ANCIENT

EGYPT
HIGH
RELIEF

STATUES OF RAMESES II AT ABEL SIMBEL. © SHUTTERSTOCK.

MENKAURE (MYCERINUS) AND KHAMERERNEBTY(?), GRAYWACKE, C. 2490–2472 B.C.E. (MUSEUM
OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON; PHOTO: STEVEN ZUCKER, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
BEAUTIFULLY PRESERVED LIFE-SIZE PAINTED LIMESTONE FUNERARY SCULPTURES OF PRINCE RAHOTEP AND HIS
WIFE NOFRET. NOTE THE LIFELIKE EYES OF INLAID ROCK CRYSTAL (MEIDUM, OLD KINGDOM) (EGYPTIAN
MUSEUM, CAIRO; PHOTO: PANEGYRICS OF GRANOVETTER, CC BY-SA 2.0)
LOW
RELIEF

ANCIENT EGYPT, MIDDLE KINGDOM, RELIEF OF

NEBHEPETRE MENTUHOTEP II AND THE GODDESS HATHOR
PALETTE OF KING NARMER, FROM HIERAKONPOLIS, EGYPT, PREDYNASTIC, C. 3000–2920 B.C.E.,
SLATE, 2' 1" HIGH (EGYPTIAN MUSEUM, CAIRO)
PAINTED RAISED RELIEF IN THE TEMPLE OF SETI I AT ABYDOS (NEW KINGDOM)
SUNKEN RELIEF
HORUS, GOD OF
THE SKY
KING TUTANKHAMUN
KING TUTANKHAMUN