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$49.99 Cleopatra by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 – 1564)
Size: 14x24 in
High-quality paper (235 gsm)
Relief of Ptolemy VIII, Cleopatra II and Cleopatra III
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| Ptolemy VIII stands in front of his two wives: Cleopatra II 'the sister' and her daughter, Cleopatra III 'the wife'. Temple of Sobek and Harouris (Horus the Elder), Kom Ombo. |
Pictures: Hetepheres II
Hetepheres II, daughter of ancient Egyptian king Khufu, married as many as three royal brothers, yet never produced an heir to the throne.
Pictures: Queen Hetepheres Chamber
The packed chamber containing the disorganized and very fragile burial equipment of Queen Hetepheres, with a reconstruction drawing showing how the grave goods may have looked when originally deposited.Related articles
- The Treasures of Queen Hetepheres I of Ancient Egypt (ancient-egypt-history.com)
- Picture: Shabti of Queen Karomamas (ancient-egypt-history.com)
- Picture: Cosmetic Box in Ancient Egypt (ancient-egypt-history.com)
- Nefertari's Painted Tomb (ancient-egypt-history.com)
- Pictures: Queen Isis (ancient-egypt-history.com)
- Pictures: Maat at the Tomb of Nefertari. Valley of the Queens. (ancient-egypt-history.com)
- A stage for the Ancient Egyptian Funeral? (ancient-egypt-history.com)
- Ancient Egyptian Royal Burial Chamber at Tanis (ancient-egypt-history.com)
- Pictures: Tiy or Nefertiti (ancient-egypt-history.com)
- Pictures: Queen Tiy (ancient-egypt-history.com)
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Pictures: Rahotep and Nefret
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| Rahotep, son of Snefru, and his wife Nefret, discovered in their Meidum mastaba in 1871. Their eyes, inlaid with rock crystal and quartz, give the statues a particularly life-like appearance and terrified the local workmen charged with excavating their tomb. Cairo Museum. |
Pictures: Djoser Step Pyramid's Plan
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| Djoser extended and re-extended his stone mastaba until it became an imposing stairway (the famous Step Pyramid) that would allow the dead king to ascend to the sky. Shafts beneath the original mastaba were provided for lesser royal burials. |
Pictures: Djoser's limestone Stelae
Fragment of one of Djoser's limestone boundary stelae from his Step Pyramid complex at Saqqara. Ancient Egypt History.Pictures: Djoser on Throne
Djoser sits on his throne, one hand in his lap, the other (now vanished) holding his ceremonial flail. He is supported by three royal women whose miniature size serves to emphasize the king's greatness. This is one of 36 surviving fragments from Djoser's limestone shrine dedicated to the god Ra at Heliopolis. Ancient Egypt History.
Pictures: Mastaba Tomb K1. Beit Khallaf. Queen Nimaathap
Mastaba Tomb K1, Beit Khallaf, assigned to ancient Egyptian Queen Nimaathap. Later generations would revere Nimaathap, wife of Khasekhemwy (2nd Dynasty) and mother of Djoser (3rd Dynasty), as the ancestress of the 3rd Dynasty.
Pictures: Meritneith Seal Impression
Meritneith lived at a time when writing was just developing. This seal impression, recovered from her Abydos tomb, features wine jars, suggesting that it comes from a wine jar from one of the royal estates. Ancient Egypt History.
Pictures: Meritneith Funerary Stelae
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One of the pair of funerary stelae provided for the tomb of Meritneith (Tomb Y, Umm el-Qa'ab, Abydos). |
Pictures: Bracelets at the Great Tomb at Naqada
Four beaded bracelets (now in Cairo Museum), and the earliest known example of artificially mummified arm, recovered from the Abydos tomb of Djer. The subsequent, deliberate destruction of the arm serves as an important reminder of the vast amount of archaeological information that has been lost (deliberately or through ignorance) by those responsible for its recovery and preservation.
Pictures: Neithhotep's Bracelet
The Great Tomb at Naqada yielded artifacts dating to the early 1st Dynasty. A series of carved ivory labels were originally attached to jewelry and other grave goods. This example in the British Museum displays the number forty. Neithhotep's bracelet (here re-threaded) is made from plaques of ivory and slate. Liverpool University Museum.
