Ancient Egyptian Reliefs

Hieroglyph-covered sandstone and stone reliefs depicting pharaohs and deities, showcasing the artistry and cultural significance of Ancient Egypt.

detail from the Shrine of Taharqa is a sandstone shrine built by King Taharqa (690-664 BC)

detail from the Shrine of Taharqa is a sandstone shrine built by King Taharqa (690-664 BC)

RELIEVES EN UN PILON - FOTO AÑOS 80. Location: KARNAC. Thebes. EGYPT.

Egypt - Ancient Thebes (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1979). Fortified temple of Ramses III at Medinet Habu. Relief of scribe and captive

Temple of Ramses III. The pharaoh Ramses III before the war-god Monthu, with falcon-headed, solar disk and crown with two feathers. New Kingdom. (1550-1069 b.C). Twentieth dynasty. Thebes. Medinet-Habou. Egypt.

Relief depicting a Pharaoh making offerings to the god Onuris-Shu. Ramesseum. 13th century. Nineteen dynasty. New Kingdom. Necropolis of Thebes. Valley of the kings. Egypt.

Courtyard of the Temple of Rameses III at Medinet Habu, Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu was an important New Kingdom period temple structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. The temple has inscribed reliefs depicting the advent and defeat of the Sea Peoples during the reign of Ramesses III. Initial excavation of the temple took place sporadically between 1859 and 1899

Courtyard of the Temple of Rameses III at Medinet Habu, Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu was an important New Kingdom period temple structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. The temple has inscribed reliefs depicting the advent and defeat of the Sea Peoples during the reign of Ramesses III. Initial excavation of the temple took place sporadically between 1859 and 1899

old egypt hieroglyphs carved on the stone

Lintel . Cartouches of Siamun flanked on either side by the adoring figures of Ankhefenmut. 21st Dynasty. 978-959 BC,.

The medical relief in the Kom Ombo temple on the Nile, Egypt, Africa

Bas Relief, Luxor Temple, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Luxor, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Relief depicting gods Horus and Thoth blessing a Ptolemaic pharaoh. Temple of Horus. Edfu. Egypt.

Ramesseum. Relief depicting the pharaoh Ramses II with priests. 13th century B.C. Nineteenth Dynasty. New Kingdom. Medinet Habu. Necropolis of Thebes. Valley of the Kings. Egypt.

Temple of Kom Ombo, Upper Egypt. Constructed during the Ptolemaic dynasty, 180-47 BC. Some additions to it were later made during the Roman period. The building is unique because its 'double' design meant that there were courts, halls, sanctuaries and rooms duplicated for two sets of gods. The southern half of the temple was dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek. the northern part of the temple was dedicated to the falcon god Haroeris ("Horus the Elder"), along "with Tasenetnofret, a special form of Hathor

Egypt, Edfu. Temple wall detail.

Egypt, Luxor, West Bank, Medinet Habu Temple (aka Djanet). Hieroglyphic wall detail,

A photograph taken of Philae, an island in the reservoir of the Aswan Low Dam, Egypt. Philae was initially located near the expansive First Cataract of the Nile in Upper Egypt and was the site of an Egyptian temple complex. The temple complex was dismantled and moved to nearby Agilkia Island as part of the UNESCO Nubia Campaign project, protecting this and other compounds before the 1970 completion of the Aswan High Dam. The most ancient was a temple for Isis, built in the reign of Nectanebo I during 380-362 BC, the other ruins date from the Ptolemaic Kingdom (282-145 BC), with many traces of Roman work in Philae dedicated to Ammon-Osiris.

Ptolemaic temple of Hathor and Maat. Polychrome reliefs that decorate the interior. Male figure flanked by Maat, with ostrich feather headdress. Deir el-Medina. Egypt.

Ancient stone wall with Egyptian hieroglyphs in the Karnak Temple, Luxor, Egypt

Egyptian Art. Goddess Nephthys wearing a headdress in the shape of a house. Relief. Mit Rahina Open Air Museum. Memphis. Egypt.

