Third Intermediate Period Flashcards
What happens in the 21st-24th dynasties and what is a result of it?
The Libyans take control and there is disunity
What happens in dynasty 25?
The kushites take power and people view it as a third intermediate period
What where the kings of the 21st dynasty considered to be?
Kings of all Egypt
Where do the Libyans rule and how?
They rule in the north and they seem to blend in with the peoples there - they have very Egyptian names etc.
What was a key position for Theban women
The gods wife of Amun, a priestess role
What are the three main features of the kushite period?
- Libyan rulers subdued in Piye
- Shabataka establishes 25th dynasty in 714 bc
- area of power was upper Nubia, by the 4th cataract
Academic opinion of the third intermediate period
Mysilwiec
- 71 coffins found at Deir el-Bahri
- divine statues of Amun were used to make decisions
- gods wife of Amun (Shepenwepet) was mentioned on a wall instead of the king
Which relief describes battles against the sea peoples and Ramesses III?
Medinet Habu reliefs
What finds were at the tombs of a 20th dynasty high priest Pinedjem I?
- coffin lids
- book of the dead
Where is the depiction of the Libyan campaign on Seti I?
Northern wall of the great hypostyle hall at Karnak, dates to the 20th dynasty
Which famous coffins were found within the tanis royal necropolis
The fully silver coffins of Pseunnes I
Which is an indication of material reuse at Tanis?
The sarcophagus of Psuenness I was retrieved from the tomb of Merenptah in the Valley of the Kings from the 19th dynasty
Give two examples in art of the gods wife of Amun
- bronze statue of Karomama
- Sheoenupet I before the god Montu at Karnak
Which kushite art was made in the time they subdued Piye
The Lynette of the triumphal stela of Piye
