Ancient Egyptian Reliefs

Hieroglyph-covered sandstone and stone reliefs depicting pharaohs and deities, showcasing the artistry and cultural significance of Ancient Egypt.

detail from the Shrine of Taharqa is a sandstone shrine built by King Taharqa (690-664 BC)

Reliefs of the God Horus on left, with Goddess Hathor in center and Pharaoh on right, Sanctuary, Temple of Hathor, Dendera, Qena, Egypt, North Africa, Africa Copyright: RichardxMaschmeyer 801-3932

Bas-Relief On A Column In Papyrus Style In The Second Courtyard Of The Mortuary Temple Of Ramses Iii, Medinat Habu, Luxor, Qina, Egypt

TEMPLO DE DEBOD: DETALLES DE LOS RELIEVES DE LA CAPILLA DE AZAKHERAMON (PARED SUR).

The Reign of Sargon 721-705 The Assyrian empire under Sargon II extended from central Iran to the Mediterranean. The king built himself a new capital city, Khorsabad, with a magnificently sculptured palace, which was discovered by the French archaeologist, Botta.

Egypt - Abydos (Abido). Mortuary temple of Seti I, 1306-1290 BC. Reliefs

Egyptian Art. Goddess Nephthys, between two figures of god Anubis, wearing a headdress in the shape of a house. Relief. Mit Rahina Open Air Museum. Memphis. Egypt.

Canteras Gebel Silsila (Speos).

A photograph taken of the Red Chapel of Hatshepsut (the Chapelle Rouge) constructed initially as a barque shrine during the reign of Hatshepsut, the fifth pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty of Ancient Egypt and ruled from approximately 1479 to 1458 BC. Although it had been demolished and parts were reused in antiquity, following rediscovery, the chapel has been reconstructed using its original materials. Its original location is thought to have been in the central court of the temple of Amun at Karnak, near Thebes.

Egypt. Necropolis of Saqqara. Mastaba of Mereruka, priest of Pharaoh Teti. 2.340 B.C. Polychrome relief depicting the capture of a hyena. 6th Dynasty. Old Kingdom.

EGYPT HIEROGLYPHS HATHOR TEMPLE CARVING RELIEF

Wall frieze from the tomb of Ramesses VI. Tomb KV9 in Egypt's Valley of the Kings was originally constructed by Pharaoh Ramesses V. He was interred here, but his uncle, Ramesses VI, later reused the tomb as his own. The layout is typical of the 20th dynasty - the Ramesside period. Ramesses VI Nebmaatre-Meryamun was the fifth ruler of the Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt. He reigned for about eight years in the mid-to-late 12th century BC

A photograph taken of the Abu Simbel Temple, in Nubia, Southern Egypt, near the border with Sudan. The complex is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The temple dates to the 13th century BC, during the 19th dynasty reign of the Pharaoh Ramesses II. It is a monument to the king and commemorates his victory at the Battle of Kadesh. The complex was relocated in its entirety in 1968 under the supervision of a Polish archaeologist, Kazimierz Michalowski, on an artificial hill made from a domed structure, high above the Aswan High Dam reservoir.

EGYPT HIEROGLYPHS HATHOR TEMPLE CARVING RELIEF

Tomb KV9 in Egypt's Valley of the Kings was originally constructed by Pharaoh Ramesses V, who died in 1145 BC. He was interred here, but his uncle, Ramesses VI, later reused the tomb as his own. The layout is typical of the 20th dynasty, the Ramesside period.

Crocodile-headed god Sobek, Haroeris and Sobek Temple, Kom Ombo, Egypt, Africa

Egypt. Nubian monuments at Abu Simbel (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1979). Great Temple. Cartouches at base of colossal sandstone figures of enthroned Ramses II

Karnak. Templo de Thutmose III. Templo de Tutmosis III (o Thutmose III), Egipto.

