New Kingdom
1640 -1070 BCE
Stylistic characteristics of the Amarna period
Most students of ancient Egyptian are aware that the Artwork composed during the Amarna Period under Akhenaten differs markedly from that of other periods in Egyptian history, One of the most visible changes in the art of this period was the manner in whi
Religion of the sun god in the Amarna period
The Amarna Period in Egyptian history is a spectacular time filled with mystery, regardless of the massive research and analysis of Egyptologists and layman enthusiasts. Because religion played such a significant role in all of Egypt's history, the period
Religion with preoccupation with afterlife in the 19th and 20th dynasties
According to their religion, when you died, your soul continued. But unlike in a lot of modern religions, your soul was not just a formless thing. It actually could animate a statue of the dead person, or much better, the body of the dead person. And that
Custom of household cult of the ancestors: stele and busts of ancestors
Ancestor cult in Ancient Egypt
The cult of the dead is prominent in ancient Egypt, but generally involves a person securing an afterlife either for themselves or for immediate relations: there is less evidence that ancestors from earlier generations recei
Temple of Hatshepsut, New Kingdom ca. 1640 -1070 BCE
Great Temple of Amun at Karnak, New Kingdom ca.1640 - 1070 BCE
Hypostyle Hall, Great Temple of Amun, at Karnak, 19th Dynasty New Kingdom ca. 1640 - 1070 BCE
State Temple at Luxor New Kingdom ca. 1640 -1070 BCE
Statue of Akhenaten New Kingdom ca. 1640 -1070 BCE
Relief with Akhenaten and Nefertiti, New Kingdom ca. 1640 - 1070 BCE
Limestone Altar stele with Akhenaten and his family New Kingdom ca. 1640 -1070 BCE
Nefertiti bust New Kingdom ca. 1640 -1070 BCE
Funerary Mask of Tutankhamen New Kingdom ca. 1640 - 1070 BCE
Innermost Coffin of Tutankhamen New Kingdom ca.1640 -1070 BCE
Temple of Ramses III at Medinet New Kingdom ca. 1640 -1070 BCE
Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel,
19th Dynasty New Kingdom ca. 1640 - 1070 BCE
Painting in the tomb of Panehsy,
19th dynasty New Kingdom 1640 -1070 BCE
Papyrus with Hu-Nefer's last
judgment, 19th Dynasty New Kingdom 1640 - 1070 BCE
Temple of Hatshepsut, New Kingdom ca. 1640 -1070 BCE
Cult of Horus the child
Originally the sky-god of the Nile Valley, whose eyes were the sun and moon, the falcon deity Horus was soon assimilated into the Osirian myth as the child of Isis and Osiris. Raised in the swamps of the Delta by Isis and Hathor, Horus set out to avenge h
Coffin decoration, wooden stele and papyri in coffins
The Egyptians began to use containers for the body in burials before the 1st dynasty. Coffins were mostly box-like during the Old Kingdom and the characteristic Egyptian anthropoid (human shaped) type appeared first in the Middle Kingdom. The development
Coffin of Hor, 22nd dynasty 3rd Intermediate Period
(1070 - 712 BCE)
Funerary stele of Deniuenkhons,
22nd dynasty
3rd Intermediate Period
(1070 - 712 BCE)
Vignette from the Book of the dead
Provenance Coffin of Deniuenkhons, Thebes, 22nd dynasty
3rd Intermediate Period
(1070 - 712 BCE)
Return to old Kingdom prototypes in the end of the 3rd intermediate and during the late period
Upper Egypt remained for a time under the rule of Tantamani, while Lower Egypt was ruled from 664 BC by the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty, client kings established by the Assyrians who nevertheless managed to successfully bring about Egypt's political independence
