#new kingdom

[dwellerinthelibrary]

A satirical papyrus showing a lady mouse being served wine by a cat while another cat dresses her hair, a third cares for her baby, and a fourth fans her. The mice have hilarious huge, round ears.

Where: Egyptian Museum Cairo

When: New Kingdom

#Ancient Egypt #papyrus #Ancient Egyptian cats #Egyptian Museum Cairo #New Kingdom

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Woman Mummy.

Date: 1550-332 B.C.

Period: New Kingdom, Late Period

Medium: Organic; Secondary Medium: Resin, linen (?)

#ancient #ancient art #history #museum #archeology #ancient egypt #ancient history #archaeology #mummy #woman mummy #late period #1550 b.c. #332 b.c. #new kingdom #hair

[egypt-museum]

Pyramidion of Amenhotep (Huy)

New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, reign of Ramesses II, ca. 1279-1213 BC. From Saqqara necropolis. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. TR 7-114-24-1

True pyramids (at least the larger ones), as opposed to step pyramids in Egypt were topped by a special stone called a pyramidion, or sometimes a capstone, which was itself a miniature pyramid. It brought the pyramid structure to a point at the same angle and the same proportions as the main body.

The ancient Egyptian word for the pyramidion, which could also sit atop the apex of an obelisk, was ben-benet, named for the sacred Benben stone kept in the temple of Heliopolis, the oldest center of the sun cult in Egypt. During the Old Kingdom, they were usually made of diorite, granite or a very fine limestone which was then covered in gold or electrum.

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#ancient egypt #pyramidion #19th dynasty #new kingdom

[blueiskewl]

EGYPTIAN GOLD TILAPIA FISH PENDANT New Kingdom, ca. 1550-1069 BC.

A golden amulet in the shape of a tilapia fish. A cast gold amuletic bead with a suspension hole through the centre. The fish has been crafted with careful attention to detail, boasting a tiny front fin, and with all fins intricately incised to depict their texture. Further diligence has been devoted to the face of the fish, and both sides are decorated in the same manner.

#EGYPTIAN GOLD TILAPIA FISH PENDANT #New Kingdom #ca. 1550-1069 BC #gold #gold jewelry #ancient jewelry #ancient artifacts #archeology #archeolgst #history #history news #ancient history #ancient culture #ancient civilizations #ancient egypt #egyptian history #egyptian art

[callisteios]

oh hello! i made a little uquiz assigning you a historical period (and maybe i call you gay)

#uquiz #tagamemnon #history #quiz #inca #napoleonic wars #ancient greece #classical greece #rome #roman empire #minoan #regency #ottoman #medieval #well medieval monastary era #idc about the rest of the medieval period SORRY #italian renaissance #new kingdom #egypt #edo japan #i had fun with this #and i was rude as always #its fun to call people gay #and unoriginal #classics

[lionofchaeronea]

Ancient Egyptian heart amulet (gold and green schist) of one Manhata. Artist unknown; ca. 1479-1425 BCE (reign of Thutmose III, 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom). From the Tomb of the Three Foreign Wives of Thutmose III at Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Thebes; now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

#art #art history #ancient art #Egypt #Ancient Egypt #Egyptian art #Ancient Egyptian art #Egyptian religion #Ancient Egyptian religion #kemetic #Thutmose III #18th Dynasty #New Kingdom #jewelry #jewellery #pendant #amulet #metalwork #gold #goldwork #schist #Egyptian Thebes #Metropolitan Museum of Art

[heracliteanfire]

Water Bottle from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache. New Kingdom, ca. 1336–1327 B.C.

(via Metropolitan Museum of Art)

#water bottle #Tutankhamun #New Kingdom #Egypt #1300s BC #ceramics

[holycosmolo9y]

Bangle of Tutankhamen

Gold and jewels inlay Udjat Eye

18th Dynasty, New Kingdom

#art #archaeology #ancient #egyptian art #egyptology #ancient egypt #ancient jewelry #gold jewelry #jewelry #gold #jewels #tutankhamen #tutankhamun #tutankamon #new kingdom

[thatshowthingstarted]

Egyptian Rock Crystal Ring with a Sphinx,

Egyptian · New Kingdom, Ramesside period, IX - XX Dynasty , 1295 - 1069 BC.

The design and execution of the sphinx is masterful. It rests with its tail characteristically following the contour of its right, hind leg, around which it rests.

Like most Egyptian sphinxes, the head of this example is covered by a nemes-headdress, here plain, to the front of which has been affixed a uraeus, or sacred cobra, its tail undulating over its top. 

