The New Kingdom: Overview Ancient Egypt The New Kingdom: Overview

Palaeolithic 700,000-7000 BCE Saharan Neolithic 8800-4700 Early 8800-6800 Middle 6600-5100 Late 5100-4700 Predynastic 5300-3000 Lower Egypt Neolithic 5300-4000 Maadi 4000-3200 Upper Egypt Badarian 4400-4000 Naqada I 4000-3500 (Amratian) Naqada II 3500-3200 (Gerzean) Naqada III 3200-3000 (Dynasty 0) wikipedia 1ST Persian Period (27th-30th) 525-404 2d Persian Period 343-332 Ptolemaic Period 332-30 Macedonian332-310 Ptolemaic 305-30 Roman 30 BCE-642 CE

Heliacal Rising of Sirius Wikipedia http://catdirtsez.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-making-of-middle-sea-by-cyprian.html

Poetical Stele of Thutmose III (18th Dyn) from Karnak (1 Poetical Stele of Thutmose III (18th Dyn) from Karnak (1.7 m); Cairo Museum (Simpson 351-54) MFA http://catdirtsez.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-making-of-middle-sea-by-cyprian.html Victory stele of Thutmose III (18th Dyn) from Temple of Amun at Gebel Barkal (1.72 m); Boston, MFA

Details of the Annals of Tuthmoses III at Karnak (18th Dyn) Wikipedia http://www.panoramio.com/photo/25907059 Details of the Annals of Tuthmoses III at Karnak (18th Dyn)

The Battle of Megiddo: Thutmose III smiting Canaanite enemies on the seventh pylon at Karnak (18th Dyn)

Hatshepsut’s obelisk at Karnak (18th Dyn) Wikipedia http://public.fotki.com/housecreator/not-mine-photos-for/about-pharaons-world/hatshepsut-obelisks.html Hatshepsut’s obelisk at Karnak (18th Dyn)

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Mummy of Seqenenre Taa (17th Dyn) Kamose's second stela, Luxor Museum wikipedia Mummy of Seqenenre Taa (17th Dyn) Kamose's second stela, Luxor Museum

Met Seated Statue of Hatshepsut (limestone, 1.95 m) and Hatshepsut in a Devotional Attitude (granite, 2.42) from Thebes (18th Dyn), Metropolitan Museum

The three temples at Deir el Bahari: part of Hatshepsut's temple (18th Dyn) on left, Tuthmosis III's temple (18th Dyn) in center, and Mentuhotep II's temple (11th Dyn) on right Wikipedia High Steward Senenmut holding the princess Neferure (granite, 0.73 m) from Karnak, Temple of Amun (18th Dyn); British Museum

Tuthmosis III (18th Dyn) from Karnak (greywacke, 0.90 m); Luxor Museum wikipedia Tuthmosis III (18th Dyn) from Karnak (greywacke, 0.90 m); Luxor Museum

Head of Amenhotep II (18th Dyn) (Black granite, 19 cm); Metropolitan Museum Colossal head of Amenhotep II (18th Dyn) from the Temple of Mut at Karnak (granite, 2.87 m); British Museum Wikipedia http://public.fotki.com/housecreator/not-mine-photos-for/about-pharaons-world/hatshepsut-obelisks.html

Wikipedia www-scf.usc.edu House shrine of Akhenaten, Nefertiti and their children from Amarna (18th Dyn) (limestone, 32,5 cm); Egyptian Museum, Berlin

The Middle East during the Amarna Period wikipedia The Middle East during the Amarna Period

Colossal head of Ramesses II (19th Dyn) from Abu Simbel Head of Ramesses I (19th Dyn); Museum of Fine Arts Mask of Tutankhamun's mummy (18th Dyn) from his tomb (11 kg of gold); Egyptian Museum

The Middle East during the Amarna Period wikipedia The Middle East during the Amarna Period