EGYPT UNDER THE PHAROAHSAPAH – GARDINER CHAPTER 3-3

PP. 64-73

Quiz 3-3pp. 73-78

1.

THE MIDDLE KINGDOM

SENRUSET III

BENI HASAN

THE NEW KINGDOM

TEMPLE OF HATSHEPSUT

TEMPLE OF RAMSES II

TEMPLE OF AMEN-RE, KARNAK

Axial plan is characteristic of much of Egyptian architecture

HYPOSTYLE HALL = a hall with a roof supported by columns

Central section and columns are taller than the rest created a clerestory to allow light into the interior

CLERESTORY = the fenestrated part of a building that rises above the roofs of the other parts

Columns in the hypostyle hall at Karnak are covered with bands of painted sunken relief sculptures

SENMUT AND NEFRURA

New Kingdom block statues

Senmut with Princess Nefrura from Thebes, 1470-1460 BCE, granite

The ka could find an eternal home in the cubic stone image of the deceased

Heads with the two bodies as a single cubic block covered with inscriptions

Hatshepsut’s chancellor holds the pharaoh’s daughter in his lap

TOMB OF NEBAMUN

Some of the best New Kingdom murals come from the tomb of Nebamun

Fowling scene, from the tomb of Nebamun in Thebes, 1400-1350 BCE, fresco on dry plaster

FRESCO SECCO

Scene of deceased official flushing birds from a swamp, enjoying eternal recreation

More movement than the Ti watching hippopotami