1. THE NEW KINGDOM: Egypt as Empire

2. The West Bank of the river Nile (near Luxor) was the domain of the deceased and it is dominated by mortuary temples and hundreds of tombs

3. Hatshepsut, Pharaoh c. 1470 bce Consort Senmut & daughter Neferure

5. Tutmosis III vs Hatshepsut

6. Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut c. 1470 bce Senmut, architect

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14. Temple Complexes Karnak & Luxor c. 1290 bce

15. Karnak

16. Luxor Temple of Amun-Mut-Khonsu Pylon gate Hypostyle hall Amenhotep & Ramses, 18 th & 19 th dynasties

17. Pylon Peristyle Courtyard Colonnade Hypostyle Hall

18. Luxor Pylon Gate Temple of Amun-Mut-Khonsu Ramses II

19. Luxor Pylon Gate Temple of Amun-Mut-Khonsu Ramses II

20. Luxor Pylon Gate Obelisk

22. Luxor

23. Luxor, Peristyle courtyards

24. Plan, portion of Karnak Sacred Temple District

25. Pylon, Karnak Obelisk, Karnak

26. Hypostyle Hall, Karnak

27. Karnak

28. Ramses II vs Nefertari

29. New Kingdom Tomb Paintings

33. Amarna Period c. 1352 Amenhotep IV = Akenhaten & Nefertiti

34. Amenhotep II and Queen Tiye

35. Amarna Palace Archeological Site

36. Amarna

38. Sun Temple at Amarna to Aten

39. Amenhotep IV =Akenhaten

40. Diplomatic letters (on clay) between King of Egypt (Amenhotep III & IV – Akenaten) & rulers of the Near East "Come yourself, or send your son, and you will see the king at whose sight all lands live." --Akhenaten to Aziru, c1337 BC (Amarna tablet 162)

42. Akenhaten, Nefertiti & Daughters & ATEN

44. "And the heiress, great in the palace, fair of face, adorned with the double plumes, mistress of happiness, endowed with favours, at hearing whose voice the king rejoices, the chief wife of the king, his beloved, the lady of the two lands, Nefertiti, may she live for ever and always." Inscription on a stelae of Queen Nefertiti's husband Pharaoh Akhenaten

47. Daughters of Akenhaten & Nefertiti

48. Tutankhamen & Ankhesenamun?

49. Discovery of Tutankhamen's Tomb 1925 Howard Carter

50. I widened the breach and by means of the candle looked in........ It was sometime before one could see, the hot air escaping caused the candle to flicker, but as soon as one's eyes became accustomed to the glimmer of light, the interior of the chamber gradually loomed before one, with its strange and wonderful medley of extraordinary and beautiful objects heaped upon one another. There was naturally short suspense for those present who could not see, when Lord Carnarvon said to me 'Can you see anything?' I replied to him 'Yes, it is wonderful'." Howard Carter opening King Tutankhamen's Tomb (26 November 1925) Tutankaten= Tutankhamen c. 1330’s bce

64. Book of the Dead, Scroll, 16” high, painted papyrus, 1285

65. Ramses II, Warrior, Builder, 1279 bce

66. Abu Simbel, 1279 bce

77. Queen Nefertari’s Tomb, c. 1279 bce

79. Nefertari before Isis

80. Osiris

81. Nefertari & Isis

82. Taharqo (a), Nubia 690 bce

83. Nubian Pharoahs & pyramids

84. Alexander the Great, Ptolemy & Ptolemaic Egypt c. 330 bce – 30 bce

85. Cleopatra VII, Last Pharaoh of Egypt, c. 30 bce

86. Greek, African, Egyptian, sex goddess?

87. Julius Caesar, their son Caesarian, Cleopatra

88. Cleopatra & Marc Antony Vs Octavius (Augustus I)

89. Roman Mummies, Hawara & Faiyum, Egypt, c. 100 ce