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Rosetta Stone
203-181 BCE

Discovered in 1799 / Napoleon
3 languages / hieroglyphics
stone carving / inscription
translated by JF Champolion

*Palette of Narmer
3000 BCE

Egyptian
Old Kingdom
carved stone
ceremonial platte

Book of the Dead
Fields of Yaru Harv

Egyptian
New Kingdom
wall painting
found in tombs

Book of the Dead

Fields of Yaru
Egyptian
New Kingdom
wall painting
found in tombs

*Last Judgment of Hu-Nefer
New Kingdom ~ 1310B
BOOK OF THE DEAD
Egyptian
Anubis/Ammit/Horus/Osiris
Painted Papyrus

Mastabas at Giza


Egyptian
Old Kingdom
mudbricks

Step Pyramid of King Djoser / Zoser
2680 BCE
Imhotep ~ designed it
Egyptian
Old Kingdom
limestone ~ 200 ft tall
Saqqara, Egypt

Bent Pyramid of Sneferu
2613-2589 BCE

Egyptian
Old Kingdom
limestone ~ 344 ft
Dahshur, Egypt

*Giza - site plan
2500 BCE
Khufu, Khafre, Menkaura
Egyptian
Old Kingdom
Limestone
Cheops Chephren Mycerinus

* Pyramids at Giza
2600- 2500 BCE
Khufu, Khafre, Menkaura
Egyptian
Old Kingdom
limestone
480 / 470 / 215

* Pyramids of Giza
2600 - 2500 B
Khufu, Khafre, Menkaura
Egyptian
Old Kingdom
limestone
Cheops Chephren Mycerinus

*Great Pyramids with Sphinx
Khufu, Khafre, Menkaura
Egyptian
Old Kingdom
Limestone

Great Sphinx of Giza
2560 BCE
Khafre / Chephren
Egyptian
Old Kingdom
carved from stone @ Giza

*Seated Scribe
2620 - 2500 BCE

Egyptian
Old Kingdom
painted limestone--21 in
Saqarra, Egypt

*King Menkaura and His Wife
2525 BCE
Menkure and his Wife
Egyptian
Old Kingdom
carved slate
4 1/2 ft tall

Ti, watching a hippopotamus hunt
2400 BCE

Egyptian
Old Kingdom
Limestone
relief carving / painted

Sacred Scarab

symbol of god Khepri
Egyptian
Middle / New Kingdom
carved stone

Pharaoh Hatshepsut
1500 BCE

Egyptian
New Kingdom
painted limestone
shown with royal beard

*Pharoah Hatshepsut Kneeling
1473 - 1458 BCE

Egyptian
New Kingdom
Red Granite
near Luxor, Egypt

Pharaoh Hatshepsut
1460 BCE

Egyptian
New Kingdom
Marble

*Funerary Temple of Hatshepsut
1498 BCE

Egyptian
New Kingdom
carved into mountain
Located at Deir el Bahri

*Funerary Temple of Hatshepsut
1480 BCE

Egyptian
New Kingdom
carved into mountain
Deir el Bahri

Obelisk of Hatshepsut
1459 BCE
symbol of sun god RA
Egyptian
New Kingdom
carved granite
Temple of Amun-Ra / Karnak

*Temple of Ammun-Ra @ Karnak -- Site Plan
1530 BCE
Many pharaohs added
Egyptian
New Kingdom
Limestone
near Luxor, Egypt

*Temple of Ammun-Ra @ Karnak
1530 BCE
Many pharaohs added
Egyptian
New Kingdom
Limestone
near Luxor, Egypt

Temple of AmmonRa @ Karnak
1530 BCE
Pylon Entrance
Egyptian
New Kingdom
stone
Luxor, Egypt

*Temple of Ammon Ra @ Karnak
1530 BCE
Hypostyle Hall
Egyptian
New Kingdom
stone
Luxor, Egypt

*Temple of Ammun-Ra ~~ Hypostyle Hall detail
1530 BCE
Many pharaohs
Egyptian
New Kingdom
Limestone
Luxor, Egypt

Ahkenaton
1345 BCE

Egyptian
New Kingdom
carved stone
Amarna Period

Nefertiti
1350 BCE

Egyptian
New Kingdom
Limestone / painted

*Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and their daughters
1350 BCE
Amarna Age
Egyptian
New Kingdom
carved limestone
painted relief carving

*Tutahnkamun ~ innermost coffin
1325 BCE

Egyptian
New Kingdom
Gold / lapis lazuli / stones

King Tut ~ Funerary Mask
1334-1325 BCE

Egyptian
New Kingdom
Gold and Lapis Lazuli
found by Howard Carter / 1922

Selket
1325 BCE

Egyptian
New Kingdom
Wood / gilded with gold

Colossus of Ramasses II
1250 BCE
Temple of Amun-Ra @ Karnak
Egyptian
New Kingdom
Limestone
near Luxor, Egypt

Ramesses II
1250 BCE
Temple of Ramasses II
Egyptian
New Kingdom
Colossal carved into mountain
Abu Simbel, Egypt

Funerary Temple of Ramses II
1257 BCE

Egyptian
New Kingdom
carved into mountain
Abu Simbel, Egypt

Funerary Temple of Nefertari
1257 BCE

Egyptian
New Kingdom
carved into mountain
Abu Simbel, Egypt

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