Final Exam Images

Axe Head of Ahhotep - 18th Dynasty

Bronze parade axe with gold inlay. Blue war crown of Pharaoh and Ahmose smitting a Hyksos. Supposedly a gift to Ahmose’s mother. Never used in battle.

Ahmose I Tomb Painting, Abydos - 18th Dynasty

Ahmose I - first king of the 18th dyn. Painting shows him driving out the Hyksos. Inaccurately represents the king's direct involvement in warfare, as kings typically did not engage in battle.

Senenmut and Princess Neferure - 18th Dynasty

Staute of Hatshepsut’s lover and daughter. Senenmut was Neferure tutor (maybe her real father?)

Staute of King Hatshepsut - 18th dynasty

Staute is showing Hatshepsut in tradtion image of the male Pharaoh, possibly to show her as of the same rank and power as previous kings. (False beard)

Hatshepsut’s Mortuary Complex - 18th Dynasty

At Deir El-Bahri, massive and complex style tomb. Impressive architectural features such as terraces and colonnades. It served as a monumental tribute to Hatshepsut, showcasing her power and divine status as a female pharaoh.

Punt Relief, Deir el Bahri - 18th Dynasty

Wife of the ruler of Punt, from Hatshepsut’s mortuary complex. Showcasing the international relationships that occured during Hatshepsut’s regin.

Colossal Quartzite Stautes of Amenhotep III (memnon) - 18th Dynasty

Amenhotep the Magnificent, Theorized to have killed 100 lions in the 1st to 10th year of his regin. Repsentaing the king being protrayed as a god.

Wooden Bust of Queen Tiye - 18th Dynatsy

Amenhotep III’s cheif wife. Nubian decent? Realisitic staute? Akhenaten’s mother. Impressice and expensive wooden bust. Prevalent in art, art is now showing more women.

Malkata, Palace of Amenhotep III - 18th Dynasty

Imperial Palace, mudbrick. Room for the harem, shows the king being very wealthly.

Dier el Medina - 18th Dynatsy

Workmen’s village for the Valley of the Kings and valley of the queens.

Burial Chamber of Sennedjem, Dier el-Medina - 19th dynasty

Royal Architects tomb, showing wealth among non-royals.

Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten) - 18th Dynasty

Heratic king, worhsipped Aten, bulit new capital Amarna. This staute shows a branded new art style (more feminon, fleshly belly, long face, widehips) is it realisitc?

Chief wife - Nefertiti

Son - Tut (we think)

Stela of Ahkenaten and royal family, Amarna - 18th dynasty

Depition of the royal Family. During Akhenaten’s regin art started showing more affection.

Aten (sun disk) inbetween them.

Whose’s who? Ahkenaten and Nefertiti depicted very similarly.

General Plan of Amarna - 18th Dynasty

Plan for Akhenaten’s new capital city. Worship to Aten (sun disk). Costed lots of resources and money.

Great Temple of Aten, Amarna - 18th Dynasty

Temple deadicated to Aten in Amarna. Bulit by Akhenaten.

Berlin Bust of Nefertiti - 18th Dynasty

Cheif wife of Akhenaten (maybe co-regent).

One eye was never finished.

Initially stone then coverd in plaster and finally painted. Nefertiti was considered remarkably beautiful.

Tutankamen;s inlaid gold mask - 18th Dynasty

Burial mask, has a snake and vulture on top showing rule of upper and lower Egypt. Back has book of the dead spells.

Tut died around the age of 18/19.

Son of Ahkenaten

Plan of Tutankhamen’s Burial Chamber - 18th Dynasty

multiple coffins (3) and shrines (5) around him. Gold platted.

Tomb was the smallest in the Valley of the kigns. Wasn’t finished in time for his death. Art was massive but didn’t have time to finish painting.

Nubians Bringing in Tribute, Tomb of Huy - 18th Dynasty

Before Akhenaten conquered Nubia. Shows the expanding amount of Foriegners in Egypt. All nubian, now there is more variety in the art repersentation of different cultures.

Temple of Amun at Karnak - 18th Dynasty

Started with Thutmose I, but many pharaohs have bulit and expaned upon the temples at Karnak. Each king wanted to add their own thing to the temple. Such as Hatshepsut’s massive obelisk’s.

Great Hypostyles Hall, Karnak - 19th Dynasty

Bulit by Seti I. The columns were craved with heroic or relogiuos carvings. Part of the temple to Amun.

