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ART201-02
Art for eternity
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Art History
Undergraduate 2
11/18/2008

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Palette of King Narmer (left, back; right, front), From Heirakonpolis, Egypt, Predynastic, c. 3000-2920 BC. Slate approx. 2’ 1” high
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Great Pyramids of Giza, Egypt, Pyramids of Menkaure c. 2490-2472 BC, Khafre, c. 2520-2494 BC, Khufu, c. 2551-2528 BC
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Great Sphinx, Giza, Egypt, Dynasty IV, c. 2520-2494 BC, Sandstone, approx. 65’ high, 240’ long, Section of the Pyramid of Khufu, Giza, Egypt
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Imhotep, stepped pyramid and mortuary precinct of Djoser, Saqqara, Egypt, Dynasty III, c. 2630-2611 BC
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Not sure if this is the right head, but you get the idea.

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Portrait Head, c. 2551-2528 BC, Found in a tomb at Giza, Limestone, Height 27.8 cm
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The Garden of Nebamun, c. 1400 BC, Wall-painting from a tomb in Thebes, 64 x 74.2 cm
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Portrait of Hesire, From a wooden door in his tomb, c. 2778-2723 BC, Wood, Height 115 cm
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Wall Painting from the tomb of Khnumhotep, c. 1900 BC, Found at Beni Hassan, From a drawing after the original, published by Karl Lepsius, Denkmäler, 1842
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Birds in an Acacia Bush, detail of wall-painting from the Tomb of Khnumhotep

 

Yielded no image results.  Check your book

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Good luck on your test, cutie!
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The Jackal-faced god Anubis supervising the weighing of a dead man’s heart, while the ibis-headed messenger-god Thoth on the right records the result, c. 1285 BC, Scene from an Egyptian ‘Book of the Dead’, a painted papyrus scroll

 

Ok your prof. is obviously making up titles for these things.  These are hard to find!

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The Book of the Dead, Ba and the dead body, c. 1450 BC, New Kingdom, From Thebes
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The Tomb of Irinefer, Ba and shadow, c. 1170 BC, New Kingdom, Lime plaster, pigment, Thebes

 

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RAwrrrrr!
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Menkaure and Khamerernebty, From Giza, Egypt, Dynasty IV, c. 2490-2472 BC, approx. 4’ 6½” high
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Seated scribe (Possibly Kay), From his mastaba at Saqqara, Egypt, Dynasty V, c. 2450-2350 BC, Painted limestone, Approx. 1’ 9” high

 

(possibly wrong)

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Goats treading seed and cattle fording a canal , Reliefs in mastaba of Ti, Saqqara, Egypt, Dynasty V, c. 2450-2350 BC. Painted limestone

 

All I got was pictures of Geese.

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Weird!
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The Tomb of Akhethetep and Ptahhetep, Wall reliefs, Hunting waterfowl and a battle between ships, c. 2400 BC, Old Kingdom, Limestone, pigment, Saqqara
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The Funerary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, c. 1480 BC New Kingdom, Thebes
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Queen Hatshepsut, c. 1480 BC, New Kingdom, Limestone, pigment, 195 cm high, from Thebes
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Temple of Amen-Re, Hypostyle hall, Karnak, Egypt, Dynasty XIX, c. 1290-1224 BC
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Akhnaten, From the tomb of Amen-Re, Karnak, Egypt, Dynasty XVIII, c. 1353-1335 BC, Sandstone, Approx. 13’ high
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Amenophis IV (Akhnaten), c. 1360 BC, Limestone relief, Height 14 cm
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Thutmose, Nefertiti, from Tell el-Amarna, Egypt, Dynasty XVIII, c. 1353-1335 BC, Painted limestone, approx. 1’ 8” high
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Tutankhamun and his wife, c. 1330 BC, Detail of gilt and painted Woodwork from the throne found in his tomb
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Akhnaten and Nefertiti with their children, c. 1345 BC, Limestone altar relief, 32.5 x 39 cm
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King Amenhetep IV (Akhenaten) and Queen Nefertiti, c. 1360 BC, New Kingdom, Limestone relief, pigment, 24 cm high, from Tell al-Amarna, The Ancient Near East, 3,500-636 AD

 

Not sure which image this is.  It COULD be the one on the back of this flash card, but I used it on another card earlier ;~;

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Dagger, c. 1600 BC, Found at Mycenae, Bronze inlaid with gold, silver and niello, length 23.8 cm

 

Not sure if this is the right image, but it's the only dagger you're getting tested on...

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Temple of Horus, Edfu, Egypt, c. 237-47 BC
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Bull-headed lyre (restored), From Tomb 789 (“King’s Grave”), Royal Cemetery, Ur (modern Tell Maqayyar) Iraq, c. 2600 BC., Gilt and inlaid wood
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Monument of King Naramsin, c. 2270 BC, Found in Susa, Stone, Height 200 cm
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Assyrian army besieging a fortress, c. 883-859 BC, Detail of alabaster relief from the palace of King Asurnasirpal at Nimrud

 

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But it'll be an alabaster relief of an army!  Should be the only one.
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Dying lioness, detail of a relief from the Palace of Ashurbanipal, Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik), Iraq, c. 645-640 BC, Gypsum, figure approx. 1’ 4” high
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Ishtar Gate (restored), Babylon, Iraq, c. 575 BC, Glazed brick
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Lamassu (winged, human-headed bull), From the citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad), Iraq, c. 720-705 BC, Limestone, approx. 13’ 10” high
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