Pictures: Great Tomb at Naqada.
The Great Tomb at Naqada, first assigned to King Aha/Menes, as now believed to have belonged to either Aha's mother, Neithhotep, or to an anonymous local dignitary. The impressive size and sophisticated design of the mud-brick tomb reveal the skill of the Early Dynastic builders. Ancient Egypt History.
Pictures: The Limestone Narmer Macehead
The limestone Narmer Macehead was one of a set of votive items known as the 'main deposit', discovered buried under the floor of the Old Kingdom temple of Hierakonpolis. The Macehead had been shattered, and only a tantalizing fragment of the original scene now survives.
Pictures: Narmer Palette.
Pictures: Ankhesenamun and Tutankhamun
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| On this inlaid box lid Ankhesenamun, daughter of Akhenaten and Nefertiti, offering a bouquet of lotus blossoms to her husband and probable half-brther Tutankhamun. Found in Tutankhamun's tomb at the Valley of the Kings and now in Cairo Museum. Ancient Egypt History. |
Picture: Ambassador and General Maya and his Wife Urol. Tomb of Ramose.
Relief from the tomb of the ancient Egyptian vizier Ramose showing the chariotry general and the king's ambassador, Maya and his wife, Urol.
Picture: Talatat showing Amorite and Sudanese Auxiliary Troops
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| Talatat from the ninth pylon showing Amorite and Sudanese auxiliary troops. Throughout ancient Egyptian art Amorites are easily distinguished by their long beards and clubbed hair, tied around with a filet. |
Picture: Shabti of Queen Karomamas
Much of our information concerning ancient Egypt's queens comes from a funerary context, and is far less informative than we would like. This poorly made shabti figure was sculpted for the burial of one of the Queen Karomamas.
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$49.99 Cleopatra by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 – 1564)
Size: 14x24 in
High-quality paper (235 gsm)
Available on Allposters.com
Relief of Ptolemy VIII, Cleopatra II and Cleopatra III
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| Ptolemy VIII stands in front of his two wives: Cleopatra II 'the sister' and her daughter, Cleopatra III 'the wife'. Temple of Sobek and Harouris (Horus the Elder), Kom Ombo. |
Pictures: Hetepheres II
Hetepheres II, daughter of ancient Egyptian king Khufu, married as many as three royal brothers, yet never produced an heir to the throne.
Pictures: Queen Hetepheres Chamber
The packed chamber containing the disorganized and very fragile burial equipment of Queen Hetepheres, with a reconstruction drawing showing how the grave goods may have looked when originally deposited.Related articles
- The Treasures of Queen Hetepheres I of Ancient Egypt (ancient-egypt-history.com)
- Picture: Shabti of Queen Karomamas (ancient-egypt-history.com)
- Picture: Cosmetic Box in Ancient Egypt (ancient-egypt-history.com)
- Nefertari's Painted Tomb (ancient-egypt-history.com)
- Pictures: Queen Isis (ancient-egypt-history.com)
- Pictures: Maat at the Tomb of Nefertari. Valley of the Queens. (ancient-egypt-history.com)
- A stage for the Ancient Egyptian Funeral? (ancient-egypt-history.com)
- Ancient Egyptian Royal Burial Chamber at Tanis (ancient-egypt-history.com)
- Pictures: Tiy or Nefertiti (ancient-egypt-history.com)
- Pictures: Queen Tiy (ancient-egypt-history.com)
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| Click to enlarge |
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Hetepheres
Pictures: Rahotep and Nefret
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| Rahotep, son of Snefru, and his wife Nefret, discovered in their Meidum mastaba in 1871. Their eyes, inlaid with rock crystal and quartz, give the statues a particularly life-like appearance and terrified the local workmen charged with excavating their tomb. Cairo Museum. |
Tags:
Ancient Egypt Pictures,
Nefret,
Rahotep,
Snefru
Pictures: Djoser Step Pyramid's Plan
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| Djoser extended and re-extended his stone mastaba until it became an imposing stairway (the famous Step Pyramid) that would allow the dead king to ascend to the sky. Shafts beneath the original mastaba were provided for lesser royal burials. |
Pictures: Djoser's limestone Stelae
Fragment of one of Djoser's limestone boundary stelae from his Step Pyramid complex at Saqqara. Ancient Egypt History.
