Rare view of the back of the famous unfinished bust of Nefertiti.
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Akhenaten’s temples and palaces were built with blocks now known as talatat, which could be lifted by a single worker. This allowed for rapid construction—but it also made it easy for Akhenaten’s successors to dismantle his city. In the Luxor Museum a reconstructed wall of talatat features sun-washed depictions of the king, deferential courtiers, and priests. Photo by Rena Effendi/Nat Geo.
On December 6, 1912, an archaeological team from the German Eastern Society found the famous bust of Queen Nefertiti, located in the workshop of the sculptor Thutmose, in the city of Amarna, Egypt. The bust of 50 centimeters in height is considered an unfinished work – the proof is in the left eye of the …
Chair from the Tomb of Tutankhamun (cedar-wood), Valley of the Kings, West Thebes. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo
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Scribe’s Instruments, two palettes for writing with reeds (ivory). Part of Tutankhamun’s Treasures. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1332-1323 BCE. From the Tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62), Valley of the Kings, West Thebes. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
Limestone shabti of Isis, the singer of Aten. New Kingdom. The Amarna Period…
Akhenaten's plaster mask from the workshop of the sculptor Tutmes in Ahetaton (El Amarna). XVIII dynasty. Early 14th century BCE.
♔ Inlaid diadem with vulture and cobra uraeus ~ Reign of Tutankhamun (1332-1322 B.C.)
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Akhenaten (1367-1350 B.C.) offering a figure of the goddess of truth, Maat, to the Sun-disc, Aten, central deity of his religion. Source: Univ. of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
Hiding our LEGACY and CHANGING it to look like those 'Johnny Come Lately's'.....!
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One of the many Ushabti (funerary statuette), from the tomb of Tutankhamun (gilded and stuccoed wood). Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