Seti I slaying enemies, Hypostyle Hall Exterior - 19th Dynasty

Depicts Seti I fighting off and slaying his enemies. By the 19th dynasty many of the Pharaohs chose to bring back that depictions of violence and power through images of defeating their enemies. Seti I is seen as much larger than his enemies.

Rasesseum, Mortaury temple of Ramesses II - 19th Dynasty

Ramesses II is known mainly for his complex and impressive architecture. His mortuary complex wasn’t in the valley of the kings and was most likely used before his death as a place to store grain. Now a days it is one of the more preserved complexs.

Even though Ramesses II wasn’t buried in the valley of the kings, his cheif wife (Neferarti) and all of his sons were.

Great Temple at Abu Simbel - 19th Dynasty

Ramessess II bulit two massive mouments as Abu Simbel. The main one in which was created for him as repersentation of him as living god. The other temple being bulit for his chief wife Nefertari. Both of these temples have massive stautes of Ramesses II.

One of the first/only times we see a temple being bulit for the Queen.

Able to gain resources and wealth.

Egyptian-Hittie Piece Treaty - 19th Dynasty

Ramesses II is also know for pushing egyptain territory. This piece treaty was created between the Hittie’s and Ramesses II in order to stop the fighting that was occuring north east of egypt. This is one of the very first treaties ever made.

Ramesses II however, came back to egypt and told everyone that he had beaten the Hitties all by himself and he had demolished them.

KV5 - Tomb of Ramesses II Childern - 19th Dynasty

Even though Rammesses II wasn’t buried in the Valley of the Kings, his childern were. KV5 was the tomb for most of Ramesses II childern, in particular the ones who had died during his lifetime. Emphsis on the royal family, this required a lot of wealth and resources.

Funerary Temple of Ramesses III, Medinet Habu - 20th Dynasty

Similar to Ramesses II’s tomb Ramesses III’s tomb was mostly likely used before his time of death. However it was much smaller. One of the best preserved Mortaury complexs at Medinet Habu. It is know for it impressive architecture and tall plyons.

He wasn’t actaully related to the earlier Ramessess.

Relief of Ramesses III defeating the sea people, Medinet Huba - 20th Dynasty

One of the main things that Ramesses III is know for his the Miltiary action. Ramesses III fought off the so called sea people (we don’t actaully know who they were). He reporting beat them in 3 battles.

The Hittie empire fall apart due to the Sea people. Egyptain empire can close and the won with their backs to the wall of their own land.

After Ramesses III the empire fall.

Staute of King Taharqo - 25th Dynasty

He was the fourth King of the 25th Dynasty, aka the nubian dynasty of egypt. King Taharqo was often depicted as a sphinx, bringing back ideas from the old kingdom.

He is also often depicted in between two snakes, representing his rule of Egypt and Nubia. (kind of like the double crown)

Temple of Amon-Ra at Gebel Barkal - 25th Dynasty

This was bascially a southern Karnak. King Tahaqro bulit this temple in Nubia to worship Amon-Ra, very similar to Karnak. It became sacred to Nubains and was egyptian influnced.

Tetradrachen depicting Alexander the Great as Amon - end the 31st but didn’t start the 32nd

Coin depciting Alexander the great, however you can see in this image he has horns, which were often a sign of Amon. The importance of this is that it shows Alexander fitting in with the Egyptians religion.

This is the first time we see a image of an important figure on a widely spread and used coin.

Plan of Alexandria - 31st-32nd dynasty (maybe)

Alexandria is a city in Egypt created by Alexander the great. However the city itself is very greek, even though it was the egyptian capital. This also isn’t the only city from Alexander named Alexandria.

This city itself was very important and interesting as it housed so much. (Libary, lighthouse)

Bust of Penemerit, Tanis - 32 dynasty

Tanis was the capital of egypt during the 21st and 22nd Dynasty.

Penemerit was a govener of Tanis during the Ptolemic dynasty, Ptolemy XIII.

Found in a temple of Amon in Tanis.

Mummy Portraits of young man and women - 1st and 3rd cent. CE

Thesen people were from much later in egyptain history and were most likey actual greek/roman. It is most likely that these people were also poor and were being painted wealthier than they actaully were. Occured under roman rule, look very simalir to protraits to the roman royals.

During this time mummification hda fallen off and people were being very poorly mummified.

Royal Cemetary, Meroe - 25th Dynasty

This were essential completely Nubia tombs. Some people think that because of their shape and style that they are mimics of old kingdom egyptain pyramids, however they are pretty much Nubia and not egyptian.