Egyptian New Kingdom Sculpture and Painting

Reconstructed view and plan of temple complex of Amen-Re, Karnak, Egypt.New Kingdom, ca. 1250 BC

Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel, New Kingdom, ca. 1290-1224 BC

Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel, New Kingdom, ca. 1290-1224 BC.Colossal statues are 65’ high.

The pharaoh Khafre enthroned. From Gizeh, Old Kingdom, 2520-2494 BC. Diorite. Height: 5’6”

The pharaoh Khafre enthroned. From Gizeh, Old Kingdom, 2520-2494 BC. Diorite.

Egyptian court official Senmut, with Princess Nefrura, from Thebes, Egypt. New Kingdom, ca. 1470-1460 BC.

Egyptian court official Senmut, with Princess Nefrura, from Thebes, Egypt. New Kingdom, ca. 1470-1460 BC.

Seated scribe. From Saqqara, Egypt. Old Kingdom, ca. 2500 BC. Painted limestone.

Nebamun with his wife and daughter on a skiff, hunting birds. New Kingdom, ca. 1400-1350 BC. Found near Thebes, now in the British Museum, London

Nebamun with his wife and daughter on a skiff, hunting birds. New Kingdom, ca. 1400-1350 BC. Painting technique is fresco secco.

Painted relief in the mastaba of Ti. Saqqara, Egypt. Old Kingdomca. 2400 BC

Musicians and dancers from the tomb of Nebamun, New Kingdom, 1400-1350 BC. Fresco secco technique

Musicians and dancers from the tomb of Nebamun, New Kingdom, 1400-1350 BC. Fresco secco

Painted relief in the mastaba of Ti. Saqqara, Old Kingdom, ca. 2400 BC

Akhetaton / Amarna

Akhenaton, New Kingdom, 1353-1335 BC

The pharaoh Khafre enthroned. Old Kingdom, 2520-2494 BC. Akhenaton, New Kingdom, 1353-1335 BC

Bust of Queen Nefertiti by the sculptor Thutmose. New Kingdom 1353-1335 BC.Today kept at the Egyptian Museum in Berlin, Germany.

Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters, from Amarna, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1353-1335 BC, Limestone.

Death mask of Tutankhamen, innermost coffin in his tomb at Thebes, Egypt. New Kingdom, ca. 1323 BC. Gold with inlay of semiprecious stones.

Tomb site of Tutankhamen at Thebes, Egypt

The discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamen by Howard Carter in 1922

The discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamen by Howard Carter in 1922

Innermost coffin of Tutankhamen from his tomb in the Valley of the Kings at Thebes.

Howard Carter opening Tutankhamen’s sarcophagus for the first time, 1922

Papyrus scroll of Hu-Nefer, showing Hu-Nefer’s last judgment. Story from the Book of the Dead. Scroll found in tomb at Thebes, Egypt. 19th Dynasty, ca. 1280.