Tags:
Ancient Egypt Pictures,
Saqqara
Pictures: Djoser on Throne
Djoser sits on his throne, one hand in his lap, the other (now vanished) holding his ceremonial flail. He is supported by three royal women whose miniature size serves to emphasize the king's greatness. This is one of 36 surviving fragments from Djoser's limestone shrine dedicated to the god Ra at Heliopolis. Ancient Egypt History.
Tags:
Ancient Egypt Pictures,
Djoser
Pictures: Mastaba Tomb K1. Beit Khallaf. Queen Nimaathap
Mastaba Tomb K1, Beit Khallaf, assigned to ancient Egyptian Queen Nimaathap. Later generations would revere Nimaathap, wife of Khasekhemwy (2nd Dynasty) and mother of Djoser (3rd Dynasty), as the ancestress of the 3rd Dynasty.
Pictures: Meritneith Seal Impression
Meritneith lived at a time when writing was just developing. This seal impression, recovered from her Abydos tomb, features wine jars, suggesting that it comes from a wine jar from one of the royal estates. Ancient Egypt History.
Pictures: Meritneith Funerary Stelae
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One of the pair of funerary stelae provided for the tomb of Meritneith (Tomb Y, Umm el-Qa'ab, Abydos). |
Tags:
Ancient Egypt Pictures,
Meritneith,
stela
Pictures: Bracelets at the Great Tomb at Naqada
Four beaded bracelets (now in Cairo Museum), and the earliest known example of artificially mummified arm, recovered from the Abydos tomb of Djer. The subsequent, deliberate destruction of the arm serves as an important reminder of the vast amount of archaeological information that has been lost (deliberately or through ignorance) by those responsible for its recovery and preservation.
Pictures: Neithhotep's Bracelet
The Great Tomb at Naqada yielded artifacts dating to the early 1st Dynasty. A series of carved ivory labels were originally attached to jewelry and other grave goods. This example in the British Museum displays the number forty. Neithhotep's bracelet (here re-threaded) is made from plaques of ivory and slate. Liverpool University Museum.
Pictures: Great Tomb at Naqada.
The Great Tomb at Naqada, first assigned to King Aha/Menes, as now believed to have belonged to either Aha's mother, Neithhotep, or to an anonymous local dignitary. The impressive size and sophisticated design of the mud-brick tomb reveal the skill of the Early Dynastic builders. Ancient Egypt History.
Pictures: The Limestone Narmer Macehead
The limestone Narmer Macehead was one of a set of votive items known as the 'main deposit', discovered buried under the floor of the Old Kingdom temple of Hierakonpolis. The Macehead had been shattered, and only a tantalizing fragment of the original scene now survives.
Related articles
Tags:
Ancient Egypt Pictures,
Narmer
Pictures: Narmer Palette.
Tags:
Ancient Egypt Pictures,
Narmer
Pictures: Ankhesenamun and Tutankhamun
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| On this inlaid box lid Ankhesenamun, daughter of Akhenaten and Nefertiti, offering a bouquet of lotus blossoms to her husband and probable half-brther Tutankhamun. Found in Tutankhamun's tomb at the Valley of the Kings and now in Cairo Museum. Ancient Egypt History. |
Picture: Ambassador and General Maya and his Wife Urol. Tomb of Ramose.
Relief from the tomb of the ancient Egyptian vizier Ramose showing the chariotry general and the king's ambassador, Maya and his wife, Urol.
Picture: Talatat showing Amorite and Sudanese Auxiliary Troops
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| Talatat from the ninth pylon showing Amorite and Sudanese auxiliary troops. Throughout ancient Egyptian art Amorites are easily distinguished by their long beards and clubbed hair, tied around with a filet. |
Picture: Shabti of Queen Karomamas
Much of our information concerning ancient Egypt's queens comes from a funerary context, and is far less informative than we would like. This poorly made shabti figure was sculpted for the burial of one of the Queen Karomamas.
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