Sub Categories 1. Previous List 2. General Ancient Texts Archaeology & Sites Art & Images Coins History Manners & Customs Maps & Geography Military History Monuments Mythology Naval People Shipwrecks Timelines & Charts Back to Categories November 21    Scripture Ancient Egypt: Art & Images Abu Simbel, Egypt Corbis Images [Ancient Egypt] [Images] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/corbis/corbis-11506248.swf Abu Simbel, Egypt Nice Photo http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/abu_simbel_egypt.swf Adu Simbel, Egypt1 Nice Photo http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/abu_simbel_egypt1.swf Akhenaten Supper Part of a Colossal Statue of Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten) JE 49258 Cairo Antiquity Museum Egypt (New Kingdom): Akhenaten: sunk relief from Tell el-Amarna, ca. 1350 B.C. [Dynasty XVIII]. Art Images for College Teaching. http://touregypt.net/featurestories/picture09152003.htm Akhenaten Akhenaten; c1375 BC. from a pillar statue in the Temple of Amen-Re, Karnak. Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Sandstone Approximately 13 feet high. [Image from Yale University] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/yale/yale-ima062.swf Akhenaten Daughter Meritaten Egypt (New Kingdom): Akhenaten and his daughter Meritaten: detail, Left side, of sunk relief framgent from Tell el-Amarna, ca. 1350 B.C. [Dynasty XVIII] AICT: Art Images for College Teaching. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meritaten Akhenaten, Nefertiti, Meketaten, and the Royal Princesses Meketaten. Egypt (New Kingdom): Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and the Royal Princesses: sunk relief fragment from Tell el-Amarna, ca. 1350 B.C. [Dynasty XVIII] Art Images for College Teaching. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meketaten Amenemhet III Images [Ancient Egypt] [Images] http://members.tripod.com/~ib205/amenemhet_3.html ANCIENT EGYPT IMAGES Lots of Ancient Images. J. Cohen http://www.brynmawr.edu/Acads/Cities/wld/wcapts1.html Ancient Egyptian Hairstyles For children [Ancient Egypt] [Images] http://emuseum.mnsu.edu/prehistory/egypt/dailylife/hairstyles.html Ancient Egyptian wall frieze, Nile Goddess, food offering, lotus flowers(Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-317999-001.swf Apis Bull 1 Anthropomorphic representation of the Apis Bull (Graphic 1) http://www.christusrex.org/www1/vaticano/EG1b-Apis.jpg Apis Bull 2 Anthropomorphic representation of the Apis Bull (Graphic 1) http://www.christusrex.org/www1/vaticano/EG2b-Apis.jpg Aswan dam on the Nile Corbis Images [Modern Egypt] [Images] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/corbis/corbis-11205251.swf Aten, the Solar Disk, Blessing the Royal family Egypt (New Kingdom): Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and the Royal Princesses: Aten, the Solar Disk, blessing the Royal family; detail of sunk relief fragment from Tell el-Amarna, ca. 1350 B.C. [Dynasty XVIII]. AICT: Art Images for College Teaching. http://www.arthist.umn.edu/aict/html/ancient/EN/EN007.html Avenue of Sphinxes at sunset Egypt, Luxor, Luxor Temple, (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-295808-001.swf Avenue of Sphinxes illuminated at sunset Egypt, Luxor, Luxor Temple, (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-293178-005.swf Bust of the Goddess Sekhmet Egyptian, New Kingdom, Dynasty XVIII; Bust of the Goddess Sekhmet, c. 1570-1340 B.C. Granite, H. 23 in. North Carolina Museum of Art- the Egyptian Collection. http://www.ncartmuseum.org/collections/highlights/ancient/egyptian.shtml Camel and rider, Egypt Corbis Images [Modern Egypt] [Images] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/corbis/corbis-11438815.swf Cheops Pyramid (Nice) Egypt, near Cairo, Pyramids of Giza, buildings in foreground. (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-ba7828-001.swf Cleopatra Photos and images from exhibit: Cleopatra, the queen - egyptian archaeology photographic image of Naples, National Archaeological Musemu, painting of a woman, maybe Cleopatra VII, I century A.D. Cleopatra had the advantages that went with wealth. She was of Macedonia descent -- and whomever the royal Ptolemies mated with. http://www.archaeology-images.com/photo-galleries/exhibits/Cleopatra/image39.html Colossi of Memnon, arab in foreground Egypt, Thebes, West Bank, (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-262712-002.swf Couple looking down over Valley of the Kings Egypt, Valley Of The Kings, (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-270078-004.swf Court and Stepped Pyramid of King Zoser Court and Stepped Pyramid of King Zoser: c2610-2600 BC; Saqqara. [Image from Yale University] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/yale/yale-ima071.swf Court of Nactanebo with obelisk in foreground