Black Granite Egyptian Statue

These statues were part of a set of over 300 similar figures erected by amenhotep iii in the temple of mut at karnak.
Black granite egyptian statue. 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. 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.
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. In collaboration with edfu police egypt s antiquities ministry has succeeded in recovering a black granite colossus of the 18th dynasty king amenhotep iii. Jan 29 2019 black egyptian king of egypt.
Black granite statue of king amenemhot. Now in the louvre. 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.
Detail from a black granite statue depicting the god amun protecting tutankhamun. Group of black granite statues of the lioness headed goddess sekhmet a warlike deity of fearsome repute. New kingdom 18th dynasty reign of amenhotep iii ca. 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.
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. In it horus is represented with a hawk s head and a kilt.