Hieroglyph in the Luxor Temple, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt, Africa

Part of the temple complex, pictorial representations, engravings on the walls, columns, representation for fertility, man feeding cow, mortuary temple of Hatshepsut, Hatshepsut temple in Deir el-Bahari on the west bank of the Nile in Thebes, Egypt, Africa

A photograph taken of the Red Chapel of Hatshepsut (the Chapelle Rouge) constructed initially as a barque shrine during the reign of Hatshepsut, the fifth pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty of Ancient Egypt and ruled from approximately 1479 to 1458 BC. Although it had been demolished and parts were reused in antiquity, following rediscovery, the chapel has been reconstructed using its original materials. Its original location is thought to have been in the central court of the temple of Amun at Karnak, near Thebes.

Ancient hieroglyphs on wall, Temple of Karnak,

Karnak. Templo de Thutmose III. Templo de Tutmosis III (o Thutmose III), Egipto.

Situated on the Nile about 48 kms north of Aswan is The temple of Kom Ombo, a unique double temple of the Ptolemaic and Roman periods, dedicated to Sebek, the Crocodile God, and to Horus, the falcon-headed God.

EGYPT, DENDERA, TEMPLE OF DENDERA, ROMAN MAMMISI, BIRTH HOUSE, CARVING, HATHOR NURSING HORUS

Relief from the Temple of Philae set on an island in the reservoir of the Aswan Low Dam, downstream of the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser, Egypt. The temple complex was dismantled and moved to nearby Agilkia Island as part of the UNESCO Nubia Campaign project, before the 1970 completion of the Aswan High Dam. The island temple was built during the Ptolemaic Kingdom 380-362 BC. The principal deity of the temple complex was Isis

Great Temple of Ramses II (1290-1224 BC). 19th Dynasty. New Kingdom. Abu Simbel. Egypt. Reliefs on the exterior facade.

Kom Ombo, Aswan, Egypt. Carved mural featuring the crocodile god Sobek at the Kom Ombo temple.

Relief on the pylon, Temple of Horus, Edfu, Egypt, Africa

Egyptian civilisation. Middle Kingdom. Stele of Mery Hotepouy and Khety

A photograph taken of the Red Chapel of Hatshepsut (the Chapelle Rouge) constructed initially as a barque shrine during the reign of Hatshepsut, the fifth pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty of Ancient Egypt and ruled from approximately 1479 to 1458 BC. Although it had been demolished and parts were reused in antiquity, following rediscovery, the chapel has been reconstructed using its original materials. Its original location is thought to have been in the central court of the temple of Amun at Karnak, near Thebes.

Egyptian Art. Polychrome relief depicting a religious procession carrying food to the deceased. Mastaba of Iynefert. Old Kingdom. 5th Dynasty. Necropolis of Saqqara.

A photograph taken of the Abu Simbel Temple, in Nubia, Southern Egypt, near the border with Sudan. The complex is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The temple dates to the 13th century BC, during the 19th dynasty reign of the Pharaoh Ramesses II. It is a monument to the king and commemorates his victory at the Battle of Kadesh. The complex was relocated in its entirety in 1968 under the supervision of a Polish archaeologist, Kazimierz Michalowski, on an artificial hill made from a domed structure, high above the Aswan High Dam reservoir.

Detail of beautiful natural light on an ancient egyptian drawings inside the Luxor Temple, Egypt, Africa

Wall drawings, hieroglyphs at Karnak Temple, Luxor, Egypt, Africa

Temple of Apademak the lion_god, erected in the 1st century AD by King Natekamani, Old Temple of Naga, The Kingdom of Meroe, Sudan, Africa

Relief of the Pharaoh before Horus, Temple of Horus, Edfu, Egypt, Ptolemaic Period, c251 BC-c246 BC. Artist: Unknown

Africa, Egypt, Saqqara. Temple reliefs that describe a drama or story.

'Part of the Stela of Haremhab'. Tomb of Haremheb, Saqqara, near Memphis. Ancient Egypt, late 14th - early 13th century BC. New Kingdom, Dynasty XVIII. Dimensions: 78x108x6 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Temple of Ramses III. Prisonera of war. New Kingdom. (1550-1069 b.C). Twentieth dynasty. Thebes. Medinet-Habou. Egypt.

A photograph taken of Philae, an island in the reservoir of the Aswan Low Dam, Egypt. Philae was initially located near the expansive First Cataract of the Nile in Upper Egypt and was the site of an Egyptian temple complex. The temple complex was dismantled and moved to nearby Agilkia Island as part of the UNESCO Nubia Campaign project, protecting this and other compounds before the 1970 completion of the Aswan High Dam. The most ancient was a temple for Isis, built in the reign of Nectanebo I during 380-362 BC, the other ruins date from the Ptolemaic Kingdom (282-145 BC), with many traces of Roman work in Philae dedicated to Ammon-Osiris.

