Egyptian Museum In Cairo A Walk Through the Alleys of Ancient Egypt

by Atiya, Farid

• ISBN13: 9789771721833
• ISBN10: 9771721836
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-03-01
• Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press

Summary

"Many museums displaying Egyptian antiquities exist throughout the world, and Cairo's Egyptian Museum, though not the oldest (built in 1902), houses the largest collection. Some 150,000 pieces are exhibited, and another 30,000 are held in the museum storerooms." "The book informs the reader of many of the masterpieces of ancient art present in the museum, and is a valuable guide for anyone wishing to explore its treasures. Starting with the Predynastic Period, showing relics such as decorated vases, flint knives and palettes, it proceeds to the Archaic Period, viewing the museum's oldest documents about the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt, and its oldest royal statue."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

The Predynastic Period	11	(10)
Male head	13	(1)
Bowl with crocodiles	13	(2)
Vase with painted decoration	15	(1)
Flint knife with a fish-tail shaped blade	15	(2)
Flint knife with a gold handle	17	(2)
Wall painting in Tomb no. 100 at Hieraconpolis	19	(1)
Antelope vessel	19	(1)
Cosmetic palette	19	(1)
The Libyan palette	20	(1)
The Archaic Period	21	(11)
The Narmer palette	23	(4)
Discs from the tomb of Hemaka	27	(2)
King Khasekhem	29	(2)
Relief showing the name of Khasekhemwy	31	(1)
The Old Kingdom	32	(71)
King Djoser	37	(2)
Statue base of King Djoser	39	(2)
Curtain-like faience panel	41	(2)
Statue of King Senefru	43	(2)
Relief of Sneferu from Wadi Maghara	45	(1)
Relief of Sneferu from Wadi Maghara	45	(2)
Furniture of Queen Hetepheres	47	(2)
King Cheops	49	(2)
King Chephren	51	(3)
Schist statue of King Chephren	54	(1)
Alabaster statue of Menkaure	55	(1)
Triads of King Menkaure	55	(4)
Head of King Userkaf	59	(2)
Colossal head of Userkaf	61	(1)
King Neferefre	61	(1)
Bust of Neferefre	62	(1)
Schist statue of Neferefre	62	(1)
A sacrificial or libation altar	62	(1)
Panels of Hesire	63	(6)
Hetepdief	69	(2)
Reliefs with paste inlays from the tomb of Nefer-Maat	71	(1)
Rahotep and Nofret	71	(2)
Reserve Head	73	(2)
Birds in the Delta marshes	75	(1)
Dwarf Seneb and his family	75	(1)
Khnomhotep the dwarf	76	(1)
Hunchback noble	77	(1)
Male statue	77	(2)
Wife of Ka-aper	79	(1)
Ka-aper, called sheikh al-Balad	79	(4)
The scribe	83	(1)
Seated scribe	83	(2)
Seated man	85	(1)
Double statue of Nimaatsed	85	(2)
Family of Neferherenpath, called Fifi	87	(2)
False door from the mastaba of Nikaure	89	(4)
False door of Ika	93	(1)
Relief from the mastaba of Kaemrehu	93	(5)
Boatmen in a sporting competition	98	(2)
A Female Brewer	100	(1)
Servant carrying two bags	100	(1)
Sandal bearer	101	(1)
Servant plucking a goose	102	(1)
Woman grinding grain	102	(1)
The Middle Kingdom	103	(40)
Statue of Montuhotep Nebhepetre	107	(1)
Wooden statuette of Senusert I	107	(4)
Granite head of a sphinx of Senusert I	111	(1)
Statue of Senusert I	111	(2)
Queen Nefret	113	(1)
Senusert III	113	(2)
Amenemhet III in priestly costume	115	(2)
Sphinx of Amenemhet III	117	(2)
Double statue of Amenemhet III as a Nile god	119	(2)
Statue of Amenemhet III	121	(2)
The pyramidion of Amenemhet III	123	(1)
Ka statue of Hor Auibre	123	(4)
Troop of pike men	127	(3)
Troop of Nubian archers	130	(1)
Model of a fishing scene	130	(1)
Model of a sailing boat	131	(3)
Row boat of Meket-re	134	(1)
Statue of an offering bearer	134	(2)
Model of a carpentry workshop	136	(1)
Model of a weaving workshop	136	(1)
Model depicting the counting of cattle	137	(2)
Funerary stela of Amenemhet	139	(2)
Statuette of a hippopotamus	141	(1)
Game with Three Pygmies	141	(2)
The New Kingdom	143	(127)
