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Title: Seated Scribe
Year: 2450-2325 BCE
Style: Old Kingdom Period
Significance: Painted limestone figure. The scribe's body is slightly flabby, illustrating his easy lifestyle as a scribe. Could have been a physical likeness to the man whose tomb this piece was found next to. |
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Title: Hatshepsut Kneeling
Year: 1473-1458 BCE
Style: New Kingdom Period
Significance: This granite statue was created in the likeness of Hatshepsut. She was a queen who manipulated her husband into giving her power. She eventually disappeared and her body was found much later.
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Title: Akhenaten and His Family
Year: 1353-1336 BCE
Style: Amarna Period
Significance: A limestone sunken relief image of Akhenaten, his wife, and his three children. The piece was designed to show movement and interaction between the family members.
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Title: Inner Coffin of Tutankhamen's Sarcophagus
Year: 1332-1322 BCE
Style: Amarna Period
Significance: King that died at a young age, this piece was not found until 1922. Made of gold and inlaid with semiprecious stones.
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Title: Mummy Wrapping of a Young Boy
Year: 100-120 CE
Style: Roman Period
Significance: A portrait was painted on a wood panel of a young boy and was inserted into the wrapping over the boy's face. It seems as though the boy's individual features were recorded upon his death.
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Title: Figure of a Woman
Year: 2600-2400 BCE
Style: Ancient Bronze Age
Significance: This marble figure was made by the islanders of the region. It simplified the physical features of a woman and this statue was found next to graves.
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Title: Bull's Head Rhyton
Year: 1550-1450 BCE
Style: Minoan style
Significance: Example of a rhyton. This piece was a ritualistic vessel. White powder was put on the bull's face to show the texture and form of the detail.
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Title: Bull Leaping
Year: 1550-1450 BCE
Style: Minoan
Significance: Example of a Flying-gallop pose. This was a wall painting found in Knossos, Crete. Parts of the piece were reconstructed.
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Title: Girl Gathering Saffron Crocus Flowers
Year: Before 1630 BCE
Style: Minoan
Significance: wall painting found in Thera. It was a ceremonial piece because the girl is portrayed with a bald head, and would grow hair when she became a woman. This celebrates the coming of age process
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Title: Menkaure and a Queen
Year: 2490-2472 BCE
Style: Old Kingdom Period
Significance: A statue of the pharoah Menkaure and his wife. Depicts the two of them in simlar size and connected, which signifies that they were a united couple.
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Title: Temple of Ramses II
Year: 1279-1213 BCE
Style: Amarna Period
Significance: A lavish temple built by Ramses to display some of his wealth and power. The 4 statues of the king on the outside reach 65 feet in height, and many smaller statues of gods are located inside the corridor. |
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Title: The Palette of Narmer
Date: 2950 BCE
Style: Early Dynastic Period
Significance: Shows hieractic scale and was a shallow relief carving into stone. This shows Narmer's power and his dominion over upper and lower Egypt. |
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Title: Vapheio Cup
Year: 1650-1450 BCE
Style: Minoan
Significance: This cup was made of metal covered in gold leaf. This used a technique involving pushing the metal out from the back to created the raised image. |
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Title: Woman or Goddess With Snakes
Date: 1700-1550 BCE
Style: Minoan
Significance: Example of term "faience". This piece shows a woman as a dominant figure. Several parts of this piece were repaired or fabricated, so it is not completely original. |
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Title: Warrior Krater
Date: 1300-1100 BCE
Style: Minoan
Significance: This bowl was used to mix water and wine. It symbalizes a warrior's death. |
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