Black Granite Egyptian Statue

Reign of amenhotep iii 1391 1353 bc.
Black granite egyptian statue. Now in the louvre. May 26 2019 statue of the goddess sekhmet black granite statue of the warrior goddess sekhmet from the precinct of mut karnak. Egypt egyptian mythology akenaten granite statue of the pharoah amenophis iv later known as akhenaten the husband of the beautiful nefertiti facsimile in the egyptian museum san jopse statue. The black granite statues of the goddess known as the lady of war were found in the ground at the colossi of memnon area on the city s west bank which used to be a capital for ancient egypt.
Detail from a black granite statue depicting the god amun protecting tutankhamun. In it horus is represented with a hawk s head and a kilt. Jan 29 2019 black egyptian king of egypt. New kingdom 18th dynasty reign of amenhotep iii ca.
Similar statues are held by most major egyptian collections across the world all originated at the same site where many less well preserved figures can still be seen. The block statue grew in popularity in the new kingdom and the third intermediate period and by the late period this type of statue was the most common these statues were used in temples typically as funerary monuments of non royal yet important individuals. The block statue is a type of memorial statue that first emerged in the middle kingdom of egypt. The statue is made of black granite and measures 1 85 meters in height revealed fathy yassin director general of west luxor antiquities.
The black granite statues of the goddess known as the lady of war were found in the ground at the colossi of memnon area on the city s west bank which used to be a capital for ancient egypt. Black granite statue of king amenemhot. Sekhmet had the body of a woman and the head of a fierce lioness with a headpiece featuring the sun disk. In collaboration with edfu police egypt s antiquities ministry has succeeded in recovering a black granite colossus of the 18th dynasty king amenhotep iii.
The statue of the ancient egyptian god was unearthed during excavations of the remains of the house of millions of years temple for amenhotep iii. New kingdom 18th dynasty reign of tutankhamun ca.