Egyptian Art

Gods on Earth

ChronologyPeriod Dynasty Dates Art

Pre-Dynastic 5450-3100 BCE

Early Dynastic

Dynasties 1-2

3100-2649 BCE

Palette of Narmer

Old Kingdom Dynasties 3-6

2649-2150 BCE

Kafre Ka Statue and Pyramids at

Giza First

IntermediateDynasties 7-

112143-1991

BCEMiddle

KingdomDynasties

12-141991-1700

BCE

ChronologyPeriod Dynasty Dates ArtSecond

IntermediateDynasties

15-171640-1550

BCENew

KingdomDynasties

18-201550-1070

BCEBook of the

Dead, Hatshepsut,

Armana PeriodThird

IntermediateDynasties

21-251070-660

BCELate

DynasticDynasties

26-30688-343 BCE

Persian Kings

343-323 BCE

Ptolemaic Macedonian Kings

323-31 BCE Rosetta Stone

CREATION MYTH

At first, there was only Nun. Nun was the dark waters of chaos.

One day, a hill rose up out of the waters. This hill was called Ben-Ben.

On this hill stood Atum, the first god.

Atum coughed and spat out Shu, the god of the air, and Tefnut, the goddess of moisture.

Shu and Tefnut had two children. First, there was Geb, the god of the earth. Then, there was Nut, the goddess of the sky. Shu lifted Nut up so that she became a canopy over Geb.

Nut and Geb had four children named Osiris, Isis, Seth and Nephthys. Osiris was the king of the earth and Isis was the queen. Osiris was a good king, and he ruled over the earth for many years.

However, everything was not well. Seth was jealous of Osiris because he wanted to be the ruler of the earth. He grew angrier and angrier until one day he killed Osiris. Osiris went down into the underworld and Seth remained on earth and became king.

Osiris and Isis had one son called Horus. Horus battled against Seth and regained the throne. After that, Horus was the king of the earth and Osiris was the king of the underworld. The End

Palette of NarmerDate: c. 3100 BCEMedium: SlateLocation: Hierakonpolis

Rosetta StoneDate: 196 BCMedium: BasaltLocation: Rosetta, Egypt

Book of the DeadDate: 1285 BCEMedium: Painted PapyrusLocation: Buried between legs of dead.

Old Kingdom

Dynasties 3-62649-2150 BCE

Ka Statues

Canon of Proportions

Prince Rahotep and His wife NofretDate: 2551-2528 BCEMedium: Painted LimestoneLocation: Cairo, Egypt

Seated ScribeDate: 2551-2528 BCEMedium: Painted LimestoneLocation: Saqqara

Step Pyramid; Funerary Complex of King ZoserArchitect: ImhotepDate: 2630-2611 BCEMedium: LimestoneLocation: Saqqara

Pyramids at GizaDate: 2551-2472 BCEMedium: LimestoneLocation: Giza, Egypt

New Kingdom

Dynasties 18-201550-1070 BCE

Nebamun hunting Birds, from the tomb of NebamunDate: c. 1390-1352 BCEMedium: painting on Gypsum PlasterLocation: Thebes

Temple of Amon-RaDate: c. 1294-1213 BCELocation: Karnak

Temple of Amon-Mut-KhonsuDate: c. 1390 BCELocation: Luxor

1. Great Pylon of Ramses II2. Great Court of Ramses II3. Mosque of Sufi Shaykh Ysuf

Abu al-Haijaj4. Pylon and colonnade of

Amonhotep III5. Court of Amonhotep III6. Hypostyle Hall7. Chapel of Alexander the Great8. Holy of Holies - Sanctuary

The Queen Pharaoh

Funerary Temple of Queen HatshepsutDate: 1473-1458 BCEMedium: Sand StoneLocation: Deir el-Bahri

Statue of Hatshepsut as PharaohDate: c. 1473-1458 BCEMedium: Granite

Armana Period

AkhenatenDate: c. 1353-1350 BCEMedium: SandstoneLocation: Karnak

Bust of NefertitiDate: 1349-1336 BCEMedium: Painted LimestoneLocation: Akhetaten

Akhenaten and NefertitiDate: 1349-1336 BCEMedium: LimestoneLocation: Akhetaten

Mask of TutankhamonDate: c. 1327 BCEMedium: Gold inlaid with Enamel and semiprecious stonesLocation: Egypt

Temple of Ramses IIDate: 1279-1213Location: Abu Simbel, Nubia