Egyptian: Predynastic & Old Kingdom Flashcards
Tomb painting from Hierakonpolis
Egypt: Pre-Dynastic (3,500-3,200 BC)
Palette of King Narmer
Egypt: Old Kingdom (3,000-2190 BC)
Hesire, from Saqqara
Wood Relief
Egypt: Old Kingdom (3,000-2190 BC)
Mastaba tombs
Egypt: Old Kingdom (3,000-2190 BC)
Stepped pyramid and funerary precinct of King Djoser
At Saqqara
Egypt: Old Kingdom (3,000-2190 BC)
Designed by Imhotep ca. (2630-2611)
Pyramids of Giza
From left to right:
- Menkaure (ca. 2475 BC)
- Khafre (ca. 2500 BC)
- Khufu (ca. 2550 BC)
Egypt: Old Kingdom (3,000-2190 BC)
The Great Sphinx
Egypt: Old Kingdom (3,000-2190 BC)
Associated with pyramid of Khafre
Khafre
Egypt: Old Kingdom (3,000-2190 BC)
Made of Diorite, protected by Horace at head
- Absolutely frontal
- Utterly immobile
- Perfectly calm
Menkaure and wife, Khamerernebty
Egypt: Old Kingdom (3,000-2190 BC)
Bust of Prince Ankhhaf
Egypt: Old Kingdom (3,000-2190 BC)
Prince Rahotep and wife, Nofret
Egypt: Old Kingdom (3,000-2190 BC)
Seated Scribe from Saqqara
Egypt: Old Kingdom (3,000-2190 BC)
Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Hunt
Relief in tomb of Ti at Saqqara
Egypt: Old Kingdom (3,000-2190 BC)
Cattle Fording a River
Relief in tomb of Ti at Saqqara
Egypt: Old Kingdom (3,000-2190 BC)