Face of Akhenaten

Face of Akhenaten

This fragment of limestone has been discovered near the tomb of king Akhenaten at Tell El-`Amarna. It is one of the shabtis which have been deliberately broken during the desertion of the town. The head may be considered as one of the masterpieces of the Amarnan art of modelling. The physionomy is characterised above all by a feminine softness.

EL-`AMARNA/AKHETATEN

NEW KINGDOM: 18TH DYNASTY: AMENHOTEP IV/AMENOPHIS IV/NEFERKHEPERURE/AKHENATEN

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Inventory number E.6845

Excavaciones en Amarna

Excavaciones en Amarna

Figurine in beeswax

Figurine in beeswax

E.7264A

This object modelled in beeswax belongs to a category of figurines which represent men and woman standing, the arms alongside the body. Certain authors consider them as the precurser to shabtis which appeared from the beginning of the Middle Kingdom. This figurine of a man, of which the proveance is not known with certainty (Gebelein ?), is in a good state of preservation and probably dates from the 11th Dynasty.

EL-GABALIN/GEBELEIN

11TH DYNASTY

M. Raven, Wax in Egyptian Magic and Symbolism, OMRO 64 (1983) 12

Génie des hommes, âme de l'homme (Exposition), Huy 1998, 35, 39 nº 23

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momia niño

En 2010 se realizó un estudio de la momia de un niño.

La momia estaba expuesta en la colección del Museo de

Saffron Walden , desde el año 1978

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1332963/Egyptian-mummy-boy-dressed-girl-3D-scan-reveals.html