Sphinx of Memphis - Wikipedia
The Sphinx of Memphis or Alabaster Sphinx is a stone sphinx located near the remains of Memphis, Egypt. The carving is believed to have taken place between 1700 and 1400 BCE, which was during the 18th Dynasty. [1] It is not known which pharaoh is being honored and there are no inscriptions to supply this information.
Egyptian Alabaster - Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
2017年11月9日 · They feared that the craft would disappear or at least be mechanized, but alabaster carving is still a thriving art in Egypt, produced mostly for the tourist trade. As the team noted, there were many such continuities in other Middle Eastern crafts.
Statue of Queen Ankhnes-meryre II and Her Son, Pepy II
This iconic Egyptian alabaster statue depicts queen Ankhnes-meryre II with her son, king Pepy II, on her lap. Pepy is depicted as a miniature adult dressed in kingly attire, including a nemes headdress.
Alabaster - Wikipedia
This stone variety is the "alabaster" of the ancient Egyptians and Bible and is often termed Oriental alabaster, since the early examples came from the Far East. The Greek name alabastrites is said to be derived from the town of Alabastron in Egypt , …
Statue of Seti I - Egypt Museum
Once in a weary state, this alabaster masterpiece statue of Seti I was discovered dismantled within a cache at Karnak Temple (Luxor, Egypt).
Ancient Egyptian Art - Brooklyn Museum
Most early block statues were found in temples. Because the squatting pose in Egyptian art conveys submission, block statues are thought to depict men observing temple priests as they perform rituals for the gods, like obedient members of an eternal audience.
The Sphinx ‑ Egypt, Giza & Riddle - HISTORY
2018年1月4日 · The Great Sphinx of Giza is a 4,500‑year‑old statue near Egypt's Great Pyramid. At 240 feet long and 66 feet high, it is one of the world's largest monuments.
Sphinx of Amenhotep III, possibly from a Model of a Temple
The Met's collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 26,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from the Paleolithic to the Roman period.
Conservation Project: King Menkaura - Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Carved from one block of Egyptian alabaster, the seated statue of Menkaura (Mycerinus) was recovered in 1907 by the Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition in the ruins of the king’s temple at the base of his pyramid, the third and smallest at Giza.
Brooklyn Museum: Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity
2003年4月12日 · The title of the installation refers to a central theme of Egyptian life and to the rebirth of Egyptian art here at the Museum. The ancient Egyptians created many of the objects now on view to assist in the process of rebirth from this world to the next.