Ancient Sculptures and Statues

Various ancient artifacts depicting deities and figures from Egyptian and Mesoamerican cultures. Each sculpture exemplifies detailed craftsmanship and historical significance.

Statue of Khafre enthroned. 2520 BC. Egyptian art. Old Kingdom. Sculpture on rock. EGYPT. CAIRO. Cairo. Egyptian Museum. Proc: EGYPT. GIZA. Giza. Temple of Khafre's Pyramid.

Altes museo, Berlin. Busto egipcio.

France, Paris, Louvre, Egyptian Antiquities Section, Statue of King Thoutmosis IV

'Xochiquetzal, Goddess of Fertility, Beauty and Female Sexual Power'. Museum: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO, Mexico D. F., CIUDAD DE MEXICO.

Goddess Sekhmet (Egyptian god of War). Granite, temple of Mut, Luxor; Egypt. 1403-1365 BC

Male god ca. 1390-1352 B.C. New Kingdom The god's elegant features are carved in a style belonging to the reign of the pharaoh Amenhotep III (see 56.138). In his massive fist the god holds a was-scepter, signifying dominion, and in his missing right hand he would have held the ankh hieroglyph, meaning life.Though attributes or an inscription that would identify this god are missing, the statue was almost certainly one of the series of divine statues erected by Amenhotep III in his vast mortuary temple in western Thebes. These represented the congregation of the Egyptian gods in attendance at the king's 30 year festival, or heb-sed. The site of this temple is identified by the colossi of Memnon, two monumental seated statues representing the king which stood in front of the entrance pylon of the temple.Amenhotep III celebrated three Heb-seds and constructed a palace city for this purpose at the site of Malqata, a mile or so south of his mortuary temple. This site was excavated by the M

18th dynasty seated statue of the goddess Sekhmet, from Thebes, Egypt. (approx. 1350 BC). Egyptian. Black Granite.

Statue of Khafre enthroned. 2520 BC. Egyptian art. Old Kingdom. Sculpture on rock. EGYPT. CAIRO. Cairo. Egyptian Museum. Proc: EGYPT. GIZA. Giza. Temple of Khafre's Pyramid.

Egypt. Fragment of lid of the sarcophagus of Ramese VI. 20 Dynasty. C. 1150BC. Valley of the Kings. Thebes. New Kingdom. British Museum. London.

Statue of Pharaoh Micerinus alabaster found near Giza 4th dynasty. Museum: EGYPTIAN MUSEUM, Bayreuth, EGYPT.

Block statue of Minhotep. Dimensions: H. 17.8 cm (7 in.); W. 8.7 cm (3 7/16 in.); D. 14.8 cm (5 13/16 in.). Dynasty: Dynasty 12, late-early 13. Date: ca. 1850-1640 B.C.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Wooden statue of Ahmes Nefertari, wife of Amenhotep I, from Deir el-Medina, detail, the bust, New Kingdom, Dynasty XIX

Seated Statue of the Steward Sehetepibreankh ca. 1919-1885 B.C. Middle Kingdom This statue is an example of the most common type of human representation made during the early Middle Kingdom (ca. 2000-1900 B.C.). It is patterned on depictions of the king (see 25.6), and thus proclaims that Sehetepibreankh spent his life in the service and as a true delegate of the king. The statue once stood in Sehetepibreankh's tomb in a place where family and friends could bring offerings and say prayers.. Seated Statue of the Steward Sehetepibreankh 573446

Arte egipcio. Estatua de Nactanebo I, primer faraón de la XXX Dinastía. Museum: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Black granite statue of the goddess Sakhmet, from the Temple of Mut, Thebes, Egypt. circa 1400 BC. In Egyptian mythology, Sekhmet was a warrior goddess as well as goddess of healing

Egyptian Art. Statue-cube of the vizier Nes-Pekashutty. From the Temple of Amon (Karnak). 22nd Dynasty Third Intermediate Period. Luxor Museum. Egypt.

