Ancient Egypt

Royal Couple in a Garden

Egypt (New Kingdom): Royal Couple in a Garden (Semenkhkare and Meritaten?): ca. 1335 B.C. [Dynasty XVIII]...

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Akhenaten, Nefertiti, Meketaten, and the Royal Princesses

Meketaten. Egypt (New Kingdom): Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and the Royal Princesses: sunk relief fragment from Tell el-Amarna, ca. 1350 B.C. [Dynasty XVIII] Art Images for College Teaching....

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Aten, the Solar Disk, Blessing the Royal family

Egypt (New Kingdom): Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and the Royal Princesses: Aten, the Solar Disk, blessing the Royal family; detail of sunk relief fragment from Tell el-Amarna, ca. 1350 B.C. [Dynasty XVIII]. AICT: Art Images for College Teaching....

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Akhenaten Daughter Meritaten

Egypt (New Kingdom): Akhenaten and his daughter Meritaten: detail, Left side, of sunk relief framgent from Tell el-Amarna, ca. 1350 B.C. [Dynasty XVIII] AICT: Art Images for College Teaching....

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Nefertiti With Her Daughters

Egypt (New Kingdom): Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and the Royal Princesses: Nefertiti with her daughters Maketaton and Ankhesenpaaton, detail R. of sunk relief frament from Tell el-Amarna, ca. 1335 B.C. King Akhenaton (left) with his wife, Queen Nefertiti, and three of their daughters under the rays of the sun god Aton, altar relief, mid-14th century bc; ...

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Queen Nefertiti

Egypt (New Kingdom): Queen Nefertiti: (front view), ca. 1350 B.C. [Dynasty XVIII] Berlin, Germany: Altes Museum: bust of Queen Nefertiti (around 1340 BC)...

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King Menkaure and Kha-mere-nebty II

Egypt (Old Kingdom): King Menkaure (Mycerinus) and his Queen, Kha-mere-nebty II,: ca. 2548-2530 B.C. [Dynasty IV] Menkaure and His Queen 4th Dynasty 2548-2530 BCE Greywacke Height: 4 feet 67/8 inches (139.5 cm) (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)...

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Queen Nefertiti (R. profile view)

Egypt (New Kingdom): Queen Nefertiti: (R. profile view), ca. 1350 B.C. [Dynasty XVIII] Nefertiti was the wife of the Egyptian Pharaoh Amenhotep IV (later Akhenaten), and mother-in-law of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Her name roughly translates to "the beautiful one is come". She also shares her name with a type of elongated gold bead that she was often...

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King Menkaure and Kha-mere-nebty II Detailed

Egypt (Old Kingdom): King Menkaure (Mycerinus) and his Queen, Kha-mere-nebty II, Detail: ca. 2548-2530 B.C. Menkaure is portrayed in the familiar Egyptian pose standing as if at attention with his left leg extended forward, his arms held stiff at his sides, and his fists clenched holding some unidentified cylindrical objects. His stance appears ass...

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Queen Nefertiti (Rear View)

Egypt (New Kingdom): Queen Nefertiti: (Rear view), ca. 1350 B.C. [Dynasty XVIII]...

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