Map of Egypt and Chronological Table

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Chronological Table and Map of Egypt

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Chapter 1: Introduction

Ancient Egypt was protected by formidable desert barriers and confined to a narrow river valley. It was less subject to outside influences than the other great early civilization in Mesopotamia, and its culture presents, as one of its salient characteristics, a long, virtually unbroken continuity. In an almost rainless country the regular rise of the Nile every year...

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Chapter subject tags:Egypt--Civilization--To 332 B.C.Art, Ancient--EgyptArchitecture, Ancient--EgyptEgypt--Religion

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Part One: The Prehistoric and Early Dynastic Periods

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Chapter 2: Predynastic Egypt, 4000–3200 B.C.

Art appears in the Nile Valley as early as the seventh millennium B.C. The earliest productions...

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Chapter subject tags:Prehistoric peoples--EgyptArt, PrehistoricArchitecture, PrehistoricPottery, Prehistoric

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Chapter 3: Dynasties I–II, 3200–2780 B.C.

The kings of the First Dynasty not only achieved the military control of the whole country but developed a system of administration to govern it.The dates used throughout this volume follow the chronological table in my Ancient Egypt as Represented in the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, 1960). In the introduction to that table, p. 193, and more fully in JNES, 11 (1952), 113–23, an explanation has been offered for the dating used for the early period to the end of the Old Kingdom. I have suggested that if any lowering of the date 3200 B.C. for the beginning of Dynasty I is felt necessary for the purposes of relative chronology, attention should be turned to the seemingly excessive length of the first two dynasties rather than to shortening the First Intermediate Period. Perhaps the compiler of the Turin papyrus may have included in his figure of 955 years from the reign of Menes to that of Aba in Dynasty VIII part of the time before Menes. The name of Menes is apparently associated with th

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Chapter 4: Dynasty III, 2780–2680 B.C.

The well-known statue of King Zoser in Cairo [36] was found still in place in the closed statue-chamber (serdab) beside his temple on the north side of the Step Pyramid at...

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Chapter subject tags:Egypt--History--Third dynastyEgypt--History--Old Kingdom, ca. 2686-ca. 2181 B.C.Architecture, Ancient--EgyptTombs--Egypt--ṢaqqārahSculpture, EgyptianEgypt--Kings and rulersArt, Ancient--Egypt

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Chapter 5: Dynasty IV, 2680–2565 B.C.

The peculiar stepped structure at Medum now rises in three stages, although the lowest is hidden by the mounds of debris that have accumulated around its base [58, 59]....

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Chapter subject tags:Egypt--History--Fourth dynastyEgypt--History--Old Kingdom, ca. 2686-ca. 2181 B.C.Meidum Site (Egypt)Sculpture, EgyptianPyramids of Giza (Egypt)Egypt--Kings and rulersArt, Ancient--EgyptArchitecture, Ancient--Egypt

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Chapter 6: Dynasty V, 2565–2420 B.C.

If Weserkaf was the son of Radedef’s daughter...

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Chapter 7: Dynasty VI, 2420–2258 B.C.

From our examination of the stylistic changes that were taking place towards the end of Dynasty V it was apparent that the monuments of the time of Tety, the first king...

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Part Three: The Growth of the Middle Kingdom and Its Collapse

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Chapter 8: The First Intermediate Period: Dynasties VII–X, 2258–2052 B.C.

We do not know exactly what political event was the immediate cause of the collapse of the Old Kingdom. The diminished power of the royal family is painfully evident at the close of Dynasty VI. A brief period of confusion, evidently a sort of interregnum known as Dynasty VII,...

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Chapter 9: Dynasty XI, 2134–1991 B.C.

The varied nature of the art of the Middle Kingdom typifies a new age of experiment and invention that grew out of the turbulence of the First Intermediate Period. It returned in strength to the forms of the Old Kingdom, but never recaptured the unity of the Memphite style. It anticipated the sophistication of the New Kingdom and began to look abroad, but without...

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Chapter 10: Dynasty XII, 1991–1786 B.C.