Mesopotamian Art. Assyrian. Relief depicting the head of a eunuch. Dated around 710 B.C. It comes from the Palace of Sargon. Korsabad. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom.

Hyksos Sphinx from Tanis, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty XXI-XXII

Egypt, Calcite sphinx making offerings, Temple of Amun at Karnak, (Middle-New kingdom, 2000-1070 b.C,), (329670)

Egypt. Fragment of lid of the sarcophagus of Ramese VI. 20 Dynasty. C. 1150BC. Valley of the Kings. Thebes. New Kingdom. British Museum. London.. 20 Dynasty. C. 1150BC. Valley of the Kings. Thebes. New Kingdom. British Museum. London.

Mesopotamian Art. Assyrian. Relief depicting the head of a eunuch. Dated around 710 B.C. It comes from the Palace of Sargon. Korsabad. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom.

Limestone statue of Nectanebo I (died 361/60 BC) ancient Egyptian pharaoh, founder of the last native (30th) dynasty of Egypt

The "Hydromotor". Vessel moved by hydraulic driving force. Fleischer system. Invention of the German doctor E. Fleischer. The prime mover in the Hydromotor was water. A powerful jet of water, generated by the action of steam on the surface of the water in tanks designed for this purpose, comes out strongly from the sides of the ship, propelling it and giving it movement. Engraving by Toma´s Carlos Capuz. La Ilustracion Espan~ola y Americana, 1881.

Egyptian Antiquities in the Louvre museum,statue of Ramesses III, Paris, France.

Statue of Akhenaten, Ancient Egypt

Statue of Nenkheftka. Painted limestone. This statue comes from Nenkheftkas tomb at Deshasha. Free-standing statues such as this were a characteristic feature of the tombs of the old Kingdom (about 2613-2160).

Red granite statue of Queen Hatshepsut (15071458 BC), the fifth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. She was the second historically confirmed female pharaoh, the first being Sobekneferu.

A Saite official ( 570-526 BC) 26th dynasty, late paeriod, reign of Amasis. Sculpture in granodiorite. Unknown provenance.

Painted sandstone statue depicting an official wearing the gold of honour.

UNA DE LAS OCHO ESTATUAS DE RAMSES II ELEVADO A LA CATEGORIA DE DIOS TOMANDO LA FORMA DE OSIRIS SITUADA EN LA PRIMERA SALA DEL TEMPLO. Location: TEMPLO DE RAMSES II. ABU SIMBEL. EGYPT.

Stone head from a colossal statute of an 18th Dynasty Pharaoh, Possibly Queen Hatshepsut (15071458 BC), the fifth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt.

Escultura de Tutmosis III, sexto faraón de la XVIII dinastía de Egipto. Pieza procedente del Templo de Karnak. Museum: Luxor Museum of Ancient Egyptian Art, LUXOR, EGYPT.

Relief depicting a king, probably Ramesses II, with a short beard. Granite. New Kingdom. C. 1279-1213 BC. Memphis, Egypt. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum. Copenhagen. Denmark.

Bust of a sitted statue of Ramss II. 1290 -1237 BC. Grey granite. Egyptian art. New Kingdom. Sculpture on marble. EGYPT. CAIRO. Cairo. Egyptian Museum. Proc: EGYPT. San el-Hagar. Tanis.

