This document provides an overview of ancient Egyptian art from the Predynastic period through the Roman period, highlighting key styles, sites, and works. It features over 100 images and descriptions of artifacts ranging from the Palette of King Narmer from 3,000 BCE to Faiyum portraits from the 2nd century CE. The art progressed from early tomb paintings and reliefs to monumental sculptures and architecture, including mastabas, pyramids like those of Djoser and Khufu, temples such as Karnak and Abu Simbel, and Amarna period works depicting Akhenaten and Nefertiti.

1. Ancient Egyptian Art

2. Chapter 3 Theme
Tombs
Temples
&
Timelessness

4. Predynastic Art

5. Palette of King Narmer
from Hierakonpolis, Egypt
ca. 3,000-2,920 B.C.E.
slate
approximately 25 in. high

6. Palette of King Narmer
from Hierakonpolis, Egypt
ca. 3,000-2,920 B.C.E.
slate
approximately 25 in. high

7. Palette of King Narmer
from Hierakonpolis, Egypt
ca. 3,000-2,920 B.C.E.
slate
approximately 25 in. high

9. *Ka
*Mastaba
Imhotep
Pyramid and Mortuary of Djoser
Saqqara, Egypt
ca. 2,630-2,611 B.C.E.
limestone

10. Imhotep
Pyramid and Mortuary of Djoser
Saqqara, Egypt
ca. 2,630-2,611 B.C.E.
limestone

11. Imhotep
Façade of the North Palace
Mortuary of Djoser
Saqqara, Egypt
ca. 2,630-2,611 B.C.E.
limestone

12. Imhotep
Columnar entrance
to the Mortuary of Djoser
Saqqara, Egypt
ca. 2,630-2,611 B.C.E.
limestone

13. Tomb of Perneb (mastaba)
from Saqqara, Egypt
ca. 2,350-2,323 B.C.E.
limestone
approximately 16 ft. high

15. Old Kingdom Art

17. Great Pyramids
Gizeh, Egypt
Pyramids of Menkaure, ca. 3,000-2,920 B.C.E.; Khafre, ca. 2520-2494 B.C.E.;
Khufu ca. 2551-2528 B.C.E.
limestone
largest (Khufu) approximately 450 ft. high

18. Great Pyramids
Gizeh, Egypt
Pyramids of Menkaure, ca. 3,000-2,920
B.C.E.; Khafre, ca. 2520-2494 B.C.E.;
Khufu ca. 2551-2528 B.C.E.
limestone
largest (Khufu) approximately 450 ft. high

20. Great Sphinx
Gizeh, Egypt
ca. 2520-2494 B.C.E.
sandstone
approximately 65 ft. high

22. Khafre
from Gizeh, Egypt
ca. 2,520-2,494 B.C.E.
diorite
approximately 66 in. high

23. Menkaure and Khamerenebty
from Gizeh, Egypt
ca. 2,490-2,472 B.C.E.
graywacke
approximately 54 1/2 in. high

24. Menkaure and Khamerenebty
from Gizeh, Egypt
ca. 2,490-2,472 B.C.E.
graywacke
approximately 54 1/2 in. high

25. Seated Scribe
from Saqqara, Egypt
ca. 2,450-2,350 B.C.E.
painted limestone
approximately 21 in. high

26. Ka-Aper
from his mastaba at Saqqara, Egypt
ca. 2,450-2,350 B.C.E.
wood
approximately 43 in. high

27. Ti watching hippopotamus hunt
from Saqqara, Egypt
ca. 2,450-2,350 B.C.E.
painted limestone
approximately 48 in. high

28. Goats Treading Seed and Cattle Fording a Canal
Saqqara, Egypt - Mastaba of Ti
ca. 2450-2350 B.C.E.
painted limestone

29. Unfinished Egpytian painting

30. Middle Kingdom Art

32. Senusret III
ca. 1860 BCE
Red quartzite
Approximately 6.5 in. high

33. Rock-cut tombs
Beni Hasan, Egypt
ca. 1,950-1,900 B.C.E.

34. Rock cut Tombs BH 3-5
Beni Hasan, Egypt, Dynasty XII
ca. 1950-1900 B.C.E.

35. Tomb of Meketre, Thebes, Egypt
ca. 1,985 B.C.E.

36. Tomb of Meketre, Thebes, Egypt
ca. 1,985 B.C.E.

37. Riverboat
from tomb of Meketre, Thebes, Egypt
ca. 1,985 B.C.E.
gessoed and painted wood
50 3/8 in. long

38. Statuette of an offering bearer
from tomb of Meketre, Thebes, Egypt
ca. 1,985 B.C.E.
gessoed and painted wood
44 1/8 in. high