Relief depicting Egyptian deities. New Kingdom. Temple of Luxor. Egypt.

Egyptian art. Stele from tomb of Menfi. 18th Dynasty, 1300-1350 BC. Vatican Museums.

Edfu, Aswan, Egypt. Hieroglyphics in the Temple of Horus.

Temple of Kom Ombo, Upper Egypt. Constructed during the Ptolemaic dynasty, 180-47 BC. Some additions to it were later made during the Roman period. The building is unique because its 'double' design meant that there were courts, halls, sanctuaries and rooms duplicated for two sets of gods. The southern half of the temple was dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek. the northern part of the temple was dedicated to the falcon god Haroeris ("Horus the Elder"), along "with Tasenetnofret, a special form of Hathor

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Ramses II, relief of hieroglyphics illustrating Litany of Ra from 19th dynasty

Egyptian Art. The Karnak Temple Complex.A pharaoh making an offering of flowers of papyrus to the gods. 19th Dynasty. New Kingdom. Egypt.

A photograph taken of the Red Chapel of Hatshepsut (the Chapelle Rouge) constructed initially as a barque shrine during the reign of Hatshepsut, the fifth pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty of Ancient Egypt and ruled from approximately 1479 to 1458 BC. Although it had been demolished and parts were reused in antiquity, following rediscovery, the chapel has been reconstructed using its original materials. Its original location is thought to have been in the central court of the temple of Amun at Karnak, near Thebes.

Imhotep (active c2980 BC) Ancient Egyptian physician (right, seated) surgical instruments (centre) birthing chair (left). Limestone relief .

Courtyard of the Temple of Rameses III at Medinet Habu, Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu was an important New Kingdom period temple structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. The temple has inscribed reliefs depicting the advent and defeat of the Sea Peoples during the reign of Ramesses III. Initial excavation of the temple took place sporadically between 1859 and 1899

Stela (Commemorative Stone) Depicting the Funeral of Ramose Made 1279 BCE-1213 BCE Egypt. Sandstone and pigment . Ancient Egyptian

column in karnak temple with ancient egypt hieroglyphics

A photograph taken of the temple of Hathor and Nefertari, also known as the Small Temple. The temple was built about one hundred meters northeast of the temple of Pharaoh Ramesses II and dedicated to the goddess Hathor and Ramesses II's chief consort, Nefertari, circa 1255 BC. Nefertari, also known as Nefertari Meritmut, was an Egyptian queen and the first of the Great Royal Wives (or principal wives) of Ramesses the Great.

Mastaba of Kagemni (2350 BC). Chief Justice and vizier of the Pharaoh Teti. Relief at the entrance depicting Kagemni with the baton and scepter. Old Kingdom. Saqqara. Egypt.

Africa, Egypt. Pressing flowers in a 'linge' to make medicinal oils and perfume. 4th cent. BC. Egypt.

Relief depicting a pharaoh making an offering to the Gods. New Empire. Temple of Luxor. Egypt.

Tomb relief: Men harvesting in the presence of Hetepet (left) 6th dynasty 2360-2195 BC.

Relief depicting a pharaoh before MIN, god of fertility, represented with erect phallus. Chapel dedicated to Amun-Min. New Empire. Temple of Luxor. Egypt.

Temple of Kom Ombo, Upper Egypt. Constructed during the Ptolemaic dynasty, 180-47 BC. Some additions to it were later made during the Roman period. The building is unique because its 'double' design meant that there were courts, halls, sanctuaries and rooms duplicated for two sets of gods. The southern half of the temple was dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek. the northern part of the temple was dedicated to the falcon god Haroeris ("Horus the Elder"), along "with Tasenetnofret, a special form of Hathor

Egyptian Art. Egypt. Relief of religious procession of great bulls, to commemorate opening of great pylon of Luxor built by Ramses II. The children of Ramses II carrying flowers. Southwest wall. First Courtyard of Ramses II. Luxor Temple. Dynasty XIX. (1320-1200 BC) New Kingdom.

Hieroglyph. Temple of Hatshepsut. 18th Dynasty. New Kingdom. Deir el-Bahari. Egypt.