Egypt, Luxor Temple. Built by New Kingdom Pharoah Amenophis III and dedicated to Amun`s `Harem of the South`. Added to Tutankhamun, Rameses II and Alexander the Great amongst others (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-am7642-001.swf Death Mask of Tutankhamen Death Mask of Tutankhamen from innermost coffin; Sculpture (gold with inlaid semi-precious stones). Egypt, 18th Dynasty. Site: Thebes, Tomb of Tutankhamen. Period Date: 1570-1314 BCE. Object Date: c. 1325 BCE. This mask of solid gold, beaten and burnished, was placed over the head and shoulders of Tutankhamun's mummy, outside the linen bandages in which the whole body was wrapped. It weighs about twenty - four pounds. Although it is difficult to judge how closely the face represents a true likeness of the king, it is at least an approximation. The rather narrow eyes, the shape of the nose, the fleshy lips, and the cast of the chin are all in agreement with the features visible in his mummy, and the whole countenance is unmistakably youthful. Perhaps it is slightly idealized, but essentially it seems to be a faithful portrait. http://www.touregypt.net/MUSEUM/tutl18.htm Death Mask of Tutankhamen Image Death Mask of Tutankhamen from innermost coffin; Sculpture (gold with inlaid semi-precious stones). Egypt, 18th Dynasty. Site: Thebes, Tomb of Tutankhamen. Period Date: 1570-1314 BCE. Object Date: c. 1325 BCE. The death mask really is magnificent even to someone with no knowledge of the finer points of Egyptian antiquities. Made of solid gold and inlaid with semi-precious stones, it weighs 11 kilograms. At the top you can see representations of a vulture and a cobra. You'll often see the latter referred to as a "uraeus", which is the Latinised form of the Greek word for "cobra"! Wallpaper images are available. http://www.richard-seaman.com/Travel/Egypt/Cairo/Museum/Tutankhamun/DeathMaskAndCoffins/index.html Dendra Necropolis Columns Egypt, Dendera, Outer Hypostyle Hall, man looking up at columns. The Dendra necropolis is a well preserved complex of a temple, Early Dynastic tombs and underground passages.The main Temple of Hathor is almost intact. In the Outer Hypostyle Hall Hathor`s head forms the top of all 24 columns. (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-bb5926-001.swf Egypt (Flag) Corbis Images [Modern Egypt] [Images] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/corbis/corbis-11530827.swf Egypt (Images) (Tulane) http://www.bible-history.com/biblehistoryonline_ancientimages.php EGYPT - Abu Simbel Tour Egypt: Perhaps after the Giza pyramids, or coincident with them, the great temple of Abu Simbel presents the most familiar image of ancient Egypt to the modern traveler and reader. When the conservation efforts to preserve the temple from the soon-to be built High Aswan Dam and its rising waters were begun in the 1960s, images of the colossal statues filled newspapers and books. The temples were dismantled and relocated in 1968 on the desert plateau, 200 feet above and 600 feet west of their original location. Abu Simbel lies south of Aswan on the western bank of the Nile, 180 miles south of the First Cataract in what was Nubia. The site was known as Meha in ancient times and was first documented in the 18th Dynasty, when Ay and Horemheb had rock-cut chapels hewn in the hills to the south. Also see the Photographic Archive Series (with high resolution photos) at the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago http://www-oi.uchicago.edu http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/abusimbel.htm EGYPT - Luxor Lots of nice photos. http://www.shieldsaroundtheworld.com/g_egypt_luxor.html Egypt, Abu Simbel, Temple and coastline beyond Egypt, (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-266832-003.swf Egypt1 Nice Photo http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/egypt1.swf Egypt2 Nice Photo http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/egypt2.swf Egypt2 Nice Photo http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/egypt2.swf Egyptian Hieroglyphics Corbis Images [Ancient Egypt] [Images] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/corbis/corbis-11070102.swf Egyptian Obelisk Corbis Images [Ancient Egypt] [Images] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/corbis/corbis-11406768.swf Egyptian Picture Gallery Pyramids Navigation Pyramids at Giza Pyramids at Giza #2 Pyramid of Khufu Pyramid Khufu #2 Pyramid of Khafre Pyramid of Merkure Bent Pyramid of Dashur Step Pyramid of Djoser Pyramid of Userkaf Royalty Free Images* Djoser Step Pyramid Pyramids Khafre Pyramid Khufu Pyramid Other Pyramids Images from Giza Wall Paintings Great Sphinx Giza Great Sphinx #2 Great Sphinx #3 Sphinxes at Luxor Sphinxes at Karnak Sphinx of Memphis Colossus of Memnon Colossus of Memphis Sculptures of Ramesses Sculptures from Tombs Misc. Sculptures