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CASKET

Dynasty IV, C. 2590 B.C. Egyptian Museum, Turin This wooden casket held a woman's toiletries. It is decorated with ivory and blue and black enamel. The height is eleven inches....

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COLUMN WITH CLOSED LOTUS CAPITAL

From the Middle Kingdom Found in Benihasan Horizontal section is also given (Lepsius, Tagebuch.) Like all lotus columns, this one has neither foliage nor entasis. From the stone base, on which the column is raised, rise 4 main stalks. These, and the 4 intermediate stalks, are held together by means of 5 chaplets. The capital is made up of 4 lotus-...

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SOUTHERN TOMB OF ZOSER

Saqqara Dynasty III, c. 2660 B.C. From the earliest dynasties Egyptian interiors are decorated with great care for content, design, and beauty. In the second Southern tomb in King Zoser's complex at Saggara, a relief depicts the king as he runs a ritual course during his Heb-Sed festival or jubilee. Blue faience tiles imitate reed matting around t...

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Interior detail, MASTABA OF TI

Saqqara Dynasty V, c. 2500 B.C. Scenes from daily life are portrayed throughout the tombs. Here a herdsman leads his cattle through a canal. The calf being carried in the front looks anxiously at its mother....

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STATUE OF KING NEB-HETEP-RA MENTUHOTEP

Dynasty XI, 2060-2010 B.C. Egyptian Museum Cairo A massive painted sandstone statue from a funerary niche in the king's mortuary temple at Dier el Bahari....

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HIEROGLYPHICS

From the tomb of Thanuny Thebes Dynasty XVIII, C. 1422-1411 B.C. In this small hieroglyphic section of a wall the two main portions are balanced through subtle variations. Notice how some brush strokes have been applied quickly, almost casually....

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FUNERAL PROCESSION

From the tomb of Ramose Thebes Dynasty XVIII, C. 1411-1375 B.C. In the funeral procession the furniture-bearers carry most of the key pieces of Egyptian furniture: stools, a chair, boxes, a bed, and headrest. What one requires in the present world is necessary in the afterlife....

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BENT PYRAMID OF SNEFERU

Dahshur Dynasty IV, 2680-2565 B.C. The bent pyramid is transitional....

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PYLON I

Temple of Amon, Karnak Ptolomaic Dynasty The pylon functions both as barricade and entrance to the sacred precincts. Beyond Pylon I, which was started during the Ptolomaic Period (304-30 B.C.) but never completed, is a series of pylons along the sacred way leading to the sanctuary....

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THRONE OF KING TUTANKHAMON

From the tomb of Tutankhamon Valley of the Kings Western Thebes Dynasty XVIII, C. 1352 B.C. Egyptian Museum, Cairo The golden throne of Tutankhamon. Sheet gold is worked around a wooden base and inlaid with faience, colored glass, lapis lazuli and calcite. The king and queen are sensitively portrayed on the shaped back. The arms are filled with wi...

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