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Naqada culture

Start: 4400 BC
End: 3000 BC
Type: Culture
Note: Gerzeh culture
Capital: Naqada
Notes: Naqada I, II & III
 

1st Dynasty of Egypt

Start: 3100 BC
End: 2890 BC
Type: Dynasty
Note: Early Dynastic Period
Language: Archaic Egyptian
Script: Heiroglyphic
Notes: Human sacrifice part of funerary ritual
 

2nd Dynasty of Egypt

Start: 2890 BC
End: 2686 BC
Type: Dynasty
Note: Early Dynastic Period
Language: Archaic Egyptian
Script: Heiroglyphic
Religion: Ancient Egyptian religion
 

7th & 8th Dynasty of Egypt

Start: 2181 BC
End: 2160 BC
Type: Dynasty
Note: First Intermediate Period
Language: Middle Egyptian
Script: Heiroglyphic
 

11th Dynasty of Egypt

Start: 2134 BC
End: 1991 BC
Type: Dynasty
Note: Middle Kingdom
Language: Middle Egyptian
Script: Heiroglyphic
Notes: Turin King List
 

12th Dynasty of Egypt

Start: 1991 BC
End: 1802 BC
Type: Dynasty
Note: Middle Kingdom
Language: Middle Egyptian
Script: Heiroglyphic
Religion: ancient Egyptian religion
Capital: Thebes
Notes: The chronology of the 12th dynasty is the most stable of any period before the New Kingdom. The Ramses Papyrus canon (1290 BC) in Turin gives 213 years (1991-1778 BC). Manetho stated that it was based in Thebes, but from contemporary records it is clear that the first king moved its capital to a new city named Amenemhat-itj-tawy (Amenemhat the Seizer of the Two Lands), more simply called Itjtawy. The location of Itjtaway has not been found, but is thought to be near the Fayyum, probably near the royal graveyards at el-Lisht. Egyptologists consider this dynasty to be the apex of the Middle Kingdom..(wiki)
 

14th Dynasty of Egypt

Start: 1710 BC
End: 1610 BC
Type: Dynasty
Language: Middle Egyptian
Script: Heiroglyphic
 

15th Dynasty of Egypt

Start: 1650 BC
End: 1550 BC
Type: Dynasty
Note: Hyksos
Language: Semitic
 

Theban High Priests of Amun

Start: 1080 BC
End: 943 BC
Type: Dynasty
 

Kingdom of Kush

Start: 785 BC
End: 350 AD
Type: Culture
 

25th Dynasty of Egypt

Start: 760 BC
End: 656 BC
Type: Dynasty
Note: Nubian Dynasty, the Kushite Empire, the Black Pharaohs or the Na
Language: Late Egyptian
Script: Demotic Egyptian
Capital: Napata
Notes: Aethiopians/Nubians/Kushites
 

24th Dynasty of Egypt

Start: 732 BC
End: 720 BC
Type: Dynasty
Note: Third Intermediate Period
Language: Late Egyptian
 

Alexandrian Empire

Start: 359 BC
End: 323 BC
Type: Dynasty
Note: Argead Dynasty
Religion: Olympian
 

Roman Empire

Start: 27 BC
End: 395 AD
Type: Empire
Language: Latin
Script: Latin
Religion: Olympian, Christianity
Dynastys:
Periods:
Rulers:
 

Eastern (Byzantine) Roman Empire

Start: 306 AD
End: 518 AD
Type: Empire
Note: Byzantine
Religion: Christianity
 
Artefacts:

Female figure

NoteThe earliest three-dimensional representations of humans from ancient Egypt have been found in graves of the Predynastic period, Naqada I, 4000-3600 BC. It is thought that their presence was to provide magical support for the owners rebirth and regeneration.(BM)
Year
Category: Sculpture
Location:  Naqada
Material:  Bone, lapis lazuli
Collection:  The British Museum
Licence:  CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 [🡭]
Attribution:  British Museum
Image Note:  background cropped
Reference:  EA 32141
[1 of 0]

Statue of the Baboon God Hedj-Wer

NoteImage cropped. Altes Museum, Berlin.
Year
Category: Sculpture
Location: 
Material: 
Collection: 
Licence:  [🡭]
Attribution:  Keith Schengili-Roberts, CC BY-SA 3.0
Image Note: 
Reference:  https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1343984
[2 of 0]