Royalty Free Images* Sphinxes Great Sphinx Great Sphinx Sphinxes at Karnak Sphinxes at Karnak Sphinx at Memphis Great Sphinx with Pyramid in Background Sculptures Colossus of Memnon Colossus of Memnon Colossus of Memphis Sculpture at Karnak Sculpture at Luxor Other Sculptures Temples Navigation Abu Simbel Abu Simbel #2 Hatshepsut Isis Mednet Habu Mortuary Hathor & Khnum Royalty Free Images* Hatshepsut Temple #1 Hatshepsut Temple #2 Hatshepsut #3 Temple Idfu Temple Idfu #2 Karnak and Luxor Temples ancient Engravings Pictures, Nile River Pictures, Egyptian Farming and Country Side Navigation Farming Countryside #1 Countryside #2 Egyptian Village Egyptian House [Ancient Egypt] [Images] http://historylink101.net/egypt_1/pic_main.htm EIKON Image Database for Biblical Studies The EIKON Image Database for Biblical Studies is a faculty-library initiative at Yale Divinity School that provides digital resources for teaching and research in the field of Biblical studies. http://research.yale.edu:8084/divdl/eikon/ Felucca on Nile, Aswan, Egypt Corbis Images [Ancient Egypt] [Images] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/corbis/corbis-11505836.swf Giza, Egypt Radar Image from NASA http://southport.jpl.nasa.gov/imagemaps/html/srl-giza.html Gold Hawk (Graphic) http://www.christusrex.org/www1/vaticano/EGb-Hawk.jpg Great Pyramid at Giza Corbis Images [Ancient Egypt] [Images] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/corbis/corbis-11539463.swf Great Pyramids of Gizeh Great Pyramids of Gizeh: Khufu (Cheops) c2530 BC; Khafre (Chefren) c2500 BC; Mankure (Mycerinus) c2740 BC. [Image from Yale University] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/yale/yale-ima074.swf Great Sphinx and Pyramid at Luxor Resort Corbis Images [Ancient Egypt] [Images] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/corbis/corbis-10589273.swf Great Sphinx from Gizeh Great Sphinx from Gizeh: c2500 BC. 65 feet high [Image from Yale University] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/yale/yale-ima059.swf Guardian's Giza - The Great Pyramid The Great Pyramid The Pyramid of Khufu See a plan of the interior READ about the pyramid. After the Great Pyramid was initially sealed, it's original entrance was hidden and faced with smooth limestone. Because this blended in so well with the surrounding casing, the opening was invisible. Around 820 AD, Abdullah Al Mamun mobilized men to bore a tunnel into the pyramid to search for chambers and treasure. Due to the difficulty of the task of breaking up the hard rock, fires were built to heat the rock and then cold vinegar was poured over the heated rock. Battering rams were used to pound away the weakened rock and clear a tunnel. Eventually, a passageway was found which descended into the lowest chamber of the pyramid. Following this passageway back upward, the original entrance was finally located. In these pictures of the NORTH side you can see the intrusive entrance lower down, and the original entrance higher up flanked by angled stones [images] [Egypt] http://www.guardians.net/egypt/gp1.htm Hathor Temple Egypt, Abu Simbel, (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-295812-004.swf Head of The Great Sphinx Corbis Images [Ancient Egypt] [Images] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/corbis/corbis-10393148.swf Herbs and spices, Aswan, Egypt Corbis Images [Ancient Egypt] [Images] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/corbis/corbis-11556085.swf Hieroglyphics, Egypt Nice Photo http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/hieroglyphics_egypt.swf Hieroglyphics, Egypt1 Nice Photo http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/hieroglyphics_egypt1.swf Hieroglyphs Corbis Images [Ancient Egypt] [Images] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/corbis/corbis-10595399.swf HistoryWiz: Ancient Egypt Images Multimedia World History. The history of Ancient Egypt, with photos of pyramids and the Nile. [Ancient Egypt] [Images] http://www.historywiz.com/anc-egypt.htm Images de Synthèse Computer Generated http://www.unites.uqam.ca/~dhist/version2/pagesp/pagemg.htm Innermost Coffin of Tutankhamen Innermost Coffin of Tutankhamen: Medium Sculpture (gold with inlaid semi-precious stones and enamel); Era or Culture Egypt, 18th Dynasty; Site Thebes, Tomb of Tutankhamen; Country Egypt (Ancient); Period Date 1570-1314 BCE. Object Date c. 1325 BCE. Reign dates for Tutankhamen: c. 1334-1325 BCE. http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/tutcoffins.htm Innermost Coffin of Tutankhamen (side view) Innermost Coffin of Tutankhamen: Medium Sculpture (gold with inlaid semi-precious stones and enamel); Era or Culture Egypt, 18th Dynasty; Site Thebes, Tomb of Tutankhamen; Country Egypt (Ancient); Period Date 1570-1314 BCE. Object Date c. 1325 BCE. Reign dates for Tutankhamen: c. 1334-1325 BCE. [Image from Yale University] http://www.grisel.net/tut.htm Isis ) (Graphic http://www.christusrex.org/www1/vaticano/EGb-Isis.jpg Karnak Temple at Night Egypt, Luxor, Karnak Temple, First Pylon, lit at night. (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-bb5954-001.swf Karnak Temple, ram sphinxes by temple walls, Egypt, Luxor, sunset (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-989396-001.swf Khafre from Gizeh Khafre (Chefren) from Gizeh: c2500 BC. Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Diorite 66" high. [Image from Yale University] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/yale/yale-ima056.swf King Menkaure and Kha-mere-nebty II Egypt (Old Kingdom): King Menkaure (Mycerinus) and his Queen, Kha-mere-nebty II,: ca. 2548-2530 B.C. [Dynasty IV] Menkaure and His Queen 4th Dynasty 2548-2530 BCE Greywacke Height: 4 feet 67/8 inches (139.5 cm) (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) http://witcombe.sbc.edu/menkaure/menkaure-statue.html King Menkaure and Kha-mere-nebty II Detailed Egypt (Old Kingdom): King Menkaure (Mycerinus) and his Queen, Kha-mere-nebty II, Detail: ca. 2548-2530 B.C. Menkaure is portrayed in the familiar Egyptian pose standing as if at attention with his left leg extended forward, his arms held stiff at his sides, and his fists clenched holding some unidentified cylindrical objects. His stance appears assertive, indicative of his power. He is represented as a mature yet vigorous man, perhaps in his thirties, with slender hips, broad shoulders, and well-developed arms. His body has been made to appear lifelike and, except, as is common to all Egyptian statues, in such areas as the knees, which are over-emphasized, and the edge of the shin-bone, which is too sharp, is anatomically correct. Overall, he appears to represent the ideal of manly beauty in Old Kingdom Egypt. Menkaure's face also appears to have been idealized, though its features, which are not particularly refined or aristocratic looking, have been particularized to the degree that it strikes us as being a portrait. Projecting from his chin is a short transversely striped, squared-off, wedge-shaped ceremonial beard. On his head he wears a nemes, or headdress, the sides of which are pulled back behind his rather large ears, with the lappets falling to either side of his chest. The beard and the headdress are the primary symbols of his pharaonic status. Besides the headdress, the only other article of clothing he wears is a shendjyt kilt which is folded across the front, with one end falling down beneath, and held in place with a belt round his waist. http://witcombe.sbc.edu/menkaure/menkaurediscovery.html Lion inscribed for Pharaoh Nectanebo I http://www.christusrex.org/www1/vaticano/EG1b-Lion.jpg Luxor Temple, Hypostyle Hall Egypt, Luxor (East Bank), Luxor Temple was built by the New Kingdom Pharaoh Amenophis III. It was dedicated the Theban Triad of Amun-Min, Mut and Khonsu. The hypostyle hall is the first inner room of the temple itself and features four rows of eight columns each.(Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-876873-001.swf man in robes sculpture of Rameses II Egypt, ,Luxor Temple, (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-294519-001.swf Man Painting Sphynx and Giza, Egypt Corbis Images [Ancient Egypt] [Images] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/corbis/corbis-11521691.swf Mask of a Mummy (Graphic) http://www.christusrex.org/www1/vaticano/EGb-Mask.jpg Model Boat with Figures Egyptian, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty XII-XIII: Model Boat with Figures, c. 2052-1778 B.C. Wood with gesso and paint, H. 30 1/2 x W. 20 1/2 x L. 41 in. The North Carolina Museum of Art at North Carolina State University. http://www.ncartmuseum.org/collections/highlights/ancient/egyptian.shtml Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, Egypt Corbis Images [Ancient Egypt] [Images] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/corbis/corbis-10634324.swf Mummies of the World A mummy, to put it bluntly, is an old dead body. But unlike a skeleton or a fossil, a mummy still retains some of the soft tissue it had when it was alive -- most often skin, but sometimes organs and muscles, as well. This tissue preservation can happen by accident or through human intervention but, in either case, it occurs when bacteria and fungi are unable to grow on a corpse and cause its decay. [Nova] [General] [Egypt] http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/peru/mummies/ Mummy Case of Amonred Egyptian, Late Period: Mummy Case of Amonred; Dynasty XXII-XXXII, c.945-712 B.C. Wood, gesso, polychrome, H. 71 in. The North Carolina Museum of Art at North Carolina State University. http://www.ncartmuseum.org/collections/highlights/ancient/egyptian.shtml Mummy Case of Djed Mout Egyptian, Late