#thutmose iv

[23-tiny-wishes]

They are looking at the freshly repainted Giza Sphinx idk

[egypt-museum]

Mummy of Thutmose IV

Thutmose IV died young and was buried in the Valley of the Kings. Later, the mummy was moved to the Deir el-Bahari cache (“DB320”) with other royal mummies.

His body was rewrapped in its original bandages, with the feet broken off, but not lost. The king was balding. This mummy was the first of that time to have pierced ears; his fingernails were manicured. The mummy's hands were crossed on his chest, in the Osirian position.

New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1401-1391 BC. Now in the NMEC, Cairo. JE 34559

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[yaellaharpe-blog]

The chariot of Thutmose IV

El carro de Tutmosis IV

(English / Español / Italiano)

Deep in the Valley of the Kings, archaeologist Howard Carter discovered something extraordinary in 1903: the almost 3,400-year-old body of Thutmose IV in his tomb, KV 43. This chariot is one of the few Egyptian examples to have survived to the present day. It was part of the king's funerary objects, intended to serve him in the afterlife, and offers a rare glimpse into the past.

The chariot, made of light wood, was designed to be fast and manoeuvrable, essential for both battle and ceremonial purposes. Not only was it practical, but it was also beautifully decorated, probably with gold leaf, leather and intricate designs. These details emphasised the king's power and status, appropriate for a ruler who was both a warrior and a divine figure.

The discovery of the chariot of Thutmose IV provides valuable insight into the engineering and art of the 18th Dynasty. Despite being buried for millennia, its preservation helps us to understand the importance of chariots in ancient Egypt and shows the skill of its craftsmen.

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En las profundidades del Valle de los Reyes, el arqueólogo Howard Carter descubrió algo extraordinario en 1903: el cuerpo de Tutmosis IV, de casi 3.400 años de antigüedad, que se encuentra en su tumba, KV 43. Este carro es uno de los pocos ejemplos egipcios que han sobrevivido hasta nuestros días. Formaba parte de los objetos funerarios del rey, destinados a servirle en el más allá, y ofrece una visión poco común del pasado.

El carro, hecho de madera ligera, fue diseñado para ser rápido y maniobrable, algo esencial tanto para la batalla como para las ceremonias. No solo era práctico, sino que también estaba bellamente decorado, probablemente con pan de oro, cuero y diseños intrincados. Estos detalles resaltaban el poder y el estatus del rey, algo apropiado para un gobernante que era a la vez un guerrero y una figura divina.

El descubrimiento del carro de Tutmosis IV nos brinda una valiosa perspectiva de la ingeniería y el arte de la XVIII Dinastía. A pesar de estar enterrado durante milenios, su conservación nos ayuda a comprender la importancia de los carros en el antiguo Egipto y muestra la habilidad de sus artesanos.

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Nel profondo della Valle dei Re, nel 1903 l'archeologo Howard Carter scoprì qualcosa di straordinario: il corpo di Thutmose IV, risalente a quasi 3.400 anni fa, nella sua tomba KV 43. Questo carro è uno dei pochi esemplari egizi sopravvissuti fino ai giorni nostri. Faceva parte del corredo funerario del re, destinato a servirlo nell'aldilà, e offre un raro sguardo sul passato.

Il carro, realizzato in legno leggero, era progettato per essere veloce e maneggevole, essenziale sia per la battaglia che per le cerimonie. Non solo era pratico, ma era anche splendidamente decorato, probabilmente con foglie d'oro, pelle e disegni intricati. Questi dettagli sottolineavano il potere e lo status del re, appropriati per un sovrano che era sia un guerriero che una figura divina.

La scoperta del carro di Thutmose IV offre una preziosa visione dell'ingegneria e dell'arte della XVIII dinastia. Nonostante sia stato sepolto per millenni, la sua conservazione ci aiuta a capire l'importanza dei carri nell'antico Egitto e mostra l'abilità dei suoi artigiani.

