Egypt’s 18th dynasty rose to the start of the New Kingdom (c. 1550–1077 BCE) and was the zenith of Egyptian international ...

It dates back to what is considered a golden era of ancient Egypt, the period under King Amenhotep III of the 18th dynasty. "Many foreign missions searched for this city and never found it ...

After Hatshepsut’s death, Thutmose III and his son, Amenhotep II, made a concerted ... April to become director of the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio — will give a series of lectures at 7 ...

The small dog sculpture, now at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City ... in an elite tomb sometime during the reign of Amenhotep III, King Tut's grandfather, in the 14th century ...

Her reign included no great military conquests; the art produced under her authority was soft and ... who expelled the Hyksos invaders, Amenhotep III started the first formal relations with foreign ...

When Amenhotep III (reigned c1390 - 1352 BC) became Pharaoh in 1390 BC, Egypt had become the richest and most powerful nation on earth through war and conquest. The new king tried a different ...

Amenhotep III commissioned huge numbers of enormous buildings ... The ancient Egyptians had no word for art and no concept of art for art's sake. For them, the images had a more important purpose ...

Known by his superb nickname "The Magnificent", Pharaoh Amenhotep III oversaw arguably the most glorious period in Ancient Egyptian history, bringing peace and prosperity to the empire while ...

It is also the largest exhibition of Egyptian art to be presented in the southern hemisphere ... which is one of a pair made around 1390 to 1352 BCE to guard a temple erected by the Pharaoh Amenhotep ...

A team of archaeologists just found large-scale inscriptions dedicated to pharaohs including Thutmose IV and Amenhotep III during an underwater ... Museum of Art—some clearly did not make ...

Art was something functional that gave permanence ... the monumental red granite Statue of a lion erected by Pharaoh Amenhotep III, reinscribed by Pharaoh Tutankhamun; the limestone Statue of ...

The true face of Amenhotep III, the pharaoh who ruled ancient Egypt ... This rather small body height is not reflected in art – in artworks he is famous for his gigantic statues.” ...