ART HIS 40A Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Theban Mapping Project, Abu Simbel Temples, Nefertari
Document Summary
Thebes center of egypt: abu simbel, ramses ii 1379 came into power. 1960s: reassembled onto higher ground, graffiti on leg of ramses ii, in ancient greek. Interior of temple with row of osirides and four images at far back: war chariot (expansion) exterior view of both temples (ramses and nefertari, hathor images framed by osiris, interior: nefertari makes an offering to hathor. West bank of thebes, valley of the kings: kv 5. Egyptians allowed to continue by ptolemy: cleopetra learns egyptian language. Temple of horus at edfu, 237-57 bce, begun under ptolemy iii retain old and new kingdom style. Temple of hathor at dendera: newly cleaned ceiling. Bonaparte devant le sphinx [1799], j. -l. gerome, ca. Rosetta stone, 196/7 bce decree of ptolemy v front and right side. Three scripts on it: hieroglyphic, demotic, greek, decree of ptolemy v. Cast in king"s library, inscriptions on sides trophy of war. 1600 bce, in hieratic script [possiboly derived from writings by imhotep.
