All About Egypt Videos » statue http://all-about-egypt.com/VIDEOS Videos from Ancient and Modern Egypt Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:24:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Off The Wall: Nebsen and Nebet-ta http://all-about-egypt.com/VIDEOS/off-the-wall-nebsen-and-nebet-ta/ http://all-about-egypt.com/VIDEOS/off-the-wall-nebsen-and-nebet-ta/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:19:55 +0000 Bankhamen http://all-about-egypt.com/VIDEOS/?p=313

In the galleries of the Brooklyn Museum, curator Edward Bleiberg discusses Group Statue of Nebsen and Nebet-ta, probably from Sumenu. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early in the reign of Amunhotep III, circa 1390-1353 b.c. Limestone, 15 3/4 x 8 9/16 x 9 1/4 in. (40 x 21.8 x 23.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 40.523

]]> http://all-about-egypt.com/VIDEOS/off-the-wall-nebsen-and-nebet-ta/feed/ 0 Massive sculpted head of a pharaoh unearthed http://all-about-egypt.com/VIDEOS/massive-red-granite-sculpted-head-of-a-pharaoh-unearthed-in-luxor/ http://all-about-egypt.com/VIDEOS/massive-red-granite-sculpted-head-of-a-pharaoh-unearthed-in-luxor/#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:39:36 +0000 Bankhamen http://all-about-egypt.com/VIDEOS/?p=66

A massive red granite sculpted head of pharaoh Amenhotep III has been unearthed behind the famous Colossi of Memnon in Luxor.

Not only huge in dimensions, the 2.5m (8ft) head is one of the best preserved and finely carved image of the king, recently identified as the grandfather of Tutankhamen thru DNA and CT scan tests conducted on several 18th dynasty royal family mummies.

Other parts from the colossal statue were found several years ago in the excavation site of what once was the largest mortuary temple of ancient Thebes. Egyptian authorities mentioned plans for putting all the pieces back together.

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