Source: Diario de Historia

[lionofchaeronea]

Ivory bracer of the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Thutmose IV. Thutmose is shown subduing an Asiatic enemy while a falcon-headed deity looks on. Artist unknown; 1397-1388 BCE. Found at Amarna*; now in the Neues Museum, Berlin. Photo credit: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP/Wikimedia Commons.

*It is unknown how the bracer ended up at Akhenaten's capital.

[lunar-doodles]

Maybe since I’ve drawn him, he’ll leave my brain and let me live.

[maybeasunflower]

Consider the Great Sphinx of Giza:

See that tablet between her legs?

It dates from 1400BC, and tells a story of how the Pharoah was told through a dream to uncover the Sphinx from the sand that buried her. So he did, made a little shrine, and added the tablet (12' high and weighing 15 tonnes). 1400BC was during the New Kingdom.

When that tablet was placed there, the Sphinx was over a thousand years old.

There's a lot of Ancient Egyptian history...

in the Egyptian wing of the museum and my boyfriend is like "what are all the time periods of ancient Egypt" and I'm like predynastic, early dynastic, old kingdom which is when the pyramids were built, first intermediate, middle kingdom, second intermediate, new kingdom which includes amarna period and yugioh, third intermediate, and then all the late period stuff and macedonian and roman eras. and he's like run that by me one more time

[panafrocore]

The Dream Stele: An Epigraphic Stele of Divine Kingship and Historical Intrigue in Ancient Egypt

The Dream Stele, also known as the Sphinx Stele, holds a significant place in ancient Egyptian history, particularly during the reign of the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Thutmose IV. Erected in 1401 BC, it stands as a remarkable example of an epigraphic stele, symbolizing the divine legitimization of kingship, a common practice among the rulers of the New Kingdom era. Crafted from granite, the Dream…

[whencyclopedia]

Sphinx

A Sphinx is a mythical creature with the body of a lion, most often with a human head and sometimes with wings. The creature was an Egyptian invention and had a male head - human or animal; however, in Greek mythology, the creature had the head of a woman. The sphinx is also present in the art and sculpture of the Mycenaean, Assyrian, Persian and Phoenician civilizations.

Egyptian Sphinxes

Sphinxes were first created by the Egyptians and usually wore a nemes (head-dress) as worn by Pharaohs. Examples exist of sphinxes with human faces but surrounded by a lion's mane, particularly from Nubia, and in the New Kingdom the head was sometimes that of a ram and representative of Amun. The exact date when the first sphinx appeared is not known and the most famous sphinx of all, the Great Sphinx of Giza, has not been precisely dated; some scholars date it as far back as the reign of Cheops, ca 2500 BCE. There is a story that in the Eighteenth Dynasty, Pharaoh Thutmose IV, when he was a mere prince, went on a hunting expedition and fell asleep in the shadow of the Sphinx. Whilst asleep he dreamt that the Sphinx spoke to him and promised that he would become king if he cleared the sands that had accumulated around the feet of the statue. In the reign of Chephren, sphinxes became more widespread and they were usually placed as guards outside or beside a mortuary temple, tomb or funerary monument.

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[the-cricket-chirps]

Egyptian

Arm Panel From a Ceremonial Chair of Thutmose IV

New Kingdom, ca. 1400-1390 B.C.E.

[quinloki]

I bloody hate Tumblr, I didn't get to send the playlist in the ask so I'll send it again. (Assuming that you didn't get an ask about this one TT but, if I did send it... Just ignore my old ask and pretend you don't know who sent it since it was not an anon ask.)

Anyways, just wanted to say I love your fanfics (I read'em on Wattpad), especially 'Some Direction' and 'Just Like Fire'. At the moment, I'm reading 'Hat Trick' and I got hooked into in the first chapter. I haven't stopped thinking about it since work.

By the way, the playlist I made is quite mixed in terms of genre (K-pop, OPM/Original Pilipino Music, and Classical) and languages (Eng, Korean and Filipino), I hope you don't mind? Though, just in case, I noted down which is K-pop, OPM, and classical, including the language(s) they are sung in.