First Pylon at the Temple of Rameses II at Medinet Habu, Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu was an important New Kingdom period temple structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. The temple has inscribed reliefs depicting the advent and defeat of the Sea Peoples during the reign of Ramesses III. Initial excavation of the temple took place sporadically between 1859 and 1899

Paleography - Egypt - Karnak (UNESCO World Heritage, 1979) - Open-air Museum of the Karnak Temple. Hatshepsut's red chapel (1490-1468 b.C.) restored by the care of the ""Centre of French-Egyptian Studies of the Temples of Karnak"". Relief detail with the transportation of the sacred barque

View of ancient carvings etched into the sandstone walls, depicting figures and hieroglyphs in a timeless narrative, Edfu, Egypt.

Island Temple - Temple of Philalae in Aswan, Egypt

Paleography - Egypt - Ancient Thebes (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1979). Luxor. Temple of Amon. Relief detail of the cartouche of Ramses II (1290-1224 b.C.)

Africa, Egypt, Kom Ombo. Wall relief of Sobek the crocodle god and Horus, the falcon-headed god

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Egyptian Art. Hieroglyphs carved into the rock. Temples of Abu Simbel. 19th Dynasty. New Kingdom. Egypt.

Ramesseum. Relief depicting an army a battle. 13th century B.C. Nineteenth Dynasty. New Kingdom. Medinet Habu. Necropolis of Thebes. Valley of the Kings. Egypt.

El Templo de Edfu está ubicado en la ciudad de Edfu (Egipto), que durante el periodo grecorromano fue conocida como Apolinópolis Magna, dedicada al dios de los dioses, Horus-Apolo.

18th Dynasty tomb of Paheri, at Elkab,south of Thebes, Egypt. dating from of the New Kingdom in the middle of the 18th Dynasty, under the reign of Thutmosis III. The tomb had already been located by the scholars of the Egyptian expedition in 1799. The titles associated with Paheri are those of nomarch (governor prince) and scribe. He is often called nomarch of Nekheb and Anyt

Relief, Pharaoh, Temple of Horus, Edfu, Egypt, Africa

Tomb of Ramesses III, Pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty in Ancient Egypt. reigned from 1186 to 1155 BC and is considered to be the last monarch of the New Kingdom to wield any substantial authority over Egypt. Tomb KV11 is located in the main valley of the Valley of the Kings. The tomb has been open since antiquity, and has been known variously as Bruce's Tomb (named after James Bruce who entered the tomb in 1768) and The Harper's Tomb (due to paintings of two blind harpers in the tomb).

Relief showing Queen Hatshepsut receiving benediction, Temple of Amun, Karnak, Egypt, c1500 BC. Artist: Unknown

A photograph taken of Philae, an island in the reservoir of the Aswan Low Dam, Egypt. Philae was initially located near the expansive First Cataract of the Nile in Upper Egypt and was the site of an Egyptian temple complex. The temple complex was dismantled and moved to nearby Agilkia Island as part of the UNESCO Nubia Campaign project, protecting this and other compounds before the 1970 completion of the Aswan High Dam. The most ancient was a temple for Isis, built in the reign of Nectanebo I during 380-362 BC, the other ruins date from the Ptolemaic Kingdom (282-145 BC), with many traces of Roman work in Philae dedicated to Ammon-Osiris.

Egypt, Kom Ombo, Wall carvings at Temple of Haroeris and Sobek

Mesopotamian-Assyrian art. Relief depicting a nobleman or a member of the royal guard. From the Palace of Sargon II, Khorsabad. 8th century BC. Louvre Museum. Paris., France.

A photograph taken of the temple of Hathor and Nefertari, also known as the Small Temple. The temple was built about one hundred meters northeast of the temple of Pharaoh Ramesses II and dedicated to the goddess Hathor and Ramesses II's chief consort, Nefertari, circa 1255 BC. Nefertari, also known as Nefertari Meritmut, was an Egyptian queen and the first of the Great Royal Wives (or principal wives) of Ramesses the Great.

