Egyption statues and ornaments

 

Ornaments

A pectoral and necklace bearing the name of King "Senusert II" in the era of the Middle Kingdom,

the Twelfth Dynasty, was found in 1914 among the jewelry of Princess "Set Hathor Unit" in a special place in her tomb next to the pyramid of Senusret II at lahon

 

The necklace is made of gold, onyx, lapis lazuli, turquoise and green feldspar

 

On display at the Metropolitan Museum in New York.

Kabar,

 Also known as Sheikh al-Balad, was an ancient Egyptian writer and priest who lived between the late Fourth Egyptian Dynasty and the early Fifth Egyptian Dynasty (around 2500 BC).

 Although his rank is not among the highest,

He is well known for his famous wooden statue.

Statues

The strangest thing is that we do not know which of the tools they were cutting these rocks with. We have clear evidence that the tools we use today will not cut granite easily, and I doubt if we could after that reach that smooth, polished surface that we see in Egypt, and yet without It is reasonable to assume that granite was less hard in the days of the ancient Egyptians than it is now.

A word by the Italian Belzoni when he visited Egypt in the early 19th century and saw the huge granite statues

"Since I was young, I was interested in Egypt and its statues and because of my work as an example.

 I am sure that stronger tools of copper were used in the process of sculpting the statue of Ramses in Luxor my modern tools with diamond blades will be worn out before the end of the head. From all the modern equipment that we have available, it will be a great challenge to finish with only one statue of Ramses.

 Carving 4 statues of this size seems to me impossible.

 

- Mike Leakey, An American sculptor commenting on his vision of the four statues of Ramses in Luxor

"We lose a lot of minerals and in exchange for only a small amount of stones fall. I think the ancient Egyptians needed better tools than soft bronze and copper chisels to carve granite, there is no doubt that the ancient Egyptians were crazy and had industrial arts that we don't have."

 

Comment from an engineer named Roger Hopkins, who has a long experience in dealing with granite through his own company, and a member of the Nova team with Dr. Mark Lehner, after his attempts to cut granite with copper and bronze

The above were some of the opinions of those who saw the giant statues in Luxor.

 

From right to left, the statue of Ramses in Luxor Temple, followed by the statue of Ramses in the British Museum, then the statue of Amenhotep III in the Luxor Museum

Creativity has no limits in Ancient Egypt

 

A silver mirror with a gilded wood handle representing Hathor, 

the goddess of beauty and love

 

Tomb of the wives of Thutmose III

 

The Metropolitan Museum

The Greats

 

Wonderful details created by the sculptor's hand for the sign of life (Ankh), which is held by the hand of the beautiful Hathor

 

A seated life-size statue of the goddess Hathor depicted with a sun disk inside the horns of a cow.

 This statue was discovered in the Luxor Temple.

 

Statue from the reign of King Amenhotep III, Dynasty 18

 

The statue is preserved in the Luxor Museum.