Sabo

- STARTAFIGHT by Joey Valence & Brae

- Hit and Run by LOLO

- What Do They Know by Mindless Self Indulgence

- I Want To Break Free by Queen

- Keep Myself Alive by Get Scared

Law & Crew

- Mary by Big Thief

- Bad Idea by Dove Cameron

- Bodies by Drowning Pool

- Barracuda by Heart

- In My Prison by IV of Spades [ OPM // ENG ]

Kid & Crew

- What's up Danger (With Black Caviar) by Blackway and Black Caviar

- PUNK! by BVDLVD ft. Lil Darkie

- Paint The Town Red by Doja Cat

- Kill Of The Night by Gin Wigmore

- Bad Reputation by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

[ NOTE: I haven't finished Wano, I just started out, so I'm mostly basing this on my first impression during the Sabaody Arc. ]

Marco

- Under Pressure by Queen

- There Is A Light That Never Goes Out by The Smiths

- Memories by Thutmose

- It Took Me By Surprise by Maria Mena

- Familia by Nicki Minaj, Anuel AA, Bantu

Shakky

- Welcome To the Jungle by Guns N' Roses

- Captivated by IV of Spades [ OPM // ENG ]

- I Ain't Perfect by IV of Spades [ OPM // ENG ]

- Just A Girl by No Doubt

- One Woman Army by Porcelain Black

Rayleigh

- Smells like Teen Spirit by Nirvana

- Naughty Naughty by Porcelain Black

- Outta Get Me by Guns N' Roses

- Time Of My Life UPSAHL

- Egoistic by MAMAMOO [ K-pop // KOREAN ]

Kaku

- Stupid MF by Mindless Self Indulgence

- Figure It Out by Royal Blood

- Hunter or Prey by NOISEMAKER

- Revenge by (G)I-DLE [ K-pop // KOREAN BUT HAS ENGLISH ]

- Problems by Hayloft

Katakuri

- Violin Sonata in G Minor "Devil" by Giuseppe Tartini [ Classical ]

- Creep by Radiohead

- Glory and Gore by Lorde

- Are You Satisfied? by MARINA

- Misfit Lunatic by MISSIO

So I didn’t reply to this for a while because I needed time to check out the songs xD

Then I did and FORGOT TO BLOODY ANSWER THE ASK.

I liked a lot of these, my apologies for not having more detailed responses than that T-T - I’m pretty sure I added a couple and I know most of these are on my Liked list (so I can hear them again and again and see if they vibe more with time).

Thank you so much for going through and doing this with such focus \o/ it was helpful even if I apparently fever-dreamed replying >.<

Mom glad you’re enjoying the other stories \o/ and it should be obvious but I’ll say so just in case, I love all kinds of music, so there’s no disqualifications based on language ^_^ (also classical is great cause sometimes lyrics are distracting.)

[world-of-mummies]

This is Maiherperi, he was an ancient Egyptian noble of Nubian origin buried in tomb KV36 in the Valley of the Kings. He probably lived during the rule of Thutmose IV (1401- 1391 or 1397- 1388 BC) , and received the honour of a burial in the royal necropolis. His name can be translated as Lion of the Battlefield.

Amongst his titles were Child of the Nursery and Fan-bearer on the Right Side of the King. There is speculation that the first title signified that he grew up in the royal nursery as a prince of a vassal territory, or perhaps was the son of a lesser wife or concubine of the pharaoh.

Via reddit

[blueiscoool]

Tombs Rich in Artifacts Discovered in Cyprus

An archaeological expedition from Sweden's University of Gothenburg has uncovered tombs rich in artifacts and antiquities in Cyprus that makes the discovery among the richest ever found in the Mediterranean region.

Peter Fischer, the leader of the expedition and a professor of archaeology at the University of Gothenburg, said “considering the richness of the grave goods, it is a reasonable assumption that these were royal tombs, even though we do not know much about the form of government practiced in the city at the time."

Fischer believes that the artifacts, found just outside the Bronze Age trading city of Hala Sultan Tekke, indicate the tombs' occupants ruled the city, which was a center for copper trade between 1500–1300 BCE. The tombs, located outside the 50-hectare city, consist of underground chambers of varying sizes, accessed via a narrow passage from the surface.

