Key Image: The Book of the Dead (Egypt)
detail of the Papyrus of Ani
Polychrome illustration on papyrus
67x42 cm (whole papyrus is 23.5 m)
1250 BCE
Stolen in 1888 from Egypt by E.A. Wallis Budge
See it in the British Museum
Polychrome illustration on papyrus
67x42 cm (whole papyrus is 23.5 m)
1250 BCE
Stolen in 1888 from Egypt by E.A. Wallis Budge
See it in the British Museum
Depictions of Egyptian Rulers
Ramesses II and Nefertari, Hatshepsut, Taharqa, Akhenaten and Nefertiti and Tutankhamun.
Key Image: Ashurbanipal Killing a Lion (Mesopotamia)
detail from Ashurbanipal Hunting Lions
gypsum hall relief from the North Palace, Ninevah
645-635 B.C.E.
found by H. Rassam c. 1853
See it in the British Museum
gypsum hall relief from the North Palace, Ninevah
645-635 B.C.E.
found by H. Rassam c. 1853
See it in the British Museum
Watch more here and here
"The Palace Decoration of Ashurbanipal." Youtube, Uploaded by The British Museum, 19 February 2019, www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5iEY4hapMQ.
Harris, Beth and Stephen Zucker. "Ashurbanipal Hunting Lions." Youtube, Uploaded by Smarthistory, 8 August 2013, www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5iEY4hapMQ.
Harris, Beth and Stephen Zucker. "Ashurbanipal Hunting Lions." Youtube, Uploaded by Smarthistory, 8 August 2013, www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5iEY4hapMQ.