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THE NEW KINGDOM: Egypt as Empire
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The West Bank of the river Nile (near Luxor) was the domain of the deceased and it is dominated by mortuary temples and hundreds of tombs
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Hatshepsut, Pharaoh c. 1470 bce Consort Senmut & daughter Neferure
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Tutmosis III vs Hatshepsut
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Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut c. 1470 bce Senmut, architect
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Temple Complexes Karnak & Luxor c. 1290 bce
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Karnak
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Luxor Temple of Amun-Mut-Khonsu Pylon gate Hypostyle hall Amenhotep & Ramses, 18 th & 19 th dynasties
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Pylon Peristyle Courtyard Colonnade Hypostyle Hall
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Luxor Pylon Gate Temple of Amun-Mut-Khonsu Ramses II
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Luxor Pylon Gate Temple of Amun-Mut-Khonsu Ramses II
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Luxor Pylon Gate Obelisk
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Luxor
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Luxor, Peristyle courtyards
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Plan, portion of Karnak Sacred Temple District
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Pylon, Karnak Obelisk, Karnak
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Hypostyle Hall, Karnak
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Karnak
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Ramses II vs Nefertari
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New Kingdom Tomb Paintings
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Amarna Period c. 1352 Amenhotep IV = Akenhaten & Nefertiti
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Amenhotep II and Queen Tiye
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Amarna Palace Archeological Site
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Amarna
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Sun Temple at Amarna to Aten
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Amenhotep IV =Akenhaten
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Diplomatic letters (on clay) between King of Egypt (Amenhotep III & IV – Akenaten) & rulers of the Near East "Come yourself, or send your son, and you will see the king at whose sight all lands live." --Akhenaten to Aziru, c1337 BC (Amarna tablet 162)
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Akenhaten, Nefertiti & Daughters & ATEN
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"And the heiress, great in the palace, fair of face, adorned with the double plumes, mistress of happiness, endowed with favours, at hearing whose voice the king rejoices, the chief wife of the king, his beloved, the lady of the two lands, Nefertiti, may she live for ever and always." Inscription on a stelae of Queen Nefertiti's husband Pharaoh Akhenaten
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Daughters of Akenhaten & Nefertiti
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Tutankhamen & Ankhesenamun?
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Discovery of Tutankhamen's Tomb 1925 Howard Carter
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I widened the breach and by means of the candle looked in........ It was sometime before one could see, the hot air escaping caused the candle to flicker, but as soon as one's eyes became accustomed to the glimmer of light, the interior of the chamber gradually loomed before one, with its strange and wonderful medley of extraordinary and beautiful objects heaped upon one another. There was naturally short suspense for those present who could not see, when Lord Carnarvon said to me 'Can you see anything?' I replied to him 'Yes, it is wonderful'." Howard Carter opening King Tutankhamen's Tomb (26 November 1925) Tutankaten= Tutankhamen c. 1330’s bce
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Book of the Dead, Scroll, 16” high, painted papyrus, 1285
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Ramses II, Warrior, Builder, 1279 bce
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Abu Simbel, 1279 bce
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Queen Nefertari’s Tomb, c. 1279 bce
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Nefertari before Isis
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Osiris
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Nefertari & Isis
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Taharqo (a), Nubia 690 bce
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Nubian Pharoahs & pyramids
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Alexander the Great, Ptolemy & Ptolemaic Egypt c. 330 bce – 30 bce
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Cleopatra VII, Last Pharaoh of Egypt, c. 30 bce
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Greek, African, Egyptian, sex goddess?
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Julius Caesar, their son Caesarian, Cleopatra
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Cleopatra & Marc Antony Vs Octavius (Augustus I)
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Roman Mummies, Hawara & Faiyum, Egypt, c. 100 ce
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