Cyprus' Department of Antiquities, in an update posted to their website, noted: "The city’s wealth seems to have been based on the production of copper and trade with near and distant cultures. Judging by the rich burial gifts, the tombs belonged to families of the city’s ruling class who took part in the export of copper and intercultural trade."

Unearthed artifacts include imports from Egypt, Baltic region

The Swedish Söderberg expedition has been carrying out excavations in Hala Sultan Tekke near the city of Larnaca on the south coast of Cyprus since 2010. Though the expedition has previously found chamber tombs with valuable grave goods, the latest discovery is unprecedented given the superb quality and quantity of artifacts.

“We found more than 500 complete artifacts distributed among two tombs. Many of the artifacts consist of precious metals, gems, ivory and high-quality ceramics," Fischer said.

About half of the artifacts unearthed during the expedition are believed to have been imported from different civilizations. For example, gold and ivory came from Egypt while precious stones, such as blue lapis lazuli, dark red carnelian and blue-green turquoise, were imported from Afghanistan, India and Sinai respectively. Amber objects from the Baltic region were also found among the artifacts.

The Department of Antiquities said that three chamber tombs, preliminarily dated to the 14th century BC, were exposed. While one of them had been looted, most likely in the 19th century AD, the other two were "undisturbed", apart from the collapse of their chambers.

Items recovered from those include locally produced pottery and ornaments and numerous items of jewelry such as diadems, which are ornamental headbands. Embossed images of bulls, gazelles, lions and flowers adorn the diadems. Bronze weapons, some inlaid with ivory, were also recovered as well as a gold-framed seal made of the hard mineral hematite with inscriptions of gods and rulers.

"Several items of ivory and faience are imports from Egypt during the famous 18th Dynasty, the time of the well-known pharaohs Thutmose III, Amenophis IV (Akhenaten) and his wife Nefertiti," said the department.

The excavation team used magnetometers, a type of instrument that can produce images showing objects and structures up to two meters beneath the surface, to carry out their expedition, according to the university.

Besides artifacts, the research team also unearthed several well-preserved skeletons in the tombs including one of a woman surrounded by dozens of ceramic vessels, jewelry and a round bronze mirror. A one-year-old child with a ceramic toy also lay beside her.

By Saman Shafiq.

[egypt-museum]

The mummified remains of King Thutmose IV (Menkheperure)

New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty The king is now at rest in the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization.

The mummy of Thutmose IV was found within the mummy cache of KV35 in 1898 by Victor Loret. The body of the king was moved in antiquity by ancient priests for safety reasons. The king was originally buried within his own tomb (KV43), which was discovered by Howard Carter in 1903.

Grafton Elliot Smith (1871-1937), upon examining the body of the king, concluded that the king was very ill at the time of death and had seemingly suffered with an illness for a while, sadly describing Thutmose IV as "extremely emaciated".

Many decades later in 2012, the Imperial College London examined the body of the late king, and along with knowledge of some of Thutmose's family dying young (such as his great-grandson Tutankhamun and his two still born daughters), the surgeon examining the king theorized that Thutmose and other members of the family may have possibly suffered with Temporal lobe epilepsy.

Some scholars think that this idea could explain the king's famous Dream Stela, where he describes the Sphinx of Giza as talking to him, as those with Temporal lobe epilepsy do suffer with visions. This idea however is a theory at the present and is not an ultimate conclusion. And it must be noted that the reason for the dream stela could have been propagandist, or simply Thutmose certifying his status as a divine ruler...such as Hatshepsut's writing of her divine birth at Deir el-Bahari. Or... it could have been something the king truly believed occurred to him, without the modern idea that he had an illness causing such a thing.

The king's body measures at 1.64m (5 ft 4.8 in), however, due to his disembodied feet, he was likely taller in life. He was relatively young, with Smith putting his age at death at approximately 28, although more modern scholars suggest mid 30s, perhaps. He has both ears pierced and what appears to be a smile with teeth showing. Most notable is his hair, which is entirely natural, long and parted in the middle, the colour is reddish brown.