Lid and base of a coffin of the priest of Heryshef, Nedjemankh. Dimensions: Lid: H. 181 W. 53 D. 28 cm (71 1/4 20 7/8 11 in.); Base: H. 180 W. 54 D. 12 cm (70 7/8 21 1/4 4 3/4 in.). Date: 150-50 B.C..The gilded mummiform coffin was made for Nedjemankh, a priest of the ram-god Heryshef of Nen-nisut. The elaborate decoration was carefully chosen and arranged to ensure that the deceased would be transfigured into one of the blessed dead. Dominating the lid are vignettes illustrating important funerary spells, along with an inscription invoking gold and silver. The interior of the lid is adorned with a figure of Nut, partially covered by silver foil; the base contains a djed pillar. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Statue of the Goddess Sakhmet ca. 1390-1352 B.C. New Kingdom The goddess Sakhmet, whose lioness head with its small intense eyes and prominent sinewy jaws bespeaks her potential for violence, elicited great efforts of appeasement. This is one of some six hundred statues of the goddess created during the reign of Amenhotep III that either still stand in, or can be traced to, two main locales: the mortuary complex of the king at Kom el Heitan on the Theban west bank, and the Mut Temple Complex at Karnak on the east bank at Thebes. This statue was most likely found at the latter site. It was long thought that the king himself had erected statues in both places, but today many scholars believe that originally the statues all stood at the Kom el Heitan mortuary temple. There they formed part of Amenhoteps massive statuary program. The Sakhmet statues have convincingly been shown to have constituted a "litany in stone" that appeased the goddess and invoked her not to use her negative powers

Bust of a Goddess, probably Mut. Limestone. Around 1400 BC. From Thebes. 18th Dynasty. New Kingdom. British Museum. London. United Kingdom.

Coffin and corn mummy with Osiris mask. Dimensions: L. 49.2 cm (19 3/8 in.); W. 19.9 cm (7 13/16 in.). Date: 400-200 BC.These falcon-headed coffins do not contain actual mummies but symbolic Osiris mummies stuffed with grain and sand. The falcon head on the coffins and the hieroglyphic text on the painted lid indicate they are associated with the funerary deity Ptah-Sokar-Osiris.Such coffins and 'mummies' were prepared and buried in annual rites at certain centers as part of the mysteries of Osiris. Subsequent germination of the grain would symbolize the possibility of new life offered by Osiris.Both this specimen and acc. no. 58.106a-d belong to a typological group, although this group cannot at this time be associated with any particular site. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Bas relief fragment portraying Cleopatra

Winged human-headed bull. Assyrian, about 865 BC from Nimrud. This protective spirit guarded the entrance into what could be the kings private apartments.

Nikare as a scribe. Dimensions: H. 31 cm (12 3/16 in.). Dynasty: Dynasty 5. Reign: reign of Niuserre or later. Date: ca. 2420-2389 B.C. or later.Old Kingdom Egyptians sought to express a person's intangible personality by a multiplicity of images. Nikare was represented by at least four statues, including two in the Museum's collection (see also 52.19). In this statue he slightly bends his head he sits with over a papyrus, which he unrolls on his lap. The text records his name and title: Employee of the Granary, Nikare. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

MASCARA FUNERARIA EPOCA BAJA - ARTE EGIPCIO. Location: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Aztec volcanic rock statue of Chicomecoatl the Goddess of maize and groundwater. Dated 14th Century

statue of the god Melqart, Heracles, Cadiz, Santi Petri area, , bronze, 8th-7th cent. BCE, Cadiz Museum, The Coliseum , Rome, Lazio, Italy ,.

Artwork of the Pharaohs, the Grand Egyptian Museum, Grand Egyptian Museum, GEM, Giza, Cairo, Egypt

Block statue of Hor, priest of the god Amun in the temple of Karnak. Greywacke. 23 Dynasty 755 BC

The Nefertiti Bust by Ancient Egypt / Staatliche Museen, Berlin/ ca 1350 BC/ Egypt/ Limestone/ The Oriental Arts/ Portrait

head of pharaoh Mentuhotep III, red quartzite, 18th dynasty, Egypt, collection of the British Museum.

Amasis II (570-526 BC). Pharaoh of Egypt. Head of an statue. Dynasty 26. C.550 BC. From Sais. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany.

Colossal head from a Royal statue from Ancient Egypt. Built from Numulitic stone from Alexandria. Dated 300 BC

Vessel shaped human figure sitting. Ceramic. Colima style. Ancient and Middle Classic Period (100-700 AD). Western Mexico. Museum of the Americas, Madrid, Spain.

