Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Egyptian Statues

Art has spanned the centuries. Looking back at Michelangelo or DaVinci seems like traveling back in time. But what about art that is centuries older? Let me share some ancient Egyptian carvings with you so that you may really feel time …

Colossal Statue of Amenhotep III and Tiye, late 18th Dynasty

Bust of Nefertiti, Queen Consort of Akhenaten, 18th Dynasty

The-Seated-Scribe, 2620-2500 BC

Khufu, Fourth Dynasty, 2589-2566 BC

The Gayer-Anderson Cat, 664–332 BC

The-Great-Sphinx-of-Giza, 26th century BCE

The Colossi of Memnon Pharaoh Amenhotep III, 14th century BC

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Khufu, Fourth Dynasty, 2589-2566 BC

Ram Form, Amon King, Taharqa Dynasty, 664 BC

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King Menkaura (Mycerinus) and Queen, 2490–2472 BC

Sheikh el Balad, 5th Dynasty

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