Ancient Egypt spanned from approximately 2660 BCE to 30 BCE. Some key artifacts and sites from Ancient Egypt discussed in the document include the Rosetta Stone from 196 BCE, a wall painting from the tomb of Nebamun from around 1400 BCE, reliefs from the mastaba of Ti dating to around 2450-2350 BCE, and paintings from the tomb of Khnumhotep III from around 1950-1900 BCE. Major sites discussed include the pyramids and Great Sphinx at Giza from around 2551-2528 BCE, the stepped pyramid and sun temple of Djoser at Saqqara from around 2630-2611 BCE, the mortuary temple of Hatshepsut and temples of

1. Ancient Egypt

2. Ancient Egypt map

3. THE ROSETTA STONE, inscribed with a decree of the priests of Memphis,
offering divine honours on Ptolemy V., Epiphanes, King of Egypt, B.C. 193.

4. Dates: ca. 2660 BCE
Original location: Saqqara
Current location: Egyptian Museum,
Cairo

5. Title: A garden pool; fragment of a wall painting from the tomb of Nebamun
Date: ca. 1400 BCE
Current location: British Museum, London
Culture: New Kingdom Egypt
Work type: Painting

6. Ti watching hippopotamus hunt,
relief in the mastaba of Ti,
Saqqara, Egypt, Dynasty V, ca.
2450_2350 BCE Painted Limestone
hunting scene approx. 4’ high

7. The wall painting from the tomb

8. Ancient Egyptian Painting "Birds in an acacia tree, wall painting from Tomb of
Khnumhotep III, Beni Hasan, Middle Kingdom" ca. 1950-1900 BCE (painted
limestone) by Egyptian, 12th Dynasty (1991-1786 BC)

9. Fresco from Ancient Egypt culture Dates: ca. 2300 BCE
Original location: Mastaba of Nefermaat at Meidum
Current location: Egyptian Museum of Cairo

10. Ka- Aper, from hia mastaba at Saqqara,
Egypt, Dynasty V, ca. 2450_ 2350 BCE. Wood,
approx. 3’ 7” high. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.

11. Imhotep

12. IMHOTEP, Stepped Pyramid andmortuary precinct of Djoser,
Saqqara, Egypt, Dynasty III, ca. 2630- 2611 BCE.

13. Great Pyramids, Gizeh, Egypt, Dynasty IV

14. Great Pyramids, Gizeh, Egypt, Dynasty IV. From left: pyramids of
Menkaure, ca. 2490- 2471 BCE; Khafre, ca. 2520- 2494 BCE; and Khufu,
ca. 2551-2528 BCE

15. Section of Pyramid of Khufu, Gizeh, Egypt.

16. Average core blocks of the Great
Pyramid weigh about 1.5 tons
each, and the granite blocks used
to roof the burial chambers are
estimated to weigh up to 80 tons
each.

17. The Louvre Pyramid, Paris
The large pyramid serves as the main entrance to the Louvre
Museum. Completed in 1989,

18. Great Sphnix ( with Pyramid of Khafre in the background at the left),
Gizeh, Egypt, Dynasty IV, ca. 2520-2494 BCE. Sandstone, approx.
65’high, 240’long

19. Rock cut tombs, BH 3-5, Beni Hasan, Egypt, Dynasty XII, ca. 1950-
1900 BCE.

20. Interior hall of the rock cut tomb of Amenemhet (BH2), Beni
Hasan, Egypt, Dynasty XII, ca. 1950-1900 BCE.

21. Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut (with the Middle Kingdom mortuary
temple of Mentuhotep II at left), Deir el-bahri, Egypt, Dynasty XVIII, ca.
1473-1458 BCE

22. Temple of Ramses II, Abu Simbel, Egypt, Dynasty XIX, ca. 1290-
1224 BCE. Sandstone, colossi approx. 65’ high.

24. The statue of Ramses the Great
at the Great Temple of Abu
Simbel is reassembled after
having been moved in 1967 to
save it from being flooded.

25. Interior of the temple of
Ramses II, Abu Simbel, Egypt,
Dynasty XIX, ca. 1290-1224 BCE,
Sandstone, pillar statues
approx. 32’ high.

26. Hypostyle hall, temple of Amen-
Re, Karnak, Egypt, Dynasty XIX,
ca. 1290-1224 BCE.

27. Relief study of King
Akhenaton
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18,
ca. 1340 BC
Limestone
Height 15 cm

28. Egyptian, Throne Back
Depicting Tutankhamen

29. Death mask of Tutankhamen, from
the innermost coffin in his tomb at
Thebes, Egypt, Dynasty XVIII, ca.
1323 BCE. Gold with inlay of
semiprecious stones, 1’ 9 1/4” high.
Egyptian Museum, Cairo.

30. Detail of the Death mask of
Tutankhamen, from the innermost
coffin in his tomb at Thebes, Egypt,
Dynasty XVIII, ca. 1323 BCE. Gold with
inlay of semiprecious stones, 1’ 9 1/4”
high. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.

31. Last judgment of Hu-Nefer, from his tomb at Thebes, Egypt, Dynasty
XIX, ca. 1290–1280 BCE. Painted papyrus scroll, approx. 1’ 6” high.
British Museum, London.