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Ancient Wood Statuette of Egyptian a Woman,
Period : New Kingdom, Dynasty : Dynasty 18
Date : ca. 1353-1295 B.C.
Size 10"
Size 26 cm
Reign : reign of Akhenaten to Haremhab
Purchase : Paris 1961
An Important Statuette of Egyptian Woman
History of Ancient Egypt
ca. 1550–1295 B.C.
(Dynasty 18) Although Memphis is the chief administrative center, Thebes, cult center of the god Amun-Re and home of the dynasty, remains important as a religious and cultural center. Influenced by the temple of Mentuhotep II, Hatshepsut, the most powerful female ruler of pharaonic history, builds her unique funerary temple in western Thebes. Akhenaten, ruling near the end of the dynasty, breaks with tradition by establishing the first monotheistic religion. Although the new religion ends with his death, the influence of artistic innovations introduced during Akhenaten’s reign continues into the next dynasty.