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Chapter 11: The Minor Arts and Foreign Relations of the Middle Kingdom

If we turn to the minor arts it is clear that the jewellers of the Twelfth Dynasty had reached a level of technical skill never exceeded at any other period of Egyptian history. Typical of the period are the magnificent necklaces with their big beads of amethyst and carnelian and the marvellously neat precision with which semi-precious stones are inlaid into cloisons of gold. The finest pieces of jewellery come from the tombs of ladies of the royal family at Dahshur and Lahun and are exhibited in Cairo and in the Metropolitan Museum in New York.J. de Morgan, Fouilles à Dahchour, 1, 11 (Vienna, 1895, 1903); Guy Brunton, Lahun, 1, The Treasure (London, 1920); Emile Vernier, Catalogue general du Musée du Caire, Bijoux et orfivreries (Cairo, 1927), plates i, ii, vii, viii, xxxviii, lxvi-lxxxi; Cyril Aldred, Jewels of the Pharaohs (London, 1971); Alix Wilkinson, Ancient Egyptian Jewellery (London, 1971). Adela Oppenheim, ‘The Jewellery of Queen Weret.’ Egyptian Archaeology, 9, 1996, 26. Two

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Chapter 12: The Second Intermediate Period: Dynasties XIII–XVII, 1786–1570 B.C.

The burials in the large tumuli at Kerma were interpreted by their...

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Part Four: The New Kingdom

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Chapter 13: The Early Eighteenth Dynasty: Ahmose–Tuthmosis III, 1570–1450 B.C.

The art of the first half of Dynasty XVIII could be viewed as a final development of the classic Egyptian style which had grown up in the Middle Kingdom. Essentially the drive and inspiration came from Thebes, but there is completed here the fusion with basic elements of the Memphite school of the Old Kingdom which had begun in Dynasty XII, when Amenemhat I moved...

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Chapter subject tags:Egypt--History--Eighteenth dynastyEgypt--History--New Kingdom, ca. 1550-ca. 1070 B.C.Hatshepsut, Queen of EgyptMural painting and decoration, EgyptianTombs--EgyptArchitecture, Ancient--EgyptArt, Ancient--Egypt

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Chapter 14: The Height of the Eighteenth Dynasty: Amenhotep II–Amenhotep III, 1450–1372 B.C.

In statuary, architecture, and the minor arts the first reigns of Dynasty XVIII illustrate both a development from and a harking back to the forms of the Middle Kingdom. These features are seen in the obvious parallel between the terraced structure of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari and its Dynasty XI antecedent just to its south, the cloaked statues of Hatshepsut’s officials and their Middle Kingdom prototypes, and even in the scenes from the tomb of Inene (No. 81). A freedom to experiment is evidenced after the reign of Tuthmosis III, and it is particularly observable in the work of the tomb painters, for they frequently led the way to change. The episode with the hyena in the tomb of Amenemheb (No. 85) [253] shows a carelessness of execution which is immediately apparent when compared to Intef’s paintings [249,...

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Chapter 15: The Palace of Amenhotep III and New Kingdom Domestic Architecture

We have seen that it was impossible to gain a clear idea of the domestic architecture of the Old Kingdom from the few preserved ground-plans of buildings, which were generally concerned with the administration of the cemeteries, and from the highly schematized pictures on the walls of tombs. The material was more abundant for the Middle Kingdom, with the very...

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Chapter 16: The Change to Amarna

Cultural changes seldom lend themselves well to neat chronological arrangement, but the reign of Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten) presents an aggravating...

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Chapter 17: The Amarna Period, 1372–1350 B.C.

We must now turn to an examination of the new city, called Akhetaten (The Horizon of Aten), which was at least sufficiently habitable for the court to move there some time between the 5th and 6th year of Akhenaten’s reign...

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Chapter 18: The Post-Amarna Period, 1350–1314 B.C.

Some of the most accomplished works of the Amarna period were produced in that time of transition after Akhenaten’s death when first the young Semenkhkara and then the boy Tut-ankh-amon, under the tutelage of Ay, attempted to come to terms with the opposition to...

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Chapter 19: The Ramesside Period: Dynasties XIX–XX, 1314–1085 B.C.

Politically, Dynasty XIX began with the accession of Horemheb about the middle of the fourteenth century B.C., when the strong reaction set in which obliterated the memory of the successors of Amenhotep III. On the other hand, we have seen that the work...

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Part Five: The Later Periods

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Chapter 20: The Period of Decline: Dynasties XXI–XXII, 1085–730 B.C.

The weakening of the royal authority in the latter part of Dynasty XX brought with it a slackening of the large-scale building activities which had been...

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Chapter 21: The Kushite and Saite Revival and the End of Dynastic Egypt, 730–332 B.C.

At Gebel Barkal, the Holy Mountain of Napata, the...

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