Jan 29 2019 black egyptian king of egypt.
Black granite egyptian statue.
In it horus is represented with a hawk s head and a kilt.
Reign of amenhotep iii 1391 1353 bc.
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 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 amenhotep iii ca.
New kingdom 18th dynasty reign of tutankhamun ca.
The statue is made of black granite and measures 1 85 meters in height revealed fathy yassin director general of west luxor antiquities.
Sekhmet had the body of a woman and the head of a fierce lioness with a headpiece featuring the sun disk.
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Group of black granite statues of the lioness headed goddess sekhmet a warlike deity of fearsome repute.
Black granite statue of king amenemhot.
Now in the louvre.
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.
These statues were part of a set of over 300 similar figures erected by amenhotep iii in the temple of mut at karnak.
The block statue is a type of memorial statue that first emerged in the middle kingdom of egypt.
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.
May 26 2019 statue of the goddess sekhmet black granite statue of the warrior goddess sekhmet from the precinct of mut karnak.
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.