Anthropoid Coffin of Queen Ahhotep	151	(2)
Bracelet of Queen Ahhotep	153	(2)
Stela of King Ahmose	155	(2)
Anthropoid coffin of Queen Ahmose Merit Amun	157	(1)
Head of Queen Hatshepsut	157	(2)
Granite Sphinx of Hatshepsut	159	(1)
Kneeling statue of Hatshepsut	160	(1)
Limestone sphinx of Hatshepsut	161	(1)
Statue of Hatshepsut standing	161	(1)
Expedition of Punt	162	(1)
Hatshepsut presenting a naos of Hathor	163	(2)
Seated statue of Tuthmosis III	165	(2)
Kneeling statue of Tuthmosis III	167	(2)
Kneeling statue of Tuthmosis III	169	(2)
Bust of Tuthmosis III	171	(1)
Queen Isis	171	(2)
Victory stela of Tuthmosis III	173	(1)
Chapel with the cow goddess	173	(4)
Statue of Amenhotep II with an offering table	177	(1)
Statue of King Amenhotep II	177	(2)
Statue of Amenhotep II with Mryt sgr	179	(1)
Coffin of Yuya	179	(4)
Colossal group statue of King Amenhotep III, Queen Tiye and their daughters	183	(2)
Head of Queen Tiye	185	(1)
Amenhotep son of Hapu	185	(2)
Goddess Sekhmet	187	(2)
A nurse and four princes and princesses	189	(2)
Colossal statue of Akhenaten	191	(1)
Bust of Akhenaten	191	(2)
Akhenaten making an Offering	193	(1)
Head of Akhenaten	194	(1)
Sculptor's model with two royal portraits	195	(2)
Unfinished head of Nefertiti	197	(2)
Stela of the royal family	199	(1)
Panel with adoration Scene of Aten	199	(2)
Facade of a shrine	201	(2)
Akhenaten with a female figure on his lap	203	(1)
Head of a princess	203	(1)
Fragment of a painted floor	204	(1)
Stela of Any	205	(2)
Princess nibbling a roasted duck	207	(1)
Meryre and his wife Iniuia	207	(1)
Thot and a Scribe	208	(1)
Canopic jar	209	(3)
Gold mask of Tutankhamun	212	(3)
Ka statue of Tutankhamun	215	(2)
Inner gold coffin of Tutankhamun	217	(2)
Coffin of Tutankhamun's internal organs	219	(2)
Canopic shrine	221	(4)
Pectoral of the sky goddess Nut	225	(1)
Pectoral of the sky goddess Nut as a vulture	225	(1)
Pectoral of Osiris, Isis and Nephthys	225	(2)
Pectoral with a winged scarab	227	(1)
Earrings with duck heads	227	(1)
Collar of the Two Ladies	228	(1)
Necklace with a pectoral in the form of a solar boat	228	(1)
Cosmetic box	229	(4)
Head of Tutankhamun emerging from the lotus flower	233	(2)
Miniature effigy of the pharaoh	235	(2)
Tutankhamun on a papyrus raft	237	(1)
Tutankhamun on the back of a leopard	237	(4)
A goddess carrying the king	241	(1)
Throne of Tutankhamun	241	(2)
Ceremonial chair	243	(2)
Chair with god Heh	245	(1)
Mirror box with god Heh	246	(1)
Painted chest	246	(6)
Ornamented chest	252	(1)
Ivory headrest with Shu	252	(1)
Lion unguent container	252	(1)
Calcite boat in a tank	253	(1)
Calcite ibex vase	254	(1)
Alabaster perfume vessel	254	(1)
Ceremonial chariot	255	(1)
Accessories of the cermonial chariot	256	(1)
Game boards	256	(1)
Boat with a sail	257	(1)
A barge	258	(1)
Tutankhamen as god Khonsu	258	(1)
A king with the Osirian Triad	259	(1)
Coffin of Seti I	260	(1)
Ramsses II smiting his enemies	261	(2)
Coffin of Ramsses II	263	(1)
Statue of Ramsses II as a child and god Horun	263	(2)
Bust of Queen Merit-Amun	265	(1)
Bust of Merenptah	266	(1)
Victory stela of Merenptah	266	(1)
Statue of Ramsses III as a standard bearer of Amen	267	(1)
Decorated ostrakon	267	(2)
Statue of Ramsses III crowned	269	(1)
The Third Intermediate Period and the Late Period	270	(15)
Anthropoid coffin of Ankhefenkhonsu	273	(1)
Alabaster statue of Nakhet-Muti	274	(1)
Harpist stela	275	(1)
The stela of Ankhefenkhonsu	275	(1)
Statue of Amenirdis	276	(1)
Statue of goddess Taweret	277	(2)
Statue of Osiris	279	(1)
Statue of Hathor with Psametik	279	(2)
Magical statue of Djed Hor	281	(1)
Lid of a sarcophagus of a dwarf	281	(2)
Mummy cover of a young lady	283	(2)
Illustrated Guide of the Egyptian Museum	285	(20)
Glossary of the Ancient Egyptian Words	305	(1)
Index	306	(3)
References	309