Ancient Egypt PERIODISATION Predynastic period Early Dynastic Period

Ancient Egypt

PERIODISATION • Predynastic period • Early Dynastic Period (c. 3050– 2686 BC) • Old Kingdom (2686– 2181 BC) • First Intermediate Period (2181– 1991 BC) • Middle Kingdom (2134– 1690 BC) • Second Intermediate Period (1674– 1549 BC) and the Hyksos • New Kingdom (1549– 1069 BC) • Amarna period (c. 1350 BC) • Third Intermediate Period (1069– 653 BC) • Late Period (672– 332 BC) • Ptolemaic period (332– 30 BC) • Roman period (30 BC– 641 AD)

Figurine of a bearded man; 3800– 3500 BC Breccia From Upper Egypt Musée des Confluences (Lyon, France)

Ibex comb. 3800– 3500 BC Hippopotamus ivory; height: 6. 5 × 3. 8 cm Louvre

The Battlefield palette. 3100 BC Mudstone Width: 28. 7 cm, depth: 1 cm From Abydos (Egypt) British Museum (London)

Both sides of the Narmer Palette. 3200 -3000 BC Siltstone 64 cm x 42 cm Egyptian Museum, Cairo

Both sides of the Narmer Palette. 3200 -3000 BC Siltstone 64 cm x 42 cm Egyptian Museum, Cairo

Both sides of the Narmer Palette. 3200 -3000 BC Siltstone 64 cm x 42 cm Egyptian Museum, Cairo

Intertwined necks of the serpopards Mesopotamia, Uruk Periodю 4100 BC– 3000 BC Louvre Museum

Giza pyramid complex. Ca. 2580 – 2560 BC

Map of the Giza Plateau, showing the mastabas constructed within the complex

Structure of a mastaba Example of a mastaba

The Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara 2667– 2648 BC, by Imhotep

Statues of Rahotep and Nofret; 2649– 2609 BC Painted limestone; 122 cm Egyptian Museum (Cairo)

Statue of Menkaure with Hathor and Cynopolis. 2551– 2523 BC Schist height: 95. 5 cm Egyptian Museum (Cairo)

Colossal statue of Menkaura 2548– 2530 BC Alabaster Museum of Fine Arts (Boston)

The Seated Scribe. 2613– 2494 BC Painted limestone and inlaid quartz; height: 53. 7 cm Louvre

Wooden statue of the scribe Kaaper. Ca. 2450 BC Wood, copper and rock crystal; height: 1. 1 m from Saqqara; Egyptian Museum (Cairo)

Relief from the chapel of the overseer of the troops Sehetepibre. 1802– 1640 BC Painted limestone; 30. 5 × 42. 5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art

Relief from the temple of Hatshepsu. 1479 -1458 BC Limestone. 33 x 58, 5 cm

Relief of the royal family: Akhenaten, Nefertiti and the three daughters. 1352– 1336 BC Painted limestone; 25 × 20 cm Egyptian Museum of Berlin

The Bust of Nefertiti. 1352– 1336 BC Limestone, plaster & paint; height: 48 cm; from Amarna (Egypt) Egyptian Museum of Berlin

Necklace with amulet. 1980 BC Carnelian, feldspar, and amethyst; overall: 19. 5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art (Ohio, US)

Eye. 1550– 1069 BC Alabaster eye from a coffin; length: 50. 8 mm Auckland War Memorial Museum (Auckland, New Zealand)

Gaming board inscribed for Amenhotep III with separate sliding drawer. 1390– 1353 BC Glazed faience; 5. 5 × 7. 7 × 21 cm Brooklyn Museum (New York City)

Baboon figurine. 1390– 1352 BC Quartzite. 68. 5 × 38. 5 × 45 cm British Museum

Luxor Temple. 1400 BCE The forecourt of the temple, looking south-east.

Luxor Temple. 1400 BCE Pylons and obelisk

The Abu Simbel temples Approximately 1264 BCE