Period, Dynasty XXII-XXXIII: Mummy Case of Djed Mout, c. 945-712 B.C. Wood with gesso and polychrome, H. 71 in. The North Carolina Museum of Art at North Carolina State University. http://www.ncartmuseum.org/collections/highlights/ancient/egyptian.shtml Napoleon`s Conquest of Egypt (1798-1800) did not last more than two years. Yet its` consequences to the area were spectacular. This latest museum in the Pharaonic Village attempts to capture this. It highlights some of the main historic events, including: The Battle of the Pyramids: This is the battle where Napoleon and his army defeated the Mamelukes - warlords of Egypt. The battle was fought at Imbaba, 13 miles north of the pyramids. [Ancient Egypt] [Images] http://www.touregypt.net/village/exhibits_napoleon.htm Nefertiti With Her Daughters Egypt (New Kingdom): Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and the Royal Princesses: Nefertiti with her daughters Maketaton and Ankhesenpaaton, detail R. of sunk relief frament from Tell el-Amarna, ca. 1335 B.C. King Akhenaton (left) with his wife, Queen Nefertiti, and three of their daughters under the rays of the sun god Aton, altar relief, mid-14th century bc; in the State Museums at Berlin. Ency. Brit. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic-art/41851/4334/King-Akhenaton-with-his-wife-Queen-Nefertiti-and-three-of Nubia Exhibits Oriental Institute Museum (University of Chicago) http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/NUB/Nubia.html Obelisk of Amon Ra, Karnak, Egypt Corbis Images [Ancient Egypt] [Images] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/corbis/corbis-10991191.swf Obelisk Through Arch at the Great Temple of Amon Corbis Images [Ancient Egypt] [Images] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/corbis/corbis-11508001.swf Osiris pillars, Ramesseum Temple, Luxor, Egypt Corbis Images [Ancient Egypt] [Images] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/corbis/corbis-10487859.swf Painted Chest Painted Chest: Medium Applied Arts (wood chest with paint); Era or Culture Egypt, 18th Dynasty; Site Thebes, Tomb of Tutankhamen; Country Egypt (Ancient); Period Date 1570-1314 BCE. Object Date c. 1325 BCE. Reign dates for Tutankhamen: c. 1334-1325 BCE. http://www.terraflex.co.il/ad/egypt/timelines/topics/furniture.htm Palette of Narmer Palette of Narmer: c3000 BC. from Hierakonpolis, Upper Egypt Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Slate 25" high. [Image from Yale University] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/yale/yale-ima053.swf Picture of The Rosetta Stone This stone held the key to the deciphering of the ancient Hieroglyphs of Egypt [Bible History Online Study] http://www.bible-history.com/images/rosetta.jpg Pompey`s Pillar and sphinx, Alexandria, Egypt Ptolemaic Sphinx Statue Near Pompey`s Pillar. Corbis Images [Ancient Egypt] [Images] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/corbis/corbis-11508000.swf Portable Chest-Shrine with Anubis Figure Portable Chest-Shrine with Anubis Figure: Medium Sculpture (carved wood, painted and gilded); Era or Culture Egypt, 18th Dynasty; Site Thebes, Tomb of Tutankhamen; Country Egypt (Ancient); Period Date 1570-1314 BCE. Object Date c. 1325 BCE. Reign dates for Tutankhamen: c. 1334-1325 BCE. http://www.touregypt.net/Museum/anubispage.htm Pyramid and Sphinx illuminated at night Egypt, Cairo, Giza, (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-295806-002.swf Pyramid of Cheops at Night, Giza, Egypt Corbis Images [Ancient Egypt] [Images] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/corbis/corbis-10627831.swf Pyramid of Chephren, aerial view Egypt, Giza, Middle pyramid of the Giza Pyramids (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-af5106-001.swf Pyramid of Khafre, Giza, Egypt View of the Great Sphinx and Pyramid of Khafre at Night Corbis Images [Ancient Egypt] [Images] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/corbis/corbis-11578158.swf Pyramid of Mycerinus aerial view Egypt, Giza. Smallest of the Giza Pyramids (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-af5103-001.swf Pyramid, Giza, Egypt Corbis Images [Ancient Egypt] [Images] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/corbis/corbis-11406761.swf Pyramid, Giza, Egypt Corbis Images [Ancient Egypt] [Images] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/corbis/corbis-10627831.swf Pyramid1 Nice Photo http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/pyramid_egypt1.swf Pyramids of Giza Egypt, Cairo, Giza, The pyramids were considered by the ancient Greeks to be one of the Seven Wonders of the World. They, and the temples of Giza, were built from stone quarried locally and from the Moqattam Hills.They were built between about 2700 BC to about 1000 BC. (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-293647-001.swf Pyramids of Giza (Man riding camel foreground) Egypt, Cairo, native man riding camel, pyramids behind (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-ba7800-003.swf Pyramids, Giza, Egypt Corbis Images [Ancient Egypt] [Images] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/corbis/corbis-11518243.swf Queen Hatshepsut relief Egypt, Luxor, Temple of Karnak, (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-285361-004.swf Queen Nefertiti Egypt (New Kingdom): Queen Nefertiti: (front view), ca. 1350 B.C. [Dynasty XVIII] Berlin, Germany: Altes Museum: bust of Queen Nefertiti (around 1340 BC) http://www.cambridge2000.com/gallery/html/P31111733e.html Queen Nefertiti (R. profile view) Egypt (New Kingdom): Queen Nefertiti: (R. profile view), ca. 1350 B.C. [Dynasty XVIII] Nefertiti was the wife of the Egyptian Pharaoh Amenhotep IV (later Akhenaten), and mother-in-law of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Her name roughly translates to "the beautiful one is come". She also shares her name with a type of elongated gold bead that she was often portrayed as wearing, known as "nefer" beads. Famed throughout the ancient world for her outstanding beauty, Nefertiti remains the one of the most well known Queen of Egypt. Though Akhenaten had several wives, Queen Nefertiti was his chief wife. http://www.crystalinks.com/nefertiti.html Queen Nefertiti (Rear View) Egypt (New Kingdom): Queen Nefertiti: (Rear view), ca. 1350 B.C. [Dynasty XVIII] http://psyc.queensu.ca/~psyc382/nefertitirear.html Ram-headed sphinxes Egypt, by road from Luxor Temple to Karnak Temples (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-262695-001.swf Ramesses II statue being cleaned Egypt, Luxor, Temple of Luxor. (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-ba7838-001.swf Reliefs from the Tomb of Khnumti in Saqqarah Egyptian, Old Kingdom, VI Dynasty; Reliefs from the Tomb of Khnumti in Saqqarah, 2420-2258 B.C. (#2) White limestone. The North Carolina Museum of Art at North Carolina State University. http://www.ncartmuseum.org/collections/highlights/ancient/egyptian.shtml Rider on Camel Beside Pyramid Corbis Images [Ancient Egypt] [Images] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/corbis/corbis-11438815.swf Roman theater, Alexandria, Egypt Corbis Images [Ancient Egypt] [Images] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/corbis/corbis-11508012.swf Royal Couple in a Garden Egypt (New Kingdom): Royal Couple in a Garden (Semenkhkare and Meritaten?): ca. 1335 B.C. [Dynasty XVIII] http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/ReliefOfARoyalCouple.png Seated Hatshepsut Seated Hatshepsut: Medium Sculpture (carved limestone, partially restored); Era or Culture Egypt, 18th Dynasty; Site Deir el Bahri; Country Egypt (Ancient); Period Date 1570-1314 BCE. Object Date c. 1490-1460 BCE. Hatshepsut reign dates: c .1504-1482 BCE. http://www.artchive.com/artchive/E/egyptian/hatshepsut.jpg.html Seated Scribe Seated Scribe; Medium Sculpture (carved and painted limestone); Era or Culture Egypt, 5th Dynasty; Site Saqqara (from a mastaba tomb); Country Egypt (Ancient); Period Date 2565-2420 BCE. Object Date c. 2500-2400 BCE. Here is a good link full of images: http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/e/egyptian.html http://www.louvre.fr/llv/dossiers/detail_oal.jsp?CONTENT<>cnt_id=10134198674049820&CURRENT_LLV_OAL<>cnt_id=10134198674049820&bmLocale=en Senmut with Princess Nefrua (block statue) Senmut with Princess Nefrua (block statue); Medium Sculpture (carved granite); Era or Culture Egypt, 18th Dynasty; Site Thebes; Country Egypt (Ancient); Period Date 1570-1314 BCE. Object Date c.1490-1460 BCE. http://whs.eanes.k12.tx.us/art/Smaller%20Site/images/Art%20History/Chap%203/pages/Senmut-with-Princess-Nefrua.htm Small Throne of Tutankhamen Small Throne of Tutankhamen: Medium Applied Arts (Wood covered with sheet gold and enamel); Era or Culture Egypt, 18th Dynasty; Site Thebes, Tomb of Tutankhamen; Country Egypt (Ancient); Period Date 1570-1314 BCE. Object Date c. 1325 BCE. Reign dates for Tutankhamen: c. 1334-1325 BCE. The throne of Tutankhamen, with carved figures of the young pharaoh and his wife under the rays of the Sun, from his tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Thebes, Egypt; in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Ency. Brit. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic-art/610635/17314/The-throne-of-Tutankhamen-with-carved-figures-of-the-young Sphinx and Pyramid Egypt, Cairo, Giza, (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-037026-003.swf Sphinx and Pyramid of Chephren, low angle view Egypt, Cairo, Giza, (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-037026-008.swf Sphinx and Pyramid of Chephren, low angle view 3 Egypt, Cairo, Giza, (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-037026-003.swf Sphinx and pyramid, Giza, Egypt Corbis Images [Ancient Egypt] [Images] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/corbis/corbis-10083822.swf Sphinx and pyramid, Giza, Egypt (Closer) Corbis Images [Ancient Egypt] [Images] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/corbis/corbis-11411247.swf Sphinx from Ptolemaic Sphinx Statues Detail Showing One Sphinx from Ptolemaic Sphinx Statues near Pompey`s Pillar. Corbis Images [Ancient Egypt] [Images] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/corbis/corbis-11507998.swf Statue of Ramesses II illuminated at night Egypt, Luxor, Luxor Temple, (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-295810-001.swf Statue of Ramses II Cairo, Egypt; The head of the Colossal Statue of Ramses II was discovered in 1870 at the capital of the old kingdom of Ancient Egypt. [Ancient Egypt] [Images] http://www.molon.de/galleries/Egypt/Luxor/Karnak/img.php?pic=7 Statue of Ramses II at entry Egypt, Luxor Temple, lit at night. (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-bb5938-001.swf Stonehenge, England Corbis Images [Ancient England] [Images] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/corbis/corbis-11406716.swf Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, England Corbis Images [Ancient England] [Images] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/corbis/corbis-11011978.swf Sun Temple of Ramesses II illuminated at night Egypt, Abu Simbel, (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-295802-002.swf Sun Temple of Ramesses II illuminated at night Egypt, Abu Simbel, (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-295818-002.swf Sun Temple of Ramesses II, head of figure Egypt, Abu Simbel, (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-295797-002.swf Sun Temple of Ramesses II, head of figure 2 Egypt, Abu Simbel, (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-295797-001.swf Sunrise at Valley of Kings Egypt, Deir Al-Bahri, Hatshepsut Temple, (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-989397-001.swf Sunset pyramid, Giza, Egypt Camel Rider. Corbis Images [Ancient Egypt] [Images] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/corbis/corbis-11476478.swf Temple of Amun in Karnak Forecourt Colossus of Ramesses II [Ancient Egypt] [Images] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/corbis/corbis-10178557.swf Temple of Hathor Egypt, Aswan, Abu Simbel, Great Temple of Abu Simbel (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-295812-002.swf Temple of Hatshep sut Egypt, Necropolis of Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-ba0650-001.swf Temple of Hatshepsut Egypt, Luxor, West Bank, Valley of the Kings. Discovered in the mid 19th century it is still being restored. Mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut who ruled from 1495 BC for 20 years. Valley of the Kings contains many royal burial grounds. (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-bb3545-001.swf Temple of Hatshepsut Egypt, Luxor, West Bank, Valley of the Kings. Discovered in the mid 19th century it is still being restored. Mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut who ruled from 1495 BC for 20 years. Valley of the Kings contains many royal burial grounds. (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-bb3545-001.swf Temple of Hatshepsut (Scenic Background) Necropolis of Thebes, Deir El-Bahri, (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-ba0645-001.swf Temple of Horus and Sobek, Kom Ombo, Egypt Corbis Images [Ancient Egypt] [Images] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/corbis/corbis-10142372.swf Temple of Isis, low angle view of reliefs Egypt, ancient Dendera, (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-293121-001.swf Temple of Karnak (Pillar) Egypt, Luxor, man leaning on pillar in evening light (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-am7640-001.swf Temple of Queen Nefertari Egypt, Abu Simbel, man cleaning Hathor. The Hathor Temple of Queen Nefertari is situated just north of the the Great Temple of Rameses II. Both were built during the reign of Rameses II (1290-1224 BC). The Hathor Temple is guarded by 6 statues, 4 representing Rameses and 2 of Queen Nefertari. (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-bc5030-001.swf Temple of Queen Nefertari, Abu Simbel, Egypt Boat cruising by. [Ancient Egypt] [Images] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/corbis/corbis-10140885.swf Temple of Ramses II Temple of Ramses II. Egypt, 19th Dynasty; Site: Abu Simbel (now relocated); Period Date: 1314-1197 BCE. Object Date: c.1275-1225 BCE. [Lots of images and enlargments] http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/egypt/abusimbel/ramses/ramses.html Temple of Ramses, Egypt (close) Corbis Images [Ancient Egypt] [Images] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/corbis/corbis-10138504.swf