ESTATUA DE PENANHURT. IMPERIO NUEVO. DINASTIA XVIII. 1437-1410 AC. ALTURA 42 CMS. Location: EGYPTIAN MUSEUM. KAIRO. EGYPT.

Kingdom of Psamtik I, cube shaped alabaster statue found incomplete in a sculptor's workshop

Shabti figure of King Merneptah, XIX Dyn. 1220BC. EGYPT.

ESTATUA DE UN VISIR. XII DINASTIA. PROCEDE DE KARNAK. GRANITO GRIS. 115 CMS ALTURA. Location: EGYPTIAN MUSEUM. KAIRO. EGYPT.

Gilded statuette of Tutankhamen, from the tomb of King Tutankhamen. 1323 BC. 18th dynasty, New Kingdom

Female Figure Nigerian Art Wood

Ashurnasirpal II succeeded his father, Tukulti-Ninurta II, in 883 BC. During his reign he embarked on a vast program of expansion, first conquering the peoples to the north in Asia Minor as far as Nairi and exacting tribute from Phrygia, then invading Aram (modern Syria) conquering the Aramaeans and neo Hittites between the Khabur and the Euphrates Rivers. His harshness prompted a revolt that he crushed decisively in a pitched, two-day battle. According to his monument inscription while recalling this massacre he says 'their men young and old I took prisoners. Of some I cut off their feet and hands; of others I cut off the ears, noses and lips; of the young men's ears I made a heap; of the old men's heads I made a marinet. I exposed their heads as a trophy in front of their city. The male children and the female children I burned in flames; the city I destroyed, and consumed with fire'. Following this victory, he advanced without opposition as far as the Mediterranean and exacted tribu

Servant Grinding Grain ca. 2420-2323 B.C. Old Kingdom. Servant Grinding Grain. ca. 2420-2323 B.C.. limestone, paint. Old Kingdom. From Egypt; Probably from Memphite Region, Giza. Dynasty 5, second half

Statue of Menkaure. 2490 - 2472 BC. Detail. Egyptian art. Old Kingdom. Sculpture on rock. EGYPT. CAIRO. Cairo. Egyptian Museum. Proc: EGYPT. GIZA. Giza.

Egypt. Wooden sarcophagus belonging to a priest. 10th c. BC. Third Intermediate Period. The State Hermitage Museum. St. Petersburg. Russia.

Maya Maske. Museum: MUSEO ARQUEOLOGICO, Mexico D. F., CIUDAD DE MEXICO.

Statuette of Thutmose III (Tuthmosis), Thutmose the Great, pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty. Officially, Thutmose III ruled Egypt for almost 54 years and his reign is usually dated from 28 April 1479 BC to 11 March 1425 BC, from the age of two and until his death at age 56. However, during the first 22 years of his reign, he was coregent with his stepmother and aunt, Hatshepsut, who was named the pharaoh. Found at Karnak Temple. Sharm el-Sheikh Museum, 2021

Head of a male statue with conical helmet. Terracotta. 7th-6th centuries BC. Idalion, Cyprus. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany.

Plaque fragment: kneeling lion-headed figure. Culture: Old Assyrian Trading Colony. Dimensions: 3 7/8 x 1 7/8 in. (9.8 x 4.8 cm). Date: ca. 18th century B.C..This figure belongs to a group of carved ivories, mostly furniture elements, probably found at the site of a palace at Acemhöyük in central Anatolia. Most of the ivories depict imagery borrowed and transformed from Egyptian sources, such as the hybrid creature shown here who combines human and lion features. In Egypt, representations of lioness goddesses appeared as early as the Old Kingdom. This creature, with its kneeling posture and closed mouth, indicated by a diagonal groove, does not appear menacing. Its identity is mysterious, but it appears to have symbolized a benevolent force.The plaque has attachment holes at top and bottom, and probably was used to decorate a piece of furniture. Its overall gray color indicates that the object was exposed to considerable heat, perhaps during the destruction of the palace. Gilding is

Shawabty of Tashery, c. 1391-1353 BC. Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III. Painted tamarisk; overall: 15.1 x 4.4 x 3.7 cm (5 15/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 7/16 in.).

