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Hatshepsut
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(c.1490)
Helped Thutmosis III (stepson/nephew) with power, reigned co-ruler for 22 years, he soon took her place and defaced her monuments. |
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Akhenaten
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(c.1370)
Name was once Amenhotep. Worshiped the son god, monotheistic. features:Shown w/ elongated head and limbs, exaggerated nose and full lips. Most human of pharaohs |
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Amarna
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Period of short-lived but quite distinctive culture of Akhenaten's reign.
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Akhenaten, Nefertit, and Three of Their Children
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Amarna, 18th Dynasty
c. 1370 BC Description: Limestone relief. Royal family sits beneath rays of the sun, symbolyzing the sun god Aton. Naturalism typical of period. |
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Death Mask of Tutankhamen
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Thebes, 18th Dynasty
c. 1323 Description: Gold Inlay of semiprecious stones, falsebeard, symbol of kingship, and the sumpuous use of precious metals of lapis lazuli. |
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Temple of Ramses II
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Abu Simbel, 19th Dynasty
c. 1275-1225 Description: Most colossal of all Egyptian constructions. Statues outside all of Ramses |