Temples of Karnak Egypt, Luxor, East Bank. Karnak was built over a 1500 year period. During the height of Theban power it was the most important temple in Egypt. View from the south. Obelisk(Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-bb3544-001.swf Temples of Karnak, obelisk and statue, low angle view Egypt, (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-262696-001.swf The Art of Ancient Egypt Posters Large selection for purchase at AllPosters.com [Ancient Egypt] [Images] http://www.allposters.com/-st/Art-of-Ancient-Egypt-Posters_c5974_.htm The Giza Plateau. "From atop these pyramids, forty centuries look down upon you." -- Napoleon Bonaparte to his soldiers before the Battle of Giza, 1798 When Khufu, perhaps better known by his Greek name, Cheops, became king of Egypt after the death of Sneferu, there was no convenient space remaining at Dahshur, where Sneferu was buried, for Khufu's own pyramid complex. Hence, he moved his court and residence farther north, where his prospectors had located a commanding rock cliff, overlooking present day Giza, appropriate for a towering pyramid. This rock cliff was in the northernmost part of the first Lower Egyptian nome, Ineb-hedj ("the white fortress"). Giza is located only a few kilometers south of Cairo, several hundred meters from the last houses in the southernmost part of the city proper, where a limestone cliff rises abruptly from the other side of a sandy desert plateau. The ancient Egyptians called this place imentet, "The West" or kher neter, "the necropolis". [images] [Archaeology] http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/giza.htm The Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology (University of Memphis) http://academic.memphis.edu/egypt/ The Pyramids at Giza Corbis Images [Ancient Egypt] [Images] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/corbis/corbis-11214912.swf The Rosetta Stone Photos Pictures of the Rosetta Stone Royalty Free Pictures* [Ancient Egypt] [Images] http://historylink101.net/egypt_1/rf-k-rosetta-stone.htm The Sphinx The Sphinx of Giza is a symbol that has represented the essence of Egypt for thousands of years. Even with all of the pictures that we see of the Sphinx, nothing can really prepare you for the time that you finally see the Sphinx with your own eyes. Here's a look at the Sphinx that will give you a hint of what you can expect to see if you visit Egypt. [images] [Archaeology] http://www.guardians.net/egypt/sphinx/ Thebes Photographic Project Photographic Archive Series (with high resolution photos) Oriental Institute, University of Chicago http://www-oi.uchicago.edu http://oi.uchicago.edu/museum/collections/pa/thebes/ Three slaves and a stern Ramses II Egypt's king, Ramses II, written about in the Old Testament, is now thought to have reigned between 1290-1224 B.C.E. The Egyptian wall art to the right depicts Ramses holding what is suspected to be three slaves. One is black, one appears to be East Asian, and the third, in the foreground, appears to be Semitic. The blacks and Semite came from close by. The East Asian leaves us wondering. (Photo) http://www.fsmitha.com/h1/i-ramses.htm Tourist photographing statue of Ramesses II Luxor, Karnak Temple, Ramses II statue We are now in the temple area. The temple of Karnak should be called the temples of Karnak, because in this area you will find several temples. The three main ones are: the temple of mut, the temple of Monthu and the temple of Amun (the three of them are enclosed by high walls). Outside the walls there is the open air museum, the sacred lake and several other temples. In front of us you can admire the statue of Ramses II. At its left, you can see part of the second pylon, built during Ramses II reign. At our right there is the entrance to the hypostyle hall, one of the most amazing sights in Egypt, which we will see later. Now it is time to go to the Ramses III courtyard (at our back). Egypt, Luxor, Karnak, http://www.virtourist.com/africa/luxor/14.htm Tourists by statue of Ramesses II Egypt, Luxor, Temple of Karnak, (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-271397-001.swf Tut http://members.tripod.com/~jaydambrosio/tut10.jpg View of Ramses II statue and tourists Egypt, Abu Simbel, (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-an8501-001.swf Virtual Museum where you can take a tour of important Egyptian relics around the world. http://touregypt.net/museum/ Zeus Temple Remains in Ancient city Corbis Images [Ancient Egypt] [Images] http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/corbis/corbis-11538780.swf Zoser, The Step Pyramid Egypt, Saqqara, (Tony Stone Images) http://www.bible-history.com/acp/images/stone/tony-262679-001.swf If you notice a broken link or any error PLEASE report it by clicking HERE ©2009 Bible History Online