Limestone carving of Pharaoh and the Egyptian god Sobek. Dated 300 BC

False door stele of Mery, Chief scribe of Saqqara royal archives, detail

Upper Part of a Statue ca. 1859-1750 B.C. Middle Kingdom The large ears and hooded eyes of this exceptionally sensitive image are seen in many later Middle Kingdom representations, continuing the artistic tradition of 12th Dynasty royal portraits. The jutting mouth, small chin, and angularly defined breasts are known from Dynasty 13 works.. Upper Part of a Statue 545106

BUSTO DE UNA PRINCESA POSIBLEMENTE LA HIJA DE RAMSES II. PIEDRA CALIZA POLICROMADA. XIX DINASTIA. 73. Location: EGYPTIAN MUSEUM. KAIRO. EGYPT.

Funerary Mask of the Overseeer of Builders Amenhotep ca. 1427-1390 B.C. New Kingdom. Funerary Mask of the Overseeer of Builders Amenhotep 553763

Egyptian Art. Offering-bearer. c. 2150 B.C. First Intermediate Period. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark.

UNA DE LAS OCHO ESTATUAS DE RAMSES II ELEVADO A LA CATEGORIA DE DIOS TOMANDO LA FORMA DE OSIRIS SITUADA EN LA PRIMERA SALA DEL TEMPLO. Location: TEMPLO DE RAMSES II. ABU SIMBEL. EGYPT.

statue of the god Melqart, Heracles, probably from Cyprus, limestone, 5th cent. BCE, Museo Barracco, The Coliseum , Rome, Lazio, Italy ,.

Mesopotamia. Stela of Ashurbanipal. The inscription records that he restored the Esagil temple of Marduk, Babylon. 665-653BC. Cuneiform script. Babylon exposore. Louvre. Paris. France.

Seated figure. Nayarit, Mexico. (100 BC-300 AD) Painted pottery. Meso - America. Museum of World Cultures Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

Head of an Official ca. 1390-1352 B.C. New Kingdom. Head of an Official. ca. 1390-1352 B.C.. Granodiorite. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes. Dynasty 18

Two outsiders. A small vessel depicting women and Africans as political outsiders. The two painted faces point outwards. Aryballos, made in Athens circa 470-450 BC.

Ancient Egyptian statue (painted limestone) remain showing bust of Queen Hatshepsut who ruled Egypt from 1479 to 1458 B.C. 18th dynasty, the New Kingdom

Model of a seated scribe, Ancient Egyptian, 18th Dynasty, 1550-1293 BC. Artist: Unknown

Ancient Egyptian wooden statue of Shemes. 1st Intermediate Period-Middle Kingdom. Dynasty XI-XII (c. 2050-1947). Tomb of Shemes. From Asyut. Egyptian Museum of Turin. Italy.

Ancient art. Arabic peninsula. Anthropomorphe Stele. IV millennum BC. 92x21cm. Al-Ma'Akir / Qaryat al-Kaafa, Hail. National Museum, Riyadh. Saudi Arabian.

Egyptian Antiquities in the Louvre museum, Paris, France.

Relief plaque with Head of a Goddess or Queen 400-200 BC Late Period-Ptolemaic Period. Relief plaque with Head of a Goddess or Queen 561161

Egyptian art. Funerary mask of Nymaatre. Cartonnage. 2nd C. BC. Vatican Museums. Vatican City State.

Statue of Teti, (Viceroy of Kush under King Tuthmosis III, , 18th dynasty, 14500 BC, Karnak, Egypt

Ancient Egyptian wooden statue of Shemes. 1st Intermediate Period-Middle Kingdom. Dynasty XI-XII (c. 2050-1947). Tomb of Shemes. From Asyut. Egyptian Museum of Turin. Italy.