Female figure

NoteNaqada II, circa 3500?3400 BC
Year
Category: Sculpture
Location:  Naqada
Material:  Painted terracotta
Licence:  [🡭]
Attribution: 
Image Note: 
Reference:  07.447.505
[3 of 0]
 
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Female figure

NoteLocation G64/6
Year
Category: Sculpture
Location: 
Material:  Lead
Collection:  The British Museum
Licence:  CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 [🡭]
Attribution:  British Museum
Image Note:  background cloned
Reference:  EA32138
[1 of 0]
 
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Huni

NotePink granite head attributed to Huni
Year2613 BC
Category: Sculpture
Location: 
Material: 
Licence:  [🡭]
Attribution: 
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Reference: 
[1 of 0]

Menkaure

NotePyramid of Menkaure, at Giza (Memphis)
Year2503 BC
Category: Sculpture
Location: 
Material: 
Collection: 
Licence:  [🡭]
Attribution: 
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Reference: 
[2 of 0]

Great Pyramid of Giza

NotePyramid of Khufu at Giza. One of the 'Seven Wonders of The World'
Year
Category: Architecture
Location: 
Material: 
Collection: 
Licence:  [🡭]
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[3 of 0]

Menkaure

NoteGreywacke statue of Menkaure, Egyptian Museum, Cairo.(wikipedia)
Year2503 BC
Category: Sculpture
Location: 
Material: 
Licence:  [🡭]
Attribution: 
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Reference: 
[4 of 0]
 
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Sahure

Note
Year2475 BC
Category: Sculpture
Location: 
Material: 
Licence:  [🡭]
Attribution: 
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Reference: 
[1 of 0]

Pepi I

NoteEgyptian Museum, Cairo
Year2283 BC
Category: Sculpture
Location: 
Material: 
Licence:  [🡭]
Attribution: 
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Reference: 
[2 of 0]
 
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Mentuhotep II

Note
Year1995 BC
Category: Painting
Location:  Karnak (Thebes)
Material: 
Licence:  [🡭]
Attribution: 
Image Note: 
Reference: 
[1 of 0]

Mentuhotep II

NotePainted sandstone seated statue of Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II, Egyptian Museum, Cairo.(wikipedia)
Year2134 BC
Category: Sculpture
Location: 
Material: 
Licence:  [🡭]
Attribution: 
Image Note: 
Reference: 
[2 of 0]

Mentuhotep III

NoteMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston
Year1998 BC
Category: Sculpture
Location: 
Material: 
Licence:  [🡭]
Attribution: 
Image Note: 
Reference: 
[3 of 0]
 
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Coffin texts

NoteMap of the netherworld from the coffin of Gua, from Deir el-Bersha, Egypt.
Year1985 BC
Category: Painting
Location: 
Material: 
Collection:  The British Museum
Licence:  CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 [🡭]
Attribution:  British Museum
Image Note: 
Reference: 
[1 of 0]

Amenemhat II

Note
Year1895 BC
Category: Sculpture
Location: 
Material: 
Collection:  The Louvre
Licence:  [🡭]
Attribution: 
Image Note: 
Reference: 
[2 of 0]

Senusret I

Note
Year1971 BC
Category: Sculpture
Location: 
Material: 
Collection: 
Licence:  [🡭]
Attribution: 
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Reference: 
[3 of 0]

Senusret III

NoteLuxor Museum
Year1839 BC
Category: Sculpture
Location: 
Material: 
Collection: 
Licence:  [🡭]
Attribution: 
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Reference: 
[4 of 0]
 
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Sobekhotep V

Note
Year1719 BC
Category: Sculpture
Location: 
Material: 
Collection: 
Licence:  [🡭]
Attribution: 
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Reference: 
[1 of 0]
 
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Tutenkhamun bust

NoteBust of Tut found in his tomb in the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor (Thebes / Karnak). Held in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
Year1323 BC
Category: Sculpture
Location:  Karnak (Thebes)
Material: 
Licence:  [🡭]
Attribution: 
Image Note: 
Reference: 
[1 of 0]

Tutenkhamun

NoteThe Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Year1323 BC
Category: Sculpture
Location: 
Material:  Gold
Licence:  [🡭]
Attribution: 
Image Note: 
Reference: 
[2 of 0]

Crystal Hippopotamus figure of Taweret

NoteRock crystal amuletic figure of Taweret: supporting a sa-symbol. The missing headdress would have been horns with disc, and a low cylindrical pillbox hat or feathers.(Wiki)
Year
Category: Sculpture
Location: 
Material:  Rock Crystal
Collection:  The British Museum
Licence:  CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 [🡭]
Attribution:  British Museum
Image Note:  background cropped
Reference:  BM EA24395
[3 of 0]

