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[thatshowthingstarted]

Portrait of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, Egypt, 1391–1353 BCE,

“Amenhotep the Magnificent” is pharaoh Amenhotep III’s epithet, and it says it all. In the 1300s BCE he ruled an empire that stretched from northern Syria to Sudan, an area roughly the size of Alaska, Texas, and Wisconsin combined.

His 38-year rule was a period of political, economic, and cultural prosperity, and he commissioned numerous carved portraits of himself; these varied in height from 60 feet to a couple of inches. Amenhotep III has the distinction of having the most surviving statues of any Egyptian pharaoh, and they span his entire life. In this portrait, he wears the traditional striped royal headdress, topped by the double crown that represents his rule of Upper and Lower Egypt.

Granodiorite, 26.35 x 15.24 x 12.7 cm.

Courtesy: Minneapolis Institute of Art

[mountrainiernps]

National Park Week

Mount Rainier may be a 500,000-year-old volcano but if you want to talk about “classic rock” then check out granodiorite! Around 18-14 million years ago, long before “new age” Mount Rainier formed, a large mass of molten rock slowly cooled under the surface, forming granodiorite, a rock similar to granite. This granodiorite underlies the Tatoosh Range, White River, Carbon River, and Nisqually River Valleys. Outcrops of granodiorite can be viewed up-close along White River Road near the White River Campground. Tatoosh granodiorite rocks, rounded by water erosion, are common in the Nisqually River. You may even spot some granodiorite boulders used in the construction of historic structures like the Longmire Administration Building!

Learn more about the geology of Mount Rainier at https://go.nps.gov/MountRainierGeology

NPS Photos: Granodiorite outcrop along White River Road; close-up of granodiorite; a light-colored granodiorite boulder in the Nisqually River; and granodiorite boulders around the front door to the Longmire Administration Building.

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Statue of Lady Sennuwy.

Period: Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, reign of Senusret I

Date: ca. 1971-1926 B.C.

Place of origin: Lower Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, Tumulus K III.

Medium: Granodiorite

[blueiscoool]

Head of the God Amun Ca. 1336–1327 B.C. New Kingdom, post-Amarna Period. From Upper Egypt, Thebes; From Egypt.

Amun was a major ancient Egyptian deity who appears as a member of the Hermopolitan Ogdoad. Amun was attested from the Old Kingdom together with his wife Amunet. With the 11th Dynasty (c. 21st century BC), Amun rose to the position of patron deity of Thebes by replacing Montu.

After the rebellion of Thebes against the Hyksos and with the rule of Ahmose I (16th century BC), Amun acquired national importance, expressed in his fusion with the Sun god, Ra, as Amun-Ra (alternatively spelled Amon-Ra or Amun-Re).

Amun-Ra retained chief importance in the Egyptian pantheon throughout the New Kingdom (with the exception of the "Atenist heresy" under Akhenaten). Amun-Ra in this period (16th to 11th centuries BC) held the position of transcendental, self-created creator deity "par excellence"; he was the champion of the poor or troubled and central to personal piety. With Osiris, Amun-Ra is the most widely recorded of the Egyptian gods.

As the chief deity of the Egyptian Empire, Amun-Ra also came to be worshipped outside Egypt, according to the testimony of ancient Greek historiographers in Libya and Nubia. As Zeus Ammon and Jupiter Ammon, he came to be identified with Zeus in Greece and Jupiter in Rome.

[artifacts-archive]

Head of King Amenhotep II with the "Blue Crown"

Egyptian, 1427-1401 BCE (New Kingdom)

The khepresh, or "blue crown," appears frequently in royal sculpture of the New Kingdom. The king wore this crown on campaigns or in ceremonial processions. As with all royal headdresses, the coiled, protective uraeus serpent appears at the brow.

[lionofchaeronea]

Ancient Egyptian male bust (granodiorite) of an official. Originally the man would have been shown together with his wife. Artist unknown; ca. 1300-1290 BCE (18th or 19th Dynasty, New Kingdom). Probably from the official's tomb at Saqqara; now in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. Photo credit: Walters Art Museum.

[wildernessjournals]

Interesting lichen patterns on granite. Western Pinnacles Lakes Basin, John Muir Wilderness, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, USA. Photo by Van Miller

[egyptologylessons]

Granodiorite Statue of Ramesses II The king 𓇓𓏏𓈖 “nsw” is depicted in all his majesty. He wears the khepresh crown 𓆣𓂋𓈙𓋙 “ḫprš” and holds the heka sceptre 𓋾𓏘𓄿 “ḥq3” against his chest. His transparent pleated ceremonial dress reveals his muscled body 𓄡𓏏𓏤 “ẖ.t”. Under his sandals 𓍿𓃀𓏏𓋸𓋸 “tjbw.ty” he tramples the Nine Bows 𓌔𓏏𓐂 “psḏ.t”, symbols of the enemies 𓐍𓆑𓏏𓏭𓀏 “ḫfty” of Egypt. On the sides of the throne 𓊨𓏏𓉗 “3s.t” is carved the sema-tawy 𓋍, the knotted heraldic plants of Upper and Lower Egypt representing the union of the Two Lands 𓇾𓇾 “t3wy”. Dynastic continuity is expressed by the figures of his wife Nefertari (𓏏𓅐𓄤𓇋𓏏𓂋𓏭𓈘𓏏) “nfr-tı͗-rı͗-mrı͗.t-mwt” ‘Beautiful Companion, Beloved of Mut’ and his son Amunherkhepeshef on either side of his legs. The long reign of Ramesses lI (𓇳𓏤𓄟𓋴𓇓) “rˁ-msi-sw” ‘Him, Born of Ra’ probably witnessed a stylistic evolution of the royal portrait. The statue 𓂙𓏏𓏭𓀾 “ḫnty” probably belongs to the beginning of the reign of Ramesses I. In any case, it can be no later than the first half of the reign, due to the presence of Queen Nefertari, who died in year 30, This statue is one of the symbols of the @museoegizio In a letter that he wrote during his stay in Turin in 1824, Champollion describes with enthusiasm "the beauty and the admirable perfection of this colossal figure (….): for six whole months I have seen it every day, and always I have the impression of seeing it for the first time. The head is divine, the feet and hands are admirable, the body is voluptuous; I call it the Egyptian Apollo of the Belvedere... in short, I am in love with it”. Granodiorite. New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, reign of Ramesses II (1279-1213 BC) Karnak, temple of Amon Drovetti Collection (1824). 📸 Richard Mortel - Flickr (Thank you) 𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬𓋹𓎬 @egyptologylessons 𓋹𓊽𓋴𓆖𓎛𓇳𓎛 © 𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁𓊁 #Ancientegypt #ägypten #egyptology #egypte #egitto #埃及 #مصر #egipto #이집트 #ramsesiii #egyptianstatue #granodiorite #pharaoh #turinmuseum https://www.instagram.com/p/CpilESKuK63/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=