Egypt, Luxor, East Bank, Karnak Temple.

Egypt. Edfu. Temple of Horus. Relief depicting an egyptian deity giving the key of life, ankh, to the Pharaoh.

Cuneiform brick in wall. South Mesopotamia. Early Dynasties Period Girsu (Telloh). Istanbul Archaeological Museum. Istanbul.

Second Courtyard of the Feasts, Medinet Habu, Thebes, Egypt. Temple of Rameses II at Medinet Habu, Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu was an important New Kingdom period temple structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. The temple has inscribed reliefs depicting the advent and defeat of the Sea Peoples during the reign of Ramesses III. Initial excavation of the temple took place sporadically between 1859 and 1899

Egypt, Aswan, Nile River, Agilkia Island, Philae, Second Pylon, Relief Carving

Temple of Chnum, wall reliefs inside the temple complex in the city of Esna, Egypt, Africa

TEMPLO DE DENDERA, DEDICADO A LA DIOSA HATHOR: MAMMISI ROMANO, DEDICADO A HARSOMTUS O IHY.

Assyrian Archers and Battering Ram

Egypt - Aswan. Tomb of Sabni, son of Mekhu. Relief at entrance. Detail of man on crutch before medical priest

EGYPT, NILE RIVER, KOM OMBO TEMPLE, PURIFICATION SCENE WITH THOTH, HORUS, AND EMPEROR

Egypt, Old Kingdom, Tomb of Ti, relief of building of a wood planked Nile boat, Saqqara

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Egyptian Art. The Karnak Temple Complex. Relief depicting a bee and a rush symbols of Lower and Upper Egypt. New Kingdom. Egypt.

Ancient Egypt. Pa-pa-akou in prayer before the gods Osiris and Wepwawet, around 1400 BC. Louvre Museum. Paris. France.

Tomb KV9 in Egypt's Valley of the Kings was originally constructed by Pharaoh Ramesses V, who died in 1145 BC. He was interred here, but his uncle, Ramesses VI, later reused the tomb as his own. The layout is typical of the 20th dynasty, the Ramesside period.

Courtyard of the Temple of Rameses III at Medinet Habu, Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu was an important New Kingdom period temple structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. The temple has inscribed reliefs depicting the advent and defeat of the Sea Peoples during the reign of Ramesses III. Initial excavation of the temple took place sporadically between 1859 and 1899

Two Offering Bearers, c. 667-647 BC. Egypt, Thebes, Late Period, late Dynasty 25 to early Dynasty 26. Limestone; overall: 35.7 x 42 cm (14 1/16 x 16 9/16 in.).

Egypt, Luxor, East Bank, Karnak Temple. Hieroglyphics detail.

Horemheb eating funerary meal, relief from the tomb of Horemheb at Saqqara

Luxor Temple Reliefs, Luxor, Egypt

Temple of Kom Ombo, Upper Egypt. Constructed during the Ptolemaic dynasty, 180-47 BC. Some additions to it were later made during the Roman period. The building is unique because its 'double' design meant that there were courts, halls, sanctuaries and rooms duplicated for two sets of gods. The southern half of the temple was dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek. the northern part of the temple was dedicated to the falcon god Haroeris ("Horus the Elder"), along "with Tasenetnofret, a special form of Hathor

Reliefs and paintings in the tomb of Pharaoh Sety I, the Tomb of Apis, Dynasty 19, Valley of the Kings, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Mesopotamian art. Neo-Assyrian. Relief panels depicting two protective winged genius. Detail. Hand. Dated between 883-859 BC. They come from the Palace of Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States.