Detail of a relief of Imperial guards, (Apadana, East staircase) at Persepolis.

A photograph taken of the Festival Hall of Thutmose III (Akh-menu) is an ancient shrine in Luxor (Thebes), Egypt. It is located at the heart of the Precinct of Amun-Re, in the Karnak Temple Complex. The Hall is situated at the end of the Middle Kingdom court. It was initially built to celebrate the Jubilee (Heb-Sed) of the 18th dynasty Pharaoh, Thutmose III, and later became used as part of the annual Opet Festival. circa 1425 BC

A photograph taken within Tomb KV1, located in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, used for the burial of Pharaoh Ramesses VII of the Twentieth Dynasty. Although it has been open since antiquity, it was only adequately investigated and cleared by Edwin Brock in 1984 and 1985. The single corridor tomb itself is located in Luxor's West Bank and is small in comparison to other tombs of the twentieth dynasty. Usermaatre Setepenre Meryamun Ramesses VII (also written Ramesses and Ramesses) was the sixth pharaoh of the twentieth dynasty of Ancient Egypt. He reigned from about 1136 to 1129 BC and was the son of Ramesses VI. The decoration within the passageway of the tomb contains illustrations from the Book of Gates, the Book of Caverns as well as the Book of the Earth. The walls of the burial chamber are decorated with extracts from the Book of the Earth.

EGYPT, NILE RIVER, KOM OMBO TEMPLE, COLUMN WITH RELIEF CARVING, CLOSE-UP

Capture of enemy soldiers by Egyptians. Limestone relief from Temple of Rameses II, The Great (1304-1237 BC), Abu Simbel.

Wall relief, Horus Temple, Edfu, Nile Valley, Egypt, Africa

Imenmes and Depet (Parents of General Imeneminet) Limestone Egyptian Art

Horus temple - the best preserved temple plant in Egypt, Edfu, Egypt, Africa

A photograph taken of the Red Chapel of Hatshepsut (the Chapelle Rouge) constructed initially as a barque shrine during the reign of Hatshepsut, the fifth pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty of Ancient Egypt and ruled from approximately 1479 to 1458 BC. Although it had been demolished and parts were reused in antiquity, following rediscovery, the chapel has been reconstructed using its original materials. Its original location is thought to have been in the central court of the temple of Amun at Karnak, near Thebes.

Temple of Kom Ombo, Upper Egypt. Constructed during the Ptolemaic dynasty, 180-47 BC. Some additions to it were later made during the Roman period. The building is unique because its 'double' design meant that there were courts, halls, sanctuaries and rooms duplicated for two sets of gods. The southern half of the temple was dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek. the northern part of the temple was dedicated to the falcon god Haroeris ("Horus the Elder"), along "with Tasenetnofret, a special form of Hathor

Kom Ombo Temple on the Nile, Africa, Upper Egypt, Egypt, reliefs, engravings, depictions on the walls show the gods Horus and Hathor, Africa

Italy. Rome. Trajan's Column, 2nd century AD. Erected to commemorate the victory of Emperor Trajan in the Dacian Wars. Trajan Forum.

Abydos, Offering to Osiris / Abydos, Offrende a Osiris. Antonio Beato (English, born Italy, about 1835 - 1906)

Temple of Kom Ombo, Upper Egypt. Constructed during the Ptolemaic dynasty, 180-47 BC. Some additions to it were later made during the Roman period. The building is unique because its 'double' design meant that there were courts, halls, sanctuaries and rooms duplicated for two sets of gods. The southern half of the temple was dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek. the northern part of the temple was dedicated to the falcon god Haroeris ("Horus the Elder"), along "with Tasenetnofret, a special form of Hathor

Canteras Gebel Silsila (Speos).

A photograph taken of the Red Chapel of Hatshepsut (the Chapelle Rouge) constructed initially as a barque shrine during the reign of Hatshepsut, the fifth pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty of Ancient Egypt and ruled from approximately 1479 to 1458 BC. Although it had been demolished and parts were reused in antiquity, following rediscovery, the chapel has been reconstructed using its original materials. Its original location is thought to have been in the central court of the temple of Amun at Karnak, near Thebes.

