Image ID Flashcards
1
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Bust of Queen Nefertiti
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- first co-ruler to King Akhenaten of the Amarna period
- First queen to have her own smiting scene
- Sometimes depicted as Akhenaten’s equal (in height)
- Rules as Pharaoh after Akhenaten’s death
2
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Mace
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- Used as a weapon (hit people over the head)
- King Scorpion mace (left) depicts state development and the King as a religious figure
- Functional mace on the right
3
Q
Great Sphinx at Giza and Dream Stela
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- Represents Khufu (or maybe Khapre)
- Body of a lion (power), head of a man (intelligence) - depicts the King as powerful
- Protects the great Pyramid
- Dream Stela, Sphinx comes to Tutmosis IV in a dream to say “if you remove the sand from my body you will become the King”
- Sphinx is associated with Horus of the horizons
4
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Pepi II and mother
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- Pepi II was crowned Pharaoh as an infant
- Isis and Horus symbolism (mother and son)
- Pepi ruled for more than 90 years (senile King effect may have led to downfall of the Old Kingdom)
5
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Pyramid Texts
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- Pyramid Texts appear in Dynasty 5 with King Eunice.
- Detail the King’s journey into the afterlife
6
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Khapre Statue
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- built the 2nd pyramid at Giza after his father, Khufu
- Statue has Horus at the head and an image of Sema-Tawy at the bottom which suggests this may be a 3D Serekh with the chair representing the Palace
- He is wearing a Nemes crown
7
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Khufu Statue
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- Tiny, found at Abydos
- Remembered as an evil tyrant
- Makes daughter sell sex to pay for her satellite pyramid
8
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Deier Al-Bahari
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- Mortuary temples and tombs on the west bank of the nile
- Part of the theban necropolis
9
Q
Senwosret III and Amenenhat III
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- 2 most powerful kings of the Middle Kingdom (Dynasty 14)
- Depicted as careworn with droopy features because they’ve done so much for the people
10
Q
Fortress at Buhen
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- In Nubia
- Controlled traffic and resources along the Nile
- Contained a temple to Horus
11
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Step-pyramid of Djoser
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- First monolithic structure
- Imhotep was the head builder
- Built a Mastaba and kept building smaller layers on top of it
- Shrines were solid stone, not functional (for the gods)
- Designed to look like natural elements, made to last for eternity
12
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Djoser’s complex relief
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Depiction of Djoser running the Sed festival
13
Q
Hatshepsut
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- 18th Dynasty, new kingdom
- Female Pharaoh
- Originally regent for Tutmosis III
- Tutmosis III erases her identity as King when she dies to relieve controversy
14
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Deir el-Medina
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Village where artisans who worked on thr Valley of Kings lived
15
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Karnak Temple of Amun
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- Kings have themselves depicted on the walls
- Expands as Kings add more to it and Amun becomes the state god of Egypt
- Solar religion