Statue of Montuemhat, Karnak, 25th dynasty
Late Period (712 - 332 BCE)
Statue of Tjayasetimu, 25th dynasty
Late Period (712 - 332 BCE)
Ziggurat in the palace of Sargon II with spiral ramp
Sargon II
City surrounded by defensive walls & measures 1 sq. mile
Palace elevated on 50 ft. mound & covered 25 acres + more than 200 rooms
King received emissaries in throne room (had to pass life-size statues of king/lions
Ziggurat was 7 stories high; e
Reliefs with dying animals and lion hunts in the Palace of Assurbanibal in Ninneveh
The Most Magnificent Achievement Of Assyrian Culture Was In The Field Of Art�The Carved Figures With Which Sculptors Decorated Temples And Palaces. By Filling Open Spaces With Scenes Of Battlefield And Hunting Ground, The Assyrians Bequeathed A Rich Legac
Lionhunt relief from the Palace of Assurnasirpal II, Assyrians
883 - 612 BCE
Enemies crossing the Euphrates river from the Palace of Assurnasirpal II,
Assyrians
883 - 612 BCE
Citadel of Sargon II in Dur Sharrukin,
Assyrians
700 BC-601 BC
Relief with Assurbanipal and his queen in his Palace at Nineveh,
Assyrians
883 - 612 BCE
Stylistic characteristics going back to Babylonian and Sumerian Art
Sumerian craftsmanship was of marked excellence from very early times. A vase in alabaster from Erech (c.3500 ; Iraq Mus., Baghdad) shows a detailed ceremonial procession of men and animals to the fertility goddess Inanna, carved in four bands on an elega
Stele of Mardukapaliddina, Neo-Babylon
614-539 BCE
614 - 604 BCE
Nabopolassar, an Assyrian commander established his dynasty with Babylon as his capital
604 - 562 BCE
Nebuchadnezzar, son of Nabopolassar
Ishtar Gate in Babylon,
Neo-Babylon
614 - 539 BCE
Building inscription of
Nabuapaliddina,
Neo-Babylon
614 - 539 BCE
Egyptian, Mesopotamian and Greek prototypes in Persian art
The art of ancient Persia includes architecture, painting, sculpture, metalwork and goldsmithing from the early kingdom of Iran in southwest Asia. The term "Persia" derives from a region of southern Iran previously known as Persis, or Parsa, which itself
Plan of Persepolis, Iran,
Persians
700 - 323 BCE
7th century
Achaemenes established the Persian dynasty
7th century
Medians subjugated the Persians
First half of 6th century
Daughter of Median ruler Astyages married Persian Cambyses I
559 BCE
Son of Cambyses I, Cyrus I united Medes and Persians, conquered Ecbatana, Babylon, India, Anatolia
552 BCE
Son of Cyrus, Cambyses II conquered Egypt
522 - 486 BCE
Son of Cambyses II, Darius I conquered Asia Minor, Black Sea, Balkans
485 - 465
Xerxes
Hall of 100 columns,
Persians
559-330 BC
Apadana,
Persians
700 - 323 BCE
Apadana,
Persians
700 - 323 BCE
Apadana,
Persians
700 - 323 BCE
Hall of 100 columns,
Persians
559-330 BC
Hall of 100 columns,
Persians
700 - 323 BCE
Darius and Xerxes, Treasury,
Persepolis,
Persians
700 - 323 BCE
Reliefs in Apadana depicting tribune, and combat scenes, 518 - 460 BCE
This broken relief from the Persian royal capital Persepolis depicts a row of so-called Susian guards. They are very similar to figures formed from moulded glazed bricks from the city of Susa. They may represent the 'immortals' who made up the king's pers
3rd Intermediate Period
1070 - 712 BCE
Late Period
712 - 332 BCE
Assyrian
883 - 612 BCE
Neo?Babylon
614 - 539 BCE
Persians
700 - 323 BCE
Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel,
19th Dynasty New Kingdom ca. 1640 - 1070 BCE
Temple of Ramses III at Medinet
New Kingdom
ca.1640 -1070 BCE