Queen Ashayet
Ashayet or Ashait was an ancient Egyptian queen consort, a wife of Mentuhotep II in the 11th Dynasty. Her tomb (DBXI.17) and small...
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- May 12
- 2 min
King Sahure
Date of creation/manufacture: King Sahure (2458-2446 BC) Inventory number Main number: 18.2.4 Collection The Met Museum...
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- May 12
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Standing statue of King Mentuhotep II
Statue of Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II in the Jubilee Garment Twenty-two statues of this type stood beside (but not in the shadow of)...
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- May 12
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Seated statue of the King Mentuhotp II
This life-size seated statue of the king Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II (names meaning: «The Lord of the rudder is Ra» and «Montu is...
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- May 12
- 2 min
Portrait Head of Queen Tiye
Tiye was the spouse of King Amenhotep III and mother of Akhenaten. This small portrait was probably produced in the last years of rule of...
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- Apr 11
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Statuette of the Lady Tiye
By the second year of his reign, Amenhotep III was married to his "great royal wife," Queen Tiye. We know more about Tiye than we do...
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- Mar 17
- 1 min
Amenhotep III: Couples Statue
Date of creation/manufacture: Amenhotep III (-1391 - -1353) Provenance: KV 22 tomb of Amenhotep III (Valley of the Kings->West Valley)...
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- Mar 17
- 2 min
Amenhotep III: Wall Painting
Father of the famed “heretic Pharaoh,” Akhenaten, and grandfather to the famous King Tut, Amenhotep III was one Egypt’s greatest pharaohs...
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