Sculptures, jewellery & wall paintings in New Kingdom Egypt
Shabti of Seti I
Period: New Kingdom, Ramesside
Dynasty: Dynasty 19
Reign: reign of Seti I
Date: ca. 1294–1279 B.C.
Description-
Shabtis were put in a tomb so the owner's spirit would not have to perform manual labour in the afterlife, they would have these figurines to do the work for them.
The Birth of Venus (Italian: Nascita di Venere) is a painting by Sandro Botticelli generally thought to have been painted in the mid 1480s. [more]
Queen Nefertari Playing Senet
Period: Original New Kingdom, Ramesside
Dynasty: Dynasty 19
Reign: reign of Ramesses II
Date: ca. 1279–1213 B.C.
Description-
“Nefertari wears an elaborately pleated and fringed gown of sheer linen. She also wears a gold bracelet, a broad collar, and what are probably silver earrings. On her head is the vulture headdress of a queen.”- met museum
Relief fragment with chariots
Period: New Kingdom, Amarna Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Akhenaten
Date: ca. 1352–1336 B.C.
Description-
A scene of chariots waiting on the royal family inside a temple worshipping the Aten. The family had driven to the temple in their chariots.
Finger Ring depicting King Akhenaten and Queen Nefertiti as Shu and Tefnut
Period: New Kingdom, Amarna Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Akhenaten
Date: ca. 1353–1336 BC
Description-
two seated figures are probably Akhenaten (left) and Nefertiti (right)
Hinged Cuff Bracelet
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1425 B.C.
Description-
Associated with the tomb of three foreign wives of Thutmose III.
Seated Statue of Hatshepsut
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Description-
A life size carving of Hatshepsut made of limestone
Torso of Akhenaten
Period: New Kingdom, Amarna Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Akhenaten
Date: ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Description-
This torso statue of Akhenaten was found in the Sanctuary of the Great AtenThe heavy breasts and sagging belly of the king are typical of his representation, a feminized body that may suggest his fertile receptiveness to life and divine inspiration from the Aten.
Heart Scarab of Hatnefer
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
Reign: reign of Thutmose II–Early Joint reign
Date: ca. 1492–1473 B.C.
Description-
Heart scarabs were very popular amulets. This amulet was discovered in the tomb of Hatnefer in 1936.
Letter written in hieratic script on papyrus
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Description-
Papyrus was Egypt’s primary writing source. In the letter a man named “Tet” tells his lord of a bad situation he had caused by insulting a high priest.
