Portraits of Light
” Dear Mister Zahi Hawass, It was something nice to make your portrait with my cameras Hasselblad & Linhof (the ones who have photographed all the statues and monuments of Kings and Queens of the great spiritual kingdom of Ancient Egypt) and this,… at the feet of the Sphinx of Gizeh ! I feel honored, really! …
Lecture at Warren County Public Library
It was a great lecture this week at the Warren County Public Library, Bowling Green, Kentucky, where Zahi Hawass lectured about the royal mummies and the latest discoveries of the Egyptian Mummy Project. It was wonderful to see the audience interacting with the topic, specially with the idea of the plastic surgeries that the ancient Egyptians …
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Painting from the tomb of King Tuthmosis III, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty – King’s Valley 34, Western Thebes, Valley of the Kings – In this scene from the Litanies of Re painted on a pillar in his burial chamber, King Tuthmosis III nurses at the breast of a tree goddess, identified in the inscription as …
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Painting from the tomb of Queen Tawosret/King Sethnakht, New Kingdom, 19th/20th Dynasty – King’s Valley 14, Western Thebes, Valley of the Kings – This is a detail from the final scene of the Book of Caverns, painted inside the tomb of Queen Tawosret, last pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty, which was later reused and extended …
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Painting from the tomb of King Ramesses V/VI, New Kingdom, 20th Dynasty – King’s Valley 9, Western Thebes, Valley of the Kings – The pillars of the sepulcher of Ramesses V/VI, like in other tombs of the same era, bear figures of the king and various gods. Here, the pharaoh presents a small figure of …
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Painting from the tomb of King Seti II, New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty – King’s Valley 15, Western Thebes, Valley of the Kings – The Litanies of Re became an important part of the decoration of the royal tomb during the Ramesside period. The Litanies of Re is not a guide through the Netherworld, but describes …
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Painting from the tomb of King Ramesses IV, New Kingdom, 20th Dynasty – King’s Valley 2, Western Thebes, Valley of the Kings – Most of the Fourth Hour of the Book of Gates is shown in this scene. In the upper register are two bodies of water, probably versions of the Lake of Fire, guarded …
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Painting from the tomb of King Seti I, New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty – King’s Valley 17, Western Thebes, Valley of the Kings – Thoth, patron of scribes and god of wisdom, is depicted for the first time in the tomb of Seti I. In this scene, he embraces the king and welcomes him to the …
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Painting from the tomb of King Ramesses III, New Kingdom, 20th Dynasty – King’s Valley 11, Western Thebes, Valley of the Kings – This scene from the tomb of Ramesses III, depicting the king offering incense to the god Ptah, displays the ravages of time, with much of the painted plaster having fallen from the …