Title: Colossal Seated Statue of a Pharaoh. Period: Middle Kingdom. Dynasty: Dynasty 12. Reign: reign of Amenemhat II or possibly Senwosret II. Date: ca. 1919–1878 B.C. Geography: From Egypt; Probably from Eastern Delta, Tanis (San el-Hagar) Medium: Granodiorite. Dimensions: H. 320 × W. 110.5 × D. 209 cm (10 ft. 6 in. × 43 1/2 in. × 82 5/16 in.)

Travel back through 3,000 years of Egyptian history and come face-to-face with the Statues of Ramesses II and Amenhotep III. The objects in the Egyptian sculpture gallery represent three millennia of pharaonic history. The displays have evolved with the field of Egyptology itself.

The funerary statue of Khafre Enthroned represents the apotheosis of the sculptural skill of the court artists applied to the sublimation of royal divinity. The King is portrayed on a cubic throne carved entirely with symbols of royalty.

Khafre Enthroned is a Ka statue of the Pharaoh Khafre, who reigned during the Fourth Dynasty of ancient Egypt. It is now located in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. The construction is made of anorthosite gneiss, a valuable, extremely hard, and dark stone brought 400 miles down the Nile River from royal quarries. [1]

This statue, often referred to as “Khafre Enthroned,” is one of the most important and iconic surviving sculptures from ancient Egypt. It depicts the Fourth Dynasty (ca. 2500 BCE) pharaoh Khafre slightly larger-than-life and seated upon a lion-pawed throne.

It depicts Khufu, a Pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty (Old Kingdom, c. 2613 to 2494 BC), and the builder of the Great Pyramid, though it may have been carved much later, in the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty, 664 BC–525 BC.

Serene ethereal beauty, raw royal power, and evidence of artistic virtuosity have rarely been simultaneously captured as well as in this breathtaking, nearly life-size statue of the pharaoh Menkaure and a queen from c. 2490–2472 B.C.E. Smooth as silk, the meticulously finished surface of the dark stone captures the physical ideals of the time ...

2018年4月20日 · When a huge statue of a pharaoh was uncovered last year in Matariya, a working-class suburb of Cairo that was once the ancient city of Heliopolis, the press eagerly greeted it as a depiction of...

The Younger Memnon is a colossal statue of the Pharaoh Ramesses II, who ruled Egypt during the 19th dynasty (1279-1213 BCE). The statue is made of red granite and stands at over 2.7 meters (8 feet) tall.

Carved from durable materials like granite, diorite, and limestone, these sculptures depicted pharaohs with idealized features and regal attire, conveying their authority and divine status. Pharaohs were often shown in a rigid and formal stance, with their arms crossed over their chest holding symbols of kingship such as the crook and flail.