WORD LIST:
Second Intermediate Period. 1800-1550 BC
Hyksos - Dynasty XV
Avaris (Tell ed-'Daba)
Dynasty XVIII. 1550-1298 BC
King Ahmose
Queen Hatshepsut (1479-1457)
Senmut
Deir el-Bahari, Punt
King Tuthmosis III (1479-1424)
Rekhmire
Syria, Palestine, Euphrates River
Amenhotep III (1388-1348)
Knossos, Mycenae, Byblos
Thebes
Temple of Amen at Luxor
Temple of Amen at Karnak
Tomb of Nakht
Tomb of Nebamun
Deir el-Medina
IMAGES:
Map of Thebes and surrounding area Includes the sacred precincts at Luxor and Karnak, as well as the mortuary temples and burials at Deir el-Bahri and Deir el-Medina. James, T.G.H. Ancient Egypt: The Land and its Legacy. University of Texas Press. Austin. 1990. p. 125
Statue of Queen Hatshepsut (daughter of Tuthmosis I) shown in ceremonial costume of a reigning pharaoh. From Western Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, mortuary temple of Hatshepsut. Made of crystalline limestone in the Eighteenth Dynasty ca. 1470 B.C. H. 195 cm. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 29.3.2. Schulz, Regine and Matthias Seidel. Ed. Egypt: The World of the Pharaohs. Konemann. 1998.p. 187 left.
Relief from Queen Hatshepsut's funerary complex, Dier el-Bahari King of Punt with his obese queen and their entourage welcoming a leader from an Egyptian trade expedition. painted limestone in the Eighteenth Dynasty ca. 1470 B.C. H. 36 cm. Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 14276. Schulz, Regine and Matthias Seidel. Ed. Egypt: The World of the Pharaohs. Konemann. 1998. p. 185 top left.
The 7th Pylon from the Temple of Amen at Karnak (depicted, Tuthmosis III) smiting enemies he holds by the hair with a mace. Names of conquered cities and peoples are listed in three rows of heiroglyphs at his feet. Built of sandstone in the Eighteenth Dynasty ca. 1450 B.C. Total width of pylon 63.17 m. Schulz, Regine and Matthias Seidel. Ed. Egypt: The World of the Pharaohs. Konemann. 1998. p. 163.
Plan of temple of Amen at Karnak
Amenhotep III with the crocodile- headed god Sobek, who holds an ankh. This statue group was connected to the sed festival. Originally from a local temple of Suchos south of Thebes at which sacred crocodiles were kept. From Dahamsha, Egypt. Made of calcite alabaster in the Eighteenth Dynasty ca. 1360 B.C. H. 256.5 cm. Luxor, the Luxor Museum of Ancient Egyptian Art, J.155. Schulz, Regine and Matthias Seidel. Ed. Egypt: The World of the Pharaohs. Konemann. 1998. p. 145.