39. Hippopotamus
from Thebes, Egypt
1991-1783 B.C.E.
faience and ceramic
7 7/8 in. long

40. New Kingdom Art

42. Senmut
Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
Deir el-Bahri, Egypt
ca. 1,473-1,458 B.C.E.
Pillar

44. Statue of Hatshepsut
Deir el-Bahri, Egypt
ca. 1,473-1,458 B.C.E.
limestone
76 3/4 in. high

45. Hatshepsut
with offering jars
Deir el-Bahri, Egypt
ca. 1,473-1,458 B.C.E.
red granite
8 ft. 6 in. high

47. Temple of Ramses II
from Abu Simbel, Egypt
ca. 1290-1224 B.C.E.
colossi approximately 65 ft. high

48. Temple of Ramses II
from Abu Simbel, Egypt
ca. 1290-1224 B.C.E.
colossi approximately 65 ft. high

49. Temple of Ramses II
from Abu Simbel, Egypt
ca. 1290-1224 B.C.E.
atlantids approximately 32 ft. high

51. Temple of Amen-Re
Karnak, Egypt
ca. 15th century B.C.E.

52. Model of Hypostyle hall Temple of Amen-Re
Karnak, Egypt, Dynasty XIX
ca. 1290-1224 B.C.E.

53. Hypostyle hall Temple of Amen-Re
Karnak, Egypt, Dynasty XIX
ca. 1290-1224 B.C.E.

54. Block statue
Semnut with Princess Nefrua
from Thebes, Egypt
ca. 1470-1460 B.C.E.
granite
36 1/2 in. high

55. Semnut with Princess Nefrua
from Thebes, Egypt
ca. 1470-1460 B.C.E.
granite
36 1/2 in. high

56. Fowling Scene
from the tomb of Nebamun, Thebes, Egypt
ca. 1,400-1,350 B.C.E.
fresco secco
32 in. high

57. Akhenaton
from the temple of Amen-Re, Karnak, Egypt
ca. 1,353-1,335 B.C.E.
sandstone
approximately 13 ft. high

58. Akhenaton sacrificing a duck
ca. 1,353-1,335 B.C.E.
limestone
9 5/8 in. high

59. Thutmose
Nefertiti
from Tell el-Amarna, Egypt
ca. 1,353-1,335 B.C.E.
painted limestone
20 in. high

60. Tiye
from Gurob, Egypt
ca. 1,353-1,335 B.C.E.
wood with gold, silver, alabaster, & lapis
3 3/4 in. high

61. Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three
daughters
From Amarna, Egypt
ca. 1,353-1,335 B.C.E.
Sunken relief

62. Canopic jar
from Thebes, Egypt
ca. 1,349-1,336 B.C.E.
alabaster with stone and glass inlay
20 1/2 in. high

64. Death Mask of Tutankhamen
from Thebes, Egypt
ca. 1,323 B.C.E.
gold with semiprecious stones
21 1/4 in. high

65. Innermost coffin of Tutankhamen
from Thebes, Egypt
ca. 1,323 B.C.E.
gold with semiprecious stones
73 in. high

66. Painted chest
of Tutankhamen
from Thebes, Egypt
ca. 1,333-1,323 B.C.E.
painted wood
20 in. long

67. Wedjat Eye of Tutankhamen
from Thebes, Egypt
ca. 1,333-1,323 B.C.E.
gold and precious stones
2 in. wide

68. Last judgment of Hu-Nefer
from Thebes, Egypt
ca. 1,290-1280 B.C.E.
painted papyrus scroll
18 in. high

69. Book of the Dead
from Thebes, Egypt
ca. 1,040-945 B.C.E.
painted and inscribed papyrus
13 3/4 in. high

70. Ptolemaic Art

72. Temple of Horus
Edfu, Egypt
ca. 237-47 B.C.E.

73. Cat
from Thebes, Egypt
304-31 B.C.E.
bronze
11 in. high

74. Roman-Egyptian Art

76. Temple of Dendur
from Nubia
ca. 15 B.C.E.
sandstone
82 ft. long

77. Temple of Dendur
from Nubia
ca. 15 B.C.E.
sandstone
82 ft. long

78. Temple of Dendur
from Nubia
ca. 15 B.C.E.
sandstone
82 ft. long

80. Portrait of a boy
from Faiyum, Egypt
2nd century A.D.
encaustic on wood
15 in. high

81. Faiyum portraits
2nd century A.D.
encaustic on wood