Philae, an island in the reservoir of the Aswan Low Dam, downstream of the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser, Egypt. The temple complex was dismantled and moved to nearby Agilkia Island as part of the UNESCO Nubia Campaign project, before the 1970 completion of the Aswan High Dam. The first temple structure, which was built by native pharaohs of the 30th dynasty, was the one for Hathor. Greco-Roman era. The island temple was built during the Ptolemaic Kingdom. The principal deity of the temple complex was Isis

Priests Performing Funeral Rites, c. 667-647 BC. Egypt, Thebes, Late Period, Late Dynasty 25 to Early Dynasty 26. Limestone; overall: 36.1 x 37.5 cm (14 3/16 x 14 3/4 in.).

Temple of Kom Ombo, Upper Egypt. Constructed during the Ptolemaic dynasty, 180-47 BC. Some additions to it were later made during the Roman period. The building is unique because its 'double' design meant that there were courts, halls, sanctuaries and rooms duplicated for two sets of gods. The southern half of the temple was dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek. the northern part of the temple was dedicated to the falcon god Haroeris ("Horus the Elder"), along "with Tasenetnofret, a special form of Hathor

Karnak. Templo de Thutmose III. Templo de Tutmosis III (o Thutmose III), Egipto.

Rameses III strikes northener with a spear. Medinet Habu, 1170 BC. EGYPT.

Egyptian Art. Necropolis of Saqqara. Hieroglyphs in a mastaba. Relief. Old Kingdom. Egypt.

18th Dynasty tomb of Paheri, at Elkab,south of Thebes, Egypt. dating from of the New Kingdom in the middle of the 18th Dynasty, under the reign of Thutmosis III. The tomb had already been located by the scholars of the Egyptian expedition in 1799. The titles associated with Paheri are those of nomarch (governor prince) and scribe. He is often called nomarch of Nekheb and Anyt

Fragment of a Tomb Wall Depicting Ibdu and his Wife with Offering Bearers. Egyptian, Saqqara, Tomb of Ibdu. Date: 2345 BC-2181 BC. Dimensions: 120.7 × 50.2 × 7.6 cm (47 1/2 × 19 3/4 × 3 in.). Limestone. Origin: Egypt. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Ancient Egyptian.

Egyptian hieroglyphs, relief, Temple Complex Karnak Temple, Karnak, Luxor, Egypt, Africa

under relief of the priest Ameneminet, New Empire of Egypt, 18th dynasty, 1320 BC, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, ("Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian"), Lisbon, Portugal.

Lion-headed god Apedemak from the wall decoration of a temple Meroitisch, BC to 100 AD Sudan Temple 200 Khartoum.

Court Ladies at a Ceremony. Dimensions: H. 21.5 cm (8 7/16 in); w. 53.5 cm (21 1/16 in). Dynasty: Dynasty 18. Reign: reign of Akhenaten. Date: ca. 1353-1336 B.C..The spontaneous, festive mood of this cluster of young women is achieved by their irregular groupng and by the pose of the women at the upper right who raise their arms in welcome or celebration. Below, three women appear to be sipping from shallow bowls. Behind the group is part of another scene; the small bent figure of a servant apparently engaged in some domstic task. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Templo de Karnak.

Egypt. Abydos. Temple of Seti I. 1292-1189 BC. The Pharaoh receiving the Ankh from a divinity. Relief, detail.

Temple of Kom Ombo, Upper Egypt. Constructed during the Ptolemaic dynasty, 180-47 BC. Some additions to it were later made during the Roman period. The building is unique because its 'double' design meant that there were courts, halls, sanctuaries and rooms duplicated for two sets of gods. The southern half of the temple was dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek. the northern part of the temple was dedicated to the falcon god Haroeris ("Horus the Elder"), along "with Tasenetnofret, a special form of Hathor

