Egypt
Here is an exhibition on the burial of the Nubian King Aspelta.
http://www.ncaaa.org/exhibitions/aspelta/ASPELTA/index.html
The kings burial was uncovered by Dr. George Reisner at the beginning of the 20th century and thankfully because the ceiling in the outer chamber had collapsed the tomb contained a good assortment of valuable objects some of which are in Boston's Museum of Fine Arts.
http://www.mfa.org/tours/package.asp?key=93
- New Archaelogical Findings May Re-shape Sudanese History
http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=248239 The recent discovery of seven statues in Karma, northern Sudan, south of the Third Cataract, which represented monarchs during the ancient Nubian Kingdom. They represent the kings Taharqa, Tanoutamon,...
- Statues In The Sudan
Here is another article on those statues found in the Sudan. The remarkable things is their location far south of where other Kushite material has been found. The fragments make up four statues which appear to have been ritually broken. The most important...
- Mfa Highlights: Arts Of Ancient Egypt
Rita Freed Lawrence M. Berman Denise M. Doxey Museum of Fine Arts Boston 2003 ISBN 0-87846-661-4 Recently my nine year old charge Natasha was on her way to Boston with her family so I urged her to visit the Museum of Fine...
- Ancient Egypt As Represented In The Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston
William Stevenson Smith, Ph. D. New York Graphic Society 1960 U.S.A. Library of Congress Card No. 60-13944 I am a huge fan of "The Giza Archives Project" and "The Boston Museum of Fine Arts" so that when I was in a used book store recently and found...
- Functionality Of Reserve Heads
These old kingdom reserve heads as they are known appear to be funerary in nature. Nearly all are carved of white limestone but at least one is made from Nile mud. Many appear to be actual portraits while some are too idealized to be portraits of the...
Egypt
King Aspelta's Burial
Here is an exhibition on the burial of the Nubian King Aspelta.
http://www.ncaaa.org/exhibitions/aspelta/ASPELTA/index.html
The kings burial was uncovered by Dr. George Reisner at the beginning of the 20th century and thankfully because the ceiling in the outer chamber had collapsed the tomb contained a good assortment of valuable objects some of which are in Boston's Museum of Fine Arts.
http://www.mfa.org/tours/package.asp?key=93
- New Archaelogical Findings May Re-shape Sudanese History
http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=248239 The recent discovery of seven statues in Karma, northern Sudan, south of the Third Cataract, which represented monarchs during the ancient Nubian Kingdom. They represent the kings Taharqa, Tanoutamon,...
- Statues In The Sudan
Here is another article on those statues found in the Sudan. The remarkable things is their location far south of where other Kushite material has been found. The fragments make up four statues which appear to have been ritually broken. The most important...
- Mfa Highlights: Arts Of Ancient Egypt
Rita Freed Lawrence M. Berman Denise M. Doxey Museum of Fine Arts Boston 2003 ISBN 0-87846-661-4 Recently my nine year old charge Natasha was on her way to Boston with her family so I urged her to visit the Museum of Fine...
- Ancient Egypt As Represented In The Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston
William Stevenson Smith, Ph. D. New York Graphic Society 1960 U.S.A. Library of Congress Card No. 60-13944 I am a huge fan of "The Giza Archives Project" and "The Boston Museum of Fine Arts" so that when I was in a used book store recently and found...
- Functionality Of Reserve Heads
These old kingdom reserve heads as they are known appear to be funerary in nature. Nearly all are carved of white limestone but at least one is made from Nile mud. Many appear to be actual portraits while some are too idealized to be portraits of the...