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Statue of RaneferA statue depicts the young Ranefer as a handsome, athletic and a muscular man wearing a short kilt tied at the waist and a simple short wig. He is portrayed in the traditional pose, advancing with the left leg forward, his hands by his sides holding two cylinders, having a serious expression andContinue reading “Statue of Ranefer”

Seated Statue of King KhafraThe king has his chest and shoulders embodying strength in repose sits on a simple block, both hands lie on his lap, the left is open palm downwards while the right is fisted thumb up around a folded piece of cloth.Old Kingdom4th Dynastyc.a 2613-2494 BCAlabaster,from Memphis.Now in the Egyptian MuseumCairo.

“Self-presentation is the oldest and most common component of ancient Egyptian high culture.It arose in the context of private tomb recordswhere the character and role of an individual―invariably a well-to-do non-royal elite official or administrator―were presented purposefullypublished by inscription and image, to a contemporary audience and to posterity.Living Forever:Self-presentation in Ancient Egypt looks at howContinue reading “Living Forever Self-Presentation in Ancient Egypt”

Ramesses II Making an Offering to Amun-ReRelief depicts the pharaoh Ramesses IImaking an offering of Nu-vasesto the seated god Amun-Redetail of a wall carving in the Small Temple of Hathor and Nefertari at Abu SimbelLower Nubia.

Osiris.Polychrome limestone reliefs from the Temple of Hatshepsut.

Fragment of a painting on lemon wood depicting a priest during a burial ceremonyfrom Deir el-MedinaNew Kingdom19th DynastyReign of Ramsesses IIc.a 1279-1213 B.C

Statue of Ramessesnakht holding the Theban TriadRamessesnakht servedas High Priest of Amun from the reigns of Ramesses IVuntil that of Ramesses IXHe is donating a statue of the Theban familyAmun is seated in the middle of the little group wearing tall feathers on his flat topped crownto his left his wife the goddess Mut withContinue reading “Statue of Ramessesnakht holding the Theban Triad”