(John Campana / CC BY 2.0 ) Psusennes the Silver Pharaoh Turns Assumptions On Their Head But, despite the magnitude of this extraordinary revelation, the news failed to create a stir amongst European society, preoccupied with the escalating conflict on the continent.Ī gold and lapis lazuli collar of king Psusennes I originally found in his tomb at Tanis. The find was on par with the legendary discovery of the intact tomb of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, made by Howard Carter two decades earlier. A way to transport us to the great pyramids of Giza, as Nefertiabet was likely the daughter of one of the Pharaohs who built the pyramids, Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure.Amidst the chaos of the Second World War in Western Europe, a French archaeologist named Pierre Montet unearthed a stunning treasure in 1940 in Tanis, Egypt. Princess Nefertiabet, nearly intact while being 4,600 years old. Is it the fact that bronze statuettes of this type are so rare? Or that Champollion called it "the most beautiful bronze ever discovered in Egypt"? Like the scribe, the only way to fully appreciate the wonders of ancient Egyptian art is to be face to face with Karomama, along with Nakhti, Nefertiabet, and more. Karomama, the divine adoratrice of Amon. For the 200th anniversary of the decipherment of hieroglyphs, such a rare artifact should help explain the difficulty of cracking the ancient Egyptian writing system. another 'Rosetta Stone', a Greek era stela with Greek, demotic and hieroglyphic text, the decree of Canopus, found in 1801. The fantastic treasures of the Pharaohs of Egypt are almost all lost to thieves, but the Louvre nevertheless houses small but impressive items, Osorkon's triad pendant, gold and silver cups given by Pharaoh Tuthmosis III to his general, rings belonging to Queen Nefertiti, Queen Ahhotep Pharaoh Ahmose's jewels, the Tod silver treasure, a pectoral with the name of Ramses II, and much more. Sadly nameless, he was a man of high rank forever in the act of writing the 'words of the gods', hieroglyphs. No better way to feel that ancient Egyptian statues are 'alive' than to peer into the eyes of a 4,500 years old Egyptian. Ideal to discuss the length Pharaohs went to secure their eternal life. Around 4,400 years old, an Ancient Kingdom wonder, the closest to actually being in Saqqara, entering the tomb of an official buried in close vicinity to Djoser's step pyramid, the first pyramid of Pharaonic Egypt. the chapel of the mastaba of Akhethetep. And the last native Pharaoh of Egypt, Cleopatra. Queen Neferusobek, the first attested female Pharaoh of Egypt, not a 'King's Wife' or regent, but a female King. His stela, found in the necropolis of the first Kings in Abydos, is 5,000 years old yet nearly intact. one of the very first Pharaohs of Egypt, Djet. The era of Amenhotep IV and his Queen, Nefertiti, is not just fascinating for its religious change, but also is one of the peaks of ancient Egyptian art, illustrated by the Amarna Princess. An important statue that was discovered before Howard Carter found the nearly intact tomb of the young Pharaoh. A list of the greatest masterpieces of the Louvre would include : The impressive great sphinx of Tanis isn't the only major wonder of the Louvre. Masterpieces of the Louvre Egyptian collection.
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