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WOODEN TABLE

From Thebes Dynasty XVIII, C. 1450 British Museum, London A three-legged table. The most common Egyptian table has four legs and is low and lightweight....

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FLORAL LAMP

From the tomb of Tutankhamon Valley of the Kings Western Thebes Dynasty XVIII, C. 1350 B.C. Egyptian Museum, Cairo The graceful design of this lamp is based on the lotus plant and rendered in transparent alabaster. In use each vase held oil and had a wick....

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EGYPTIAN MURAL FRESCO

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PYRAMID OF UNAS

Saqqara Dynasty V, c. 2350 B.C. The oldest known Egyptian religious text is meticulously cut into the walls of King Unas's tomb. The pyramid which stood above the tombs no longer exists....

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STATUE OF KING CHEPHREN

Dynasty IV, Egyptian Museum, Cairo One of the statues of King Chephren which stood in the hall of his valley temple at Giza. The pose is formal and the features are abstracted. He is protected by the falcon Horus. Originally the rich diorite stone was painted. Egyptian sculpture was not meant to be seen in the round. It stood up against a wall alm...

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QUEEN AHMOSE

Bas-relief from the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut Deir el Bahari Dynasty XVIII, C. 1500 B.C. Painters and sculptors work hand in hand. During the eighteenth dynasty this collaboration achieves some of the great masterpieces of Egyptian art. The paint has faded on this small portion of a bas-relief of Queen Ahmose, mother of Hatshepsut. But the port...

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ISIS, SETY I AS OSIRIS, AND THE PRIEST XUN-MUTEF

From a chapel dedicated to Osiris Temple of Sety I Abydos Dynasty XIX, C. 1304-1290 B.C. Some of the warm subtle color tones remain on this painted tomb relief of King Sety I....

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Detail, SHRINE OF KING SESOSTRIS I

Karnak Dynasty XII, c. 1940 B.C. The limestone pillars are decorated with relief and hieroglyphics....

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SACRED LAKE AND MIDDLE PORTION OF THE TEMPLE

Temple of Amon, Karnak Beyond the sacred lake, a significant part of the temple complex, is the hypostyle hall and to the left Pylon I. Pylon VII is on the far left, part of the processional avenue between the temple of Amon and the temple of Mut. On the far right are the obelisks of Tuthmosis I and Queen Hatshepsut....

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BED

From the tomb of Tutankhamon Valley of the Kings Western Thebes Dynasty XVIII, C. 1350 B.C. Egyptian Museum, Cairo Covered in a heavy sheet of gold, this bed has a slightly curved frame with woven mesh. The legs are shaped like the fore and hind legs of a lion. The footboard (which is away from us) is carved with papyrus and lotus patterns. It is...

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