Queen Nefertiti

NoteThe bust of from the Ägyptisches Museum Berlin collection, presently in the Neues Museum. Armana Style (naturalistic) bust of the Queen of Akhenaten and mother of Tutenkhamun.
Year1353 BC
Category: Sculpture
Location: 
Material: 
Collection: 
Licence:  [🡭]
Attribution: 
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Reference: 
[4 of 0]

AkhenAten (Amenhotep IV)

Note
Year1336 BC
Category: Sculpture
Location: 
Material: 
Collection: 
Licence:  [🡭]
Attribution: 
Image Note: 
Reference: 
[5 of 0]

Horemheb

NoteDetail of a statue of , at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Year1292 BC
Category: Sculpture
Location: 
Material: 
Collection: 
Licence:  [🡭]
Attribution: 
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Reference: 
[6 of 0]

Lion Headed (Sekhmet) statue

NoteStatue of Sekhmet from the temple of Mut. granite, Luxor. National Museum, Copenhagen
Year
Category: Sculpture
Location:  Karnak (Thebes)
Material: 
Collection: 
Licence:  [🡭]
Attribution: 
Image Note: 
Reference: 
[7 of 0]
 
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Ramesses II The Great

Note
Year1212 BC
Category: Sculpture
Location:  Abu Simbel
Material: 
Collection: 
Licence:  [🡭]
Attribution: 
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Reference: 
[1 of 0]

Deity

Note
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Category: Sculpture
Location: 
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Collection: 
Licence:  [🡭]
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Reference: 
[2 of 0]

Temple of Seti I

Note
Year
Category: Architecture
Location:  Abdju
Material: 
Collection: 
Licence:  [🡭]
Attribution:  Gérard Ducher
Image Note: 
Reference: 
[3 of 0]

Ramesses I

NoteStone head carving of Paramessu (Ramesses I), originally part of a statue depicting him as a scribe. On display at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.(wikipedia)
Year1290 BC
Category: Sculpture
Location: 
Material: 
Licence:  [🡭]
Attribution: 
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Reference: 
[4 of 0]
 
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Painted and gilded sun-disc headdress

NotePainted and gilded sycomore fig wood sun-disc headdress of Ptah-Sokar-Osiris.
Year
Category: Sculpture
Location: 
Material:  Wood, gold, paint
Collection:  The British Museum
Licence:  CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 [🡭]
Attribution:  British Museum
Image Note:  background cropped
Reference:  BM EA9851
[1 of 0]

Hippopotamus and Female Human hybrid statuette

NoteBlue glazed composition amuletic figure of Taweret; suspension ring at the back.
Year
Category: Sculpture
Location: 
Material: 
Collection:  The British Museum
Licence:  CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 [🡭]
Attribution:  British Museum
Image Note:  background cropped
Reference:  BM EA64592
[2 of 0]

Lion Human Figurine

NoteFrom Late Period, Naukratis, Egypt
Year
Category: Sculpture
Location: 
Material: 
Collection:  The British Museum
Licence:  CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 [🡭]
Attribution:  British Museum
Image Note:  background cloned
Reference:  BM EA64592
[3 of 0]
 
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Gold lion-griffin plaque

Note
Year
Category: Sculpture
Location: 
Material:  Gold
Licence:  CC0 1.0 [🡭]
Attribution:  New York Met
Image Note: 
Reference:  54.3.2
[1 of 0]

Gold ram rhyton

NoteNational Museum of Iran
Year
Category: Sculpture
Location:  Ecbatana
Material:  Gold
Collection: 
Licence:  [🡭]
Attribution: 
Image Note: 
Reference: 
[2 of 0]

Golden drinking vessel

NoteThe Hyrcanian Golden cup. Dated first half of first millennium. Excavated at Kalardasht in Mazandaran.
Year
Category: Ornament
Location: 
Material:  Gold
Collection: 
Licence:  [🡭]
Attribution: 
Image Note: 
Reference: 
[3 of 0]
 
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Temple of Trajan

Noteat Pergamon,Asia Minor. Built by Hadrian
Year
Category: Architecture
Location: 
Material: 
Collection: 
Licence:  [🡭]
Attribution: 
Image Note: 
Reference: 
[1 of 0]
 
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