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The Bust of Nefertiti is a painted limestone sculpture of the ancient Egyptian queen Nefertiti, crafted by the sculptor Thutmose around 1345 BCE. Discovered in 1912, the artwork dates to the Amarna period and is noted for its detailed polychrome finish and symmetrical features. It has been housed in...

The mummy of Tutankhamun is the preserved remains of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh who ruled during the 18th Dynasty in the 14th century BCE. Discovered by archaeologist Howard Carter in 1922, the tomb was uniquely intact, providing unprecedented historical artifacts from the era. The mummy itself is...

The Northern Obelisk of Hatshepsut is an ancient Egyptian red-granite monument at the Temple of Amun in Karnak, near modern Luxor. It was erected during the reign of Hatshepsut in the Eighteenth Dynasty and formed one of a pair of obelisks associated with the temple's sacred precinct. The surviving...

Thutmose III was a pharaoh of Egypt's Eighteenth Dynasty who reigned in the fifteenth century BCE, initially alongside his stepmother and co-ruler Hatshepsut. After her death, he conducted repeated campaigns in the Levant, including the documented Battle of Megiddo, and extended Egyptian influence i...

The Bust of Akhenaten is an ancient Egyptian sandstone sculpture dating to the 18th Dynasty, currently housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. It depicts Pharaoh Akhenaten, who ruled from approximately 1353 to 1336 BCE and is known for abandoning traditional Egyptian polytheism in...

The Southern Obelisk of Hatshepsut is a red-granite obelisk erected at the temple complex of Karnak in ancient Thebes, modern Luxor. It was commissioned during the reign of Hatshepsut, the Eighteenth-Dynasty ruler, and bears hieroglyphic inscriptions presenting her royal titles and dedication of the...

Pharaoh Amenhotep III (r. c. 1386–1353 BC) was an 18th-dynasty Egyptian ruler whose reign marked a peak of artistic achievement and diplomatic activity, including construction of the Colossi of Memnon.

Hatshepsut was a ruler of Egypt's Eighteenth Dynasty who governed as pharaoh during the fifteenth century BCE, first acting as regent for her stepson Thutmose III. Royal images sometimes presented her with the traditional male regalia of kingship, while inscriptions identified her through both femin...

The Bust of Thutmose III at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is a fragmentary ancient Egyptian portrait sculpture carved from quartzite. It depicts the pharaoh Thutmose III of the 18th Dynasty, who ruled from approximately 1479 to 1425 BCE and is renowned for his extensive military campaigns that expa...

Housed in the British Museum, the Bust of Amenhotep III is a sculpted portrait of the pharaoh who presided over ancient Egypt during a period of unprecedented imperial wealth and power in the 18th Dynasty. Ruling from approximately 1388 to 1351 BCE, Amenhotep III was a prolific builder, and this art...

Lying broken in the Karnak Temple Complex in Luxor, this fallen obelisk was originally erected by Pharaoh Thutmose III in the 15th century BCE to honor the sun god Amun-Ra.

The Hearst Medical Papyrus is an ancient Egyptian medical manuscript written in hieratic script, dated to approximately 1450 BCE during the 18th Dynasty of the New Kingdom period. The papyrus contains numerous prescriptions and remedies for treating a wide range of ailments, including wounds, digest...

Amarna in Middle Egypt was the short-lived capital city founded by Pharaoh Akhenaten around 1346 BCE to promote the monotheistic worship of Aten, abandoned shortly after his death and never reoccupied.

Akhenaten was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty who ruled during the fourteenth century BCE, commonly dated to about 1353 to 1336 BCE. Formerly known as Amenhotep IV, he promoted the Aten, represented as the sun disk, as the central focus of royal religion and reduced the public role of...

Tutankhamun was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty who ruled for roughly a decade during the New Kingdom, usually dated to about 1332 to 1323 BCE. During his reign, the court restored the worship of multiple Egyptian deities after the Aten-centered reforms associated with Akhenaten, and t...