Temple of Kom Ombo, Upper Egypt. Constructed during the Ptolemaic dynasty, 180-47 BC. Some additions to it were later made during the Roman period. The building is unique because its 'double' design meant that there were courts, halls, sanctuaries and rooms duplicated for two sets of gods. The southern half of the temple was dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek. the northern part of the temple was dedicated to the falcon god Haroeris ("Horus the Elder"), along "with Tasenetnofret, a special form of Hathor

sSdan, Nubia, Archaeological rests to Naga

Sandstone Novilara Stele, detail showing fighting scene

Depiction of the god Osiris on a column in the Kom Ombo temple on the Nile, Egypt, Africa

Ancient relief of the Achaemenids, delegation of the Ionians, Apadana Palace, archaeological site, ancient Persian city Persepolis, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Fars Province, Iran, Asia

Frieze from a wall at Palace in Persepolis, a Royal Achaemenid city in the Persian Empire. The palace was built between 6th Century BC-5th Century BC

Hieroglyphic writing. New Kingdom. Temple of Luxor. Egypt.

Limestone stela of Seneferseshempepy. Hieroglyphic. 2150 BC. From Dendara. 6th Dynaty. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom.

Reliefs, Sanctuary, Temple of Hathor, Dendera, Qena, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Ancient relief of the Achaemenids, delegation of the Babylonians with bull, Apadana Palace, archaeological site, ancient Persian city Persepolis, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Fars Province, Iran, Asia

This 1910 image shows a scene of plundering and cremation i a ancient Assyria. Assyria was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization which existed as a city-state from the 21st century BC to the 14th century BC and then as a territorial state and eventually an empire from the 14th century BC to the 7th century BC. Assyria was located in what is now northern Iraq and southeastern Turkey.

Temple of Isis, Isis temple of Philae on the Nile island Agilkia, reliefs on the temple of Isis, part of the temple complex, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Afric...

Hieroglyphic writing. New Kingdom. Temple of Luxor. Egypt.

Abydos, one of the oldest cities of ancient Egypt; King Rameses II

A group of Negroid prisoners surrounded by guards armed with clubs while a scribe draws up a report, relief from the tomb of Horemheb at Saqqara

Reliefs and paintings in the tomb of Pharaoh Sety I, the Tomb of Apis, Dynasty 19, Valley of the Kings, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

EGYPT, NEAR LUXOR, DEIR EL-BAHRI, TEMPLE OF QUEEN HATSHEPSUT, ANCIENT EGYPTIAN HEIROGLYPHS

Egypt. Funeral wake of a treasurer official. Limestone with remains of polychrome. From the Necropolis of Abydos. XIX century B.C. Middle Kingdom. It represents the deceased sitting at a table with various food offering and jerogi_ficas inscriptions. The State Hermitage Museum. St. Petersburg. Russia.

Stele of the vizier Paser with Sethi I adoring Amenhotep I and Admose Nefertari. Limestone. New Kingdom. 19th century. Deir el-Medina. 1279-1213 BCE.

Detail of relief with battle of Til-Tuba with refugees, from Palace of Ashurbanipal, ancient Nineveh, Iraq

Relief, Karnak Temple, Luxor, Thebes, Egypt, Luxor, Thebes, Egypt, Africa

Relief with trumpeter. Dimensions: H. 24.1 cm (9 1/2 in.); W. 33.7 cm (13 1/4 in.). Dynasty: Dynasty 18. Reign: reign of Akhenaten. Date: ca. 1353-1336 B.C.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Relief depicting acontortionists dancer. Temple of Hatshepsut. Eighteenth Dynasty. New Kingdom. Deir el-Bahari. Egypt.

Egipto. Tumba 162 Quenamon. Parennefer (TT-162).

Images and hieroglyphics adorn the walls of Medinet Habu temple complex, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Sculptures from the Outer Wall, Dendera Made 1857 England. Albumen print, pl. 10 from the album Egypt and Palestine, Volume I (1858) . Francis Frith

The caption accompanying this 1903 illustration in Gaston Masperos book on History of Egypt reads: Ramses III binds the chiefs of the Libyans from a photograph by Beato.

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