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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Apr 20, 2018 · 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 …

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 …

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. …