Egypt
Anyone who has ever visited the Cairo museum has seen and remembers well the colossal statue of Amenhotep III and his great wife Tiye. The statue is extremely rare in Egyptian art for it depicts Tiye on the same scale as king Amenhotep III. When originally discovered in ruins in the nineteenth century the statue was pieced back together with the missing pieces replicated in stone.
Recent excavations have now turned up the missing pieces which are being held at the site till such time as they can be added back to the statue.
Discovery has it too.
- In The Pharaohs' Footsteps
Al Ahram Weekly With photos. Inspection of the last phase of the Avenue of the Sphinxes development project and the discovery of the missing parts of the colossal double statue of the 18th-Dynasty Pharaoh Amenhotep III and his wife Queen Tiye, now on...
- Questions About The Tiy Statue
http://tinyurl.com/d45jz (Forbes.com) In this item Bryan says that the identification of the statue as Tiy may not be secure, but that it certainly represents "a major queen of Amenhotep III, which would limit the subject of the statue to Tiye, Amenhotep's...
- Raising Amenhotep
The northern of two colossal statues which stood in front of the mortuary temple of the 18th dynasty king Amenhotep III who died in the middle of the 14th century bc has been stood up. It is a beastly piece of rubble with the exception that the great...
- Missing Pieces
This article from the Luxor times is most helpful on the recovery of missing pieces to the colossal statue of Amenhotep III and his wife Tiye....
- The Kings Wife Tiye
A colossal statue of Amenhotep III wife Tiye has been found in the ruins of the King's mortuary temple. http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7010414916...
Egypt
Pieces of Amenhotep and Tiye
Anyone who has ever visited the Cairo museum has seen and remembers well the colossal statue of Amenhotep III and his great wife Tiye. The statue is extremely rare in Egyptian art for it depicts Tiye on the same scale as king Amenhotep III. When originally discovered in ruins in the nineteenth century the statue was pieced back together with the missing pieces replicated in stone.
Recent excavations have now turned up the missing pieces which are being held at the site till such time as they can be added back to the statue.
Discovery has it too.
- In The Pharaohs' Footsteps
Al Ahram Weekly With photos. Inspection of the last phase of the Avenue of the Sphinxes development project and the discovery of the missing parts of the colossal double statue of the 18th-Dynasty Pharaoh Amenhotep III and his wife Queen Tiye, now on...
- Questions About The Tiy Statue
http://tinyurl.com/d45jz (Forbes.com) In this item Bryan says that the identification of the statue as Tiy may not be secure, but that it certainly represents "a major queen of Amenhotep III, which would limit the subject of the statue to Tiye, Amenhotep's...
- Raising Amenhotep
The northern of two colossal statues which stood in front of the mortuary temple of the 18th dynasty king Amenhotep III who died in the middle of the 14th century bc has been stood up. It is a beastly piece of rubble with the exception that the great...
- Missing Pieces
This article from the Luxor times is most helpful on the recovery of missing pieces to the colossal statue of Amenhotep III and his wife Tiye....
- The Kings Wife Tiye
A colossal statue of Amenhotep III wife Tiye has been found in the ruins of the King's mortuary temple. http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7010414916...