Incomplete statue of Iteti.Limestone. Old Kingdom, 4th Dynaty (2543-2435 BC). Giza, Eartern Cementery. Mastaba of Iteti )G 7391). Egypt. Egyptian Museum of Turin. Italy.

Egyptian art. Colossal statues of a pharaoh, his wife and the god Hapi (God of fertility). Temporary exhibition "Egypt's Sunken Treasures" (Egypt's Sunken Treasures), objects found in underwater excavations in Alexandria. Martin Gropius. Berlin. Germany.

Canopic jar of large size which contained the mummified organs of a Mnevis bull, worshipped as the god of fertility and fecundity in Heliopolis. Alabaster. Late Period. Dynasty XXVI. 664-332 BC. The lid features the head of Amset. Probably from Heliopolis, Lower Egypt. Detail. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.

Head of a King, Possibly Seankhkare Mentuhotep III ca. 2000-1988 B.C. Middle Kingdom The features of this head are closely matched by a relief from Armant, near Thebes, which is housed in the Brooklyn Museum and is inscribed for King Seankhkare Mentuhotep III, son and successor of the great Mentuhotep II. It is, therefore, conceivable that also this head depicts Mentuhatep III. The piece is a notable work from the late phase of a style that was first initiated during the later Old Kingdom and has been nicknamed second style" (of the Old Kingdom) by Egyptologists. The sculptor conceived the image in a predominantly stylized manner. The mouth—circumscribed by a prominent relief line—can be understood as smiling, but the expression is not communicative; the shape of the ears is unusually abstract; and the elongated, slanting eyes are set unnaturally high in the face, almost eliminating any indication of a forehead. Only the softly rounded surfaces and outline of the cheeks and jaws add a

Egypt - Nile River

The Chief of Police, Mentuhotep ca. 1981-1917 B.C. Middle Kingdom. The Chief of Police, Mentuhotep. ca. 1981-1917 B.C.. Granodiorite. Middle Kingdom. From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht North, cemetery south of pyramid south of House A1:4, Pit 898, MMA excavations, 1920-21. Dynasty 12

'Funerary Sculpture of Amenemheb, Mayor of Thebes, with his Wife and Mother'. Tomb of Amenemheb at Dra Abu El Naga, Theban Necropolis. Ancient Egypt, late 14th - early 13th century BC. New Kingdom, XVIIIth - XIXth Dynasty. Dimensions: 91 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Bust of Akhenaten found in the Precinct of the Aten at Karnak. Sandstone; 18th Dynasty, Reign of Akhenaten (c. 1351-1334 BC). Part of a statue which was one of a series of colossi that once lined a colonnade in the Aten temple, erected by Akhenaten at the beginning of his reign at Kamal. He is wearing the nemes-headdress and holding the heqa sceptre and the flail.

Ivory female face known as Mona Lisa, from ancient Nimrud, Iraq

Statuette of Anubis, Ptolemaic Period, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan, New York City, USA, North America

Bust of an Administrator of the Domain of Neith ca. 600 BC Late Period, Saite This small, exquisitely carved bust was once part of a kneeling or a standing statue of a man who held before him either a smaller figure of a deity or a shrine containing the divine image. Traces of the object are still visible at the lower edge of his chest. The sophisticated sensibility of the face with its slanted eyes and small smiling protruding mouth belongs to a period of about fifty years around 600 BC, when the recoalescence of styles developed in the northern and southern parts of the country achieved a harmonious balance. The man's name, carved on the lower part of the back pillar, has been lost. The upper part gives his most important title, "Administrator of the Domains of Neith (goddess of Sais)," and the beginning of the curiously cryptic appeal to the "local god" that scholars call the Saite formula.. Bust of an Administrator of the Domain of Neith. ca. 600 BC. Gray/green schist. Late Period,

Karnak Temple Complex, sandstone Sphinx, Ramesses II's reign, from the precinct of Amun-Re, nineteenth dynasty

Egypt, Cairo. Gayer Anderson Museum. Egyptian Queen Nefertiti Bust.

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