Egypt ID Flashcards
Old Kindom
The Rosetta Stone
Discovered in 1799 Napoleon
Composed of Three languages:
- Formal Egyptian Hierogliphic
- Demotic (Late Egyptian)
- Classical Greek
Old Kingdom
The Palette of King Narmer
Hierakonopolis, Egypt
3000-2920 BCE
Oldest historic work of art which documents historic event
Unification of upper and lower Egypt
Canon sets up human figure depiction
Utilitarian purpose
Old Kingdom
Great Pyramids
Gizeh, Egypt
Old Kingdom
The Sphinx
Gized, Egypt
2520-2494 BCE
65 ft tall
Connected to Pyramid of Khufu
Old Kingdom
Khafre
Gizeh, Egypt
2500 BCE
Burried in Middle Pyramid
Made from Diorite
Old Kingdom
Menkaure and Wife
Gizeh, Egypt
2490-2472 BCE
Relief Sculpture
Old Kingdom
Seated Scribe
Saqqarra, Egypt
2450-2350 BCE
21 inches high
Painted Limestone
Old Kingdom Sculpture that eximplifies increasesd realism
Ka-Aper
Saqquara, Egypt
2450-2350 BCE
Free form
Old Kingdom
Ti Watching a Hippopotumous Hunt
Sarraqua, Egypt
2450-2350 BCE
Represents triumph of Good over evil
Middle Kingdom
Interior Hall ofthe ruck-cut tombs of Amenemhet
Beni Hasan, Egypt
1950-1900 BCE
Columns serve no supportive function
Middle Kingdom
Queen Hatshepsut’s Funeral Temple
1480 BCE
Dedicated to Amun
First great recorded Monarch female
Middle Kingdom
Hatshepsut with Offering Jars
Deir el-Bahri, Egypt
1473-1458 BCE
Depicted as male
Middle Kingdom
Seated Queen Hatshepsut
1479-1458 BCE
Western Thebes, Deir el-Bahri
Painted Limestone
Temple of Ramses II
Abu Simbel, Egypt
1290-1224 BCE
60ft tall
moved in 1968
Middle Kingdom
Interior of Temple of Ramses
Abu Simbel, Egypt
1290-1224 BCE
32 ft tall
Middle Kingdom
An example of a hypostyle hall
Temple of Amen-Re
Karnak
1290-1224 BC
clerestory
Temple of Horus
Edfu, Egypt
237-47 BCE
Pylon temple
New Kingdom
Fowling Scene from the Tomb of Nebamun
Thebes
1400-1350 BCE
nobleman- not royalty
Fresco Secco on dried plaster
New Kingdom
Akhenaton
Temple of Aten, Karnak, Egypt
1353-1335 BCE
Elongated and androgynnous
New Kingdom
Bust of Ahkenaton
1353-1335 BCE
Tell el-Amarna
White Limestone
21 inches tall
New Kingdom
Akhenaton and Nefertiti
Karnak Egypt
from temple of amen-re
1353-1335 BCE
New Kingdom
Two Seated Princesses
Bas Relief
Tell el-Amarna
1353-1335 BCE
White Limestone
9 in by 9 in
New Kingdom
Bust of Nefertiti
Compared to a flower
Tell el-Amarna
1353-1335 BCE
New Kingdom
Queen Tiye
1353-1335 BCE
3 & 3/4 in high
depiction of age
Middle Kingdom
Death mask of innermost coffin of Tutankhamen
Thebes
1323 BCE
Howard Carter
Discovered in 1922
Valley of Kings
Last Judgement of Hu-Nefer
Thebes
1290-1280 BCE
Mentuemhet
Karnak
650 BCE