Attention has been paid to the detailed rendering of the toes on the extended front paws. The round face of the sphinx is dominated by large, almond-shaped eyes, set into fairly deep sockets with its eyebrows rendered by incision. The nose exhibits wide wings, its nostrils drilled and prominent. A faint philtrum, or depression, under the center of the nose separates it from the wide, horizontally aligned mouth with its fleshy lips.

The resulting physiognomy gives one the impression of strength and power, devoid as it is of the bland, idealizing features which often characterize the faces of such composite beasts.

That impression contributes significantly to the monumentality inherent in this miniature, jewel-like masterpiece.

Whereas it is difficult to compare the face on our sphinx, despite its inherent monumentality, to much larger examples in stone in order to suggest the identity of the pharaoh represented, its round face and non-idealizing features with their pronounced cheek bones resonate with physiognomic features encountered in some representations of Rameses II.

Rock crystal, perhaps termed menu hedej, in the hieroglyphs was a stone much coveted for amulets and miniature, deluxe vases but its use, because of its rarity,  was very restricted.

Rock Crystal, L: 3.2 cm x H: 4.1 cm

Courtesy: Phoenix Ancient Art

#art #history #design #style #archeology #sculpture #antiquity #egypt #sphinx #new kingdom #ring #jewellery #jewelry #rock crystal #XX dynasty #miniature

[ahaura]

The Hunter's Daughter (c. 1422–1411 BC) via the Ancient Egyptian collection Tomb of Menna (1422–1390 BC) wall and panel painting

#ancient egyptian art #ancient egypt #new kingdom #new kingtom style #tomb of menna #tomb of menna seris #**a #**

[artifacts-archive]

Two Rings with Lotus Flowers

Egyptian, 1400-1200 BCE (New Kingdom)

#artifact #Egypt #new kingdom #rings #jewelry #gold #glass #lapis lazuli #carnelian

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Bundle of Hair Extensions.

Date: ca. 2114-1502 B.C.

Period: Old Kingdom-early New Kingdom; 16th-18th Dynasty

Medium: Human hair, linen

▪︎ From the source: These hair extensions would have been placed in a tomb for use in the afterlife. In this world, Egyptians used extensions to make their wigs or natural hair thicker and more attractive, just as people do today. The reliefs in this case show hairdressers adding extensions like these to the hair or wig of Queen Neferu.

#ancient #ancient art #history #museum #archeology #ancient egypt #ancient history #archaeology #egyptian #egyptology #egypt #bundle of hair extensions #extensions #fake hair #queen tiye #old kingdom #new kingdom #16th Dynasty #18th dynasty #human hair #ca. 2114 b.c. #ca. 1502 b.c.

[blueiskewl]

Artist's Painting of a Hippopotamus Ca. 1479–1425 B.C. New Kingdom.

The hippopotamus on this ostracon was painted with the sure hand of a skilled artist who had no need of a grid. Other ostraca in the collection were clearly made as templates to be used when transferring an image to the wall of a tomb or a temple or as practice pieces. The purpose for this sketch and others is less clear.

#Artist's Painting of a Hippopotamus #Ca. 1479–1425 B.C. #new kingdom #art #atist #art work #art world #art news #ancient art #archeology #archeolgst #history #history news #ancient history #ancient culture #ancient civilizations #ancient egypt #egyptian history #egyptian mythology #egyptian art

[blackrainbowblade]

Ankhesenamun

#ankhesenamun #new kingdom #Egypt #Egyptian #ancient Egypt #ancient Egyptian #Luxor #Waset #Thebes #luxor temple #egyptian temple #Kemet #Kemetic #Kemeticism

[lionofchaeronea]

Ancient Egyptian faience amulet in the form of a cartouche of Nebmaatre, throne name of Amenhotep III "the Great" (r. ca. 1390-1352 BCE). Found in Amenhotep's tomb (WV 22) in the Valley of the Kings; now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

#art #art history #ancient art #Egypt #Ancient Egypt #Egyptian art #Ancient Egyptian art #18th Dynasty #New Kingdom #Amenhotep III #Nebmaatre #jewelry #jewellery #amulet #faience #cartouche #hieroglyphics #Metropolitan Museum of Art

[nobrashfestivity]

Unknown, Head of a Hippopotamus New Kingdom

ca. 1390–1352 B.C.

This extraordinarily lifelike animal head was once part of a hippopotamus statue about three feet in length. Comparisons with other sculptures from the period indicate that it was created during the reign of Amenhotep III. The seated statues that the king dedicated to the goddess Sakhmet are well known; their feline heads display hollow sinewed cheeks and knobby facial bones similar to those on the hippo. This head may have come from Amenhotep's mortuary temple on the west bank of the Nile opposite modern Luxor. This temple was mostly dismantled in ancient times, but the site is marked by two colossal statues of the king known as the colossi of Memnon.

#unknown #hippos #hippo #ancient egypt #new kingdom #sculpture