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flinders petrie
founding father of scientific archaeology
made some of the most accurate measurements of the pyramids
wore pink underwear in public
excavated up and down nile valley
developed the system of dating layers based on pottery and ceramic findings
found intact tombs at fayum after 8 years basically dicking around in egypt taking photographs while he didn’t have funding
badari
black glaze
predynastic
naqada 1
white cross lines
made with nile silt
red hemitite iron oxide
slip and pebble varnish before firing
red on buff pottery
naqada ii
most impressive type of ceramic
gebel el-arak knife handle
upper egypt, late predynastic period
hippopotamus ivory
in the louvre in paris now
shows motif of “master of the beasts” with two lions
wall painting from tomb 100 at hierakonpolis
first painted tomb
excavated by green
narmer’s palette
first historical king
macehead/ smiting scene
demonstrates early mastery of stonecarving
found in hierakonpolis, dynasty 0
discovered 1898 by quibell & green
king djet stela
abydos
horus (falcon) on top
serekh symbol at bottom
step pyramid
djoser (pharaoh)
dynasty 3
saqqara (location)
djoser in heb sed garb
dynasty 3
cairo museum
hebsed ceremony
metjen
early dynasty 4
saqqara
r. lepsius found it
meidum snefru dynasty 4
meidum geese
from chapel of atet
4th dynastry snefru
seated figures of rahotep and of nofret
fourth dynasty
difference in skin color
link between 3rd dynasty (snefru) (everyone is portrayed pretty much the same) and the reighns of khufu and khafre (individualism)
quartz eyes
bent pyramid
snefru dynasty 4
south dahshur (location)
originally intended to be nearly 150m tall, but ground gave way
system of chambers inside fractured as well
red pyramid
snefru
dashur
hetep-heres chair
reproduction furniture in MFA
khufu ivory statuette
<3 inches tall
from abydos 4th dynasty
in cairo museum
only figure of the builder of the great pyramids of giza
confirmed by inscription that it’s him
khufu boat
kamal el-mallakj discovery 1954
boat pits
hemiunu
khufu’s pyramid designer
4th dynasty
vizier
snefru’s grandson
wepemnefret, slab stela
discovered march 1905
khafre pyramid
intact casing stones
khafre statue
cairo museum now
4th dynasty
anorthosite gneiss
ankhaef
giza 4th dynasty
bust shows realism, individuality
has mastaba
mfa reserve head
sharp nose
same guy also on a stela
giza 4th dynasty
limestone
purpose is unknown
menkaure pair statue
queen mother or wife? unclear
4th dynasty
found in giza (mycerinus valley temple)
in mfa boston
unas pyramid
burial chamber at saqqara
FIRST PYRAMID TEXTS
(ensures successful afterlife, some priests read it when they get interred)
mereuka niche saqqara
vizier in mastaba
teti (pharaoh)
george reisner & george steindorf
