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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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The Giza Plateau.

"From atop these pyramids, forty centuries look down upon you." -- Napoleon Bonaparte to his soldiers before the Battle of Giza, 1798 When Khufu, perhaps better known by his Greek name, Cheops, became king of Egypt after the death of Sneferu, there was no convenient space remaining at Dahshur, where Sneferu was buried, for Khufu's own pyramid com...

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The Sphinx

The Sphinx of Giza is a symbol that has represented the essence of Egypt for thousands of years. Even with all of the pictures that we see of the Sphinx, nothing can really prepare you for the time that you finally see the Sphinx with your own eyes. Here's a look at the Sphinx that will give you a hint of what you can expect to see if you visit Egy...

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Guardian's Giza - The Great Pyramid

The Great Pyramid The Pyramid of Khufu See a plan of the interior READ about the pyramid. After the Great Pyramid was initially sealed, it's original entrance was hidden and faced with smooth limestone. Because this blended in so well with the surrounding casing, the opening was invisible. Around 820 AD, Abdullah Al Mamun mobilized m...

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