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Ancient Egyptian Art 2 New Kingdom

By Andres L.
  • Period: 1570 BCE to 1070 BCE

    Egypt New Kingdom Art 2

  • Thutmose, Model Bust of Queen Nefertiti, (c. 1340 BCE), limestone and plaster, New Kingdom, 18th dynasty, Amarna Period (Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection/Neues Museum, Berlin)
    1340 BCE

    Thutmose, Model Bust of Queen Nefertiti, (c. 1340 BCE), limestone and plaster, New Kingdom, 18th dynasty, Amarna Period (Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection/Neues Museum, Berlin)

  • Sarcophagi & Funerary Mask of Tutankhamun (1333-1323 B.C.E.), New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty Gold, Lapis lazuki, carnelian, quartz, obsidian, turquoise, colored glass Height: 54 cm; width: 39.3 cm; weight: 11kg Egyptian Museum, Cario
    1333 BCE

    Sarcophagi & Funerary Mask of Tutankhamun (1333-1323 B.C.E.), New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty Gold, Lapis lazuki, carnelian, quartz, obsidian, turquoise, colored glass Height: 54 cm; width: 39.3 cm; weight: 11kg Egyptian Museum, Cario

  • Tutankhamun's Throne from Thebes (c. 1333-1324 B.C.E.) New Kingdom
    1333 BCE

    Tutankhamun's Throne from Thebes (c. 1333-1324 B.C.E.) New Kingdom

  • Page from the Book of the Dead of Hunefer, (c. 1275 B.C.E.) (19th Dynasty), painted papyrus, 40 x 87.5 cm (Thebes, Egypt, © The Trustees of the British Museum, London)
    1275 BCE

    Page from the Book of the Dead of Hunefer, (c. 1275 B.C.E.) (19th Dynasty), painted papyrus, 40 x 87.5 cm (Thebes, Egypt, © The Trustees of the British Museum, London)

    This scene was referred as the "Judgement", in the scene you can see Anubis supervising the judgement scales, You can see Hunefer's Heart being, which is represented to be a pot is scaled in with a feather, in which it determines if thus represented good or bad in the aspects of the persons life. Ancient Egyptians had believe that the heart was a seat of emotions. If the heart did not balance with the feather then it means that the dead person was consumption to the devourer, which is the beast.