Detail of an original Egyptian hieroglyphic - limestone

Stele of the reign of Menmaatre Seti I, describing his military victories. 19th Dynasty, Temple of Karnak, Egypt, discovered in 2020. Seti was the second pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt, during the New Kingdom period, ruling c.1294 or 1290 BC to 1279 BC. He was the son of Ramesses I and Sitre, and the father of Ramesses II

Templo de Isis. Egipto.

Tomb KV9 in Egypt's Valley of the Kings was originally constructed by Pharaoh Ramesses V, who died in 1145 BC. He was interred here, but his uncle, Ramesses VI, later reused the tomb as his own. The layout is typical of the 20th dynasty, the Ramesside period.

EGYPTIAN ART. EGYPT. (1320-1200). Relief depicting Isis, the goddess who gives life and health. Symbol of fertility. Mother of Horus and wife and sister of Osiris. Represented as a woman with cow horns and the solar disk. FIRST COURTYARD OF RAMSES II. TEMPLE OF LUXOR. Dynasty XIX. New Empire.

Courtyard of the Temple of Rameses III at Medinet Habu, Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu was an important New Kingdom period temple structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. The temple has inscribed reliefs depicting the advent and defeat of the Sea Peoples during the reign of Ramesses III. Initial excavation of the temple took place sporadically between 1859 and 1899

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Seti II, entrance relief of Ra from nineteenth dynasty

The king presenting offering to gods, ancient Egyptian relief at the Temple of Hathor, Dendera, Egypt

A photograph taken of the Abu Simbel Temple, in Nubia, Southern Egypt, near the border with Sudan. The complex is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The temple dates to the 13th century BC, during the 19th dynasty reign of the Pharaoh Ramesses II. It is a monument to the king and commemorates his victory at the Battle of Kadesh. The complex was relocated in its entirety in 1968 under the supervision of a Polish archaeologist, Kazimierz Michalowski, on an artificial hill made from a domed structure, high above the Aswan High Dam reservoir.

Egypt, Aswan, Kom Ombo, Temple of Sobek and Haroeri, detail: relief with god Sobek depicted as a man with the head of a crocodile

Egyptian Art. The Karnak Temple Complex. Hieroglyphic writing. Royal protocol of Ramesses II. Fifth title of the Pharaoh: son of Ra.19th Dynasty (1320-1200 b.C.). New Empire. Egypt.

Temple of Kom Ombo, Upper Egypt. Constructed during the Ptolemaic dynasty, 180-47 BC. Some additions to it were later made during the Roman period. The building is unique because its 'double' design meant that there were courts, halls, sanctuaries and rooms duplicated for two sets of gods. The southern half of the temple was dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek. the northern part of the temple was dedicated to the falcon god Haroeris ("Horus the Elder"), along "with Tasenetnofret, a special form of Hathor

Hieroglyphs in the Luxor Temple, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt, Africa

Assyrian relief. from Nimrud. Circa 8th century BC. Showing palace archers, soldiers, slaves and animals.

Hypostyle Hall at the Temple of Rameses IIII at Medinet Habu, Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu was an important New Kingdom period temple structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. The temple has inscribed reliefs depicting the advent and defeat of the Sea Peoples during the reign of Ramesses III. Initial excavation of the temple took place sporadically between 1859 and 1899

Second Courtyard of the Feasts, Medinet Habu, Thebes, Egypt. Temple of Rameses II at Medinet Habu, Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu was an important New Kingdom period temple structure in the West Bank of Luxor in Egypt. The temple has inscribed reliefs depicting the advent and defeat of the Sea Peoples during the reign of Ramesses III. Initial excavation of the temple took place sporadically between 1859 and 1899

Egypt. Temple of Osiris, Abydos.

Temple of Kom Ombo, Upper Egypt. Constructed during the Ptolemaic dynasty, 180-47 BC. Some additions to it were later made during the Roman period. The building is unique because its 'double' design meant that there were courts, halls, sanctuaries and rooms duplicated for two sets of gods. The southern half of the temple was dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek. the northern part of the temple was dedicated to the falcon god Haroeris ("Horus the Elder"), along "with Tasenetnofret, a special form of Hathor

Relief depicting a boat trip of the royal couple on the occasion of a celebration. Sandstone and remains of polychrome. New Kingdom. 18th Dynasty. 1479-1458 BC. From the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut. Deir el-Bahari, Egypt. Neues Museum. Berlin, Germany.

Circumcision ritual. Egyptian relief- wall carving. EGYPT.

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