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[intellectualbrotha]

• Amenhotep III, also known as Amenhotep The Magnificent was the 9th pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty. According to different authors, he ruled Egypt from 1386 to 1349 BCE after his father Thutmose IV died. Amenhotep III was the son of Thutmose by a minor wife Mutemwiya.•

[sebastianravkin]

Faience Ankh

Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Catalog Number: 30.8.29

Dates: New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reign of Thutmose IV, ca. 1400–1390 BC. 

Material: Faience

Measurements: height 27.7 cm; width 14 cm; thickness 2 cm

From the Tomb of Thutmose IV (KV 43), Valley of the Kings, Thebes 

[jordanandegypt]

Hatshepsut and the Temple of Luxor

Greetings from the fabulous boat traveling up the Nile.

The actual date is Sept 26 - but sadly I’m still writing about September 22.  After we visited the Valley of the Kings we drove around the valley to another valley to find the back door entrance to the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut - Egypt’s first know female monarch.  She ruled for 20 years in the 15th BCE and is considered one of Egypts’ most successful pharaohs.   Now Hatshepsut (pronounced "Hat- cheep- suit" - not how I had learned earlier “hot shit soup”) did NOT want to be buried in the Valley of the Queens - but in the Valley of the Kings.

Her tomb connected the building below with an entrance in the Valley of the Kings.  Think about that for a minute.  The engineers connected a tomb through the mountains.  She secured her legacy by building structures that still stand today. She added two hundred-foot-tall obelisks at the great temple complex at Karnak. (One is still intact and we saw in on that very, very hot day exploring Karnak) She  also built the mortuary Temple of Deir el Bahri, a structure with several floors of columns in front, where she’d eventually be buried.  Here is what we saw:

Considered one of Egypt's greatest pharaohs—man or woman—Hatshepsut brought great wealth and artistry to her land. She sponsored one of Egypt's most successful trading expeditions, bringing back gold, ebony, and incense from a place called Punt (probably modern-day Eritrea, a country in Africa).

Available for your viewing in the NY Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Hatshepsut was usually carved or drawn as a man, complete with muscles and a beard, as was the artistic tradition for pharaohs. But historians knew the truth: She always made sure the art included a reference to being a woman, such as “Daughter of Re” or “His Majesty, Herself.” When she died in 1458 B.C., Egypt would not see as powerful a female ruler for another 1,400 years, when Cleopatra came to the throne.

After we saw Hatshepsut’s impressive tomb we headed back to our hotel for some R&R.  But that evening, we were at it again and this time exploring the Temple of Luxor.

AGAIN - WOWZA!!!

From the official webpage:

Luxor Temple, Ipet-resyt  “Southern Sanctuary” to the ancient Egyptians, was so called because of its location within ancient Thebes (modern Luxor). It is located around three kilometers to the south of Karnak Temple, to which it was once linked with a processional way bordered with sphinxes. The oldest evidence for this temple dates to the Eighteenth Dynasty (c.1550–1295 BC).

 Ipet-resyt, unlike most other ancient Egyptian temples, is not laid out on an east-west axis, but is oriented towards Karnak. This is because Luxor Temple was the main venue for one the most important of ancient Egyptian religious celebrations, when the cult images of Amun, his wife Mut, and their son, the lunar god Khonsu, were taken from their temples in Karnak, and transported in a grand procession to Luxor Temple so they could visit the god that resides there, Amenemopet. This was the Opet Festival.

Luxor Temple was not built by one single ruler. The oldest existing structure, a shrine, dates to the reign of Hatshepsut (c.1473–1458 BC). The core of the temple was built by Amenhotep III (c.1390–1352 BC). One of the inner rooms contains a series of scenes that are known as the Divine Birth. They tell the amazing story of how the king’s true father was none other than the god Amun-Ra himself, disguised as Thutmose IV (c.1400–1390 BC). The core of the temple is preceded by a columned hall fronted by a courtyard with columns around its perimeter. Amenhotep III also built the Great Colonnade, which consists of two rows of seven colossal columns. Its decoration, most notably the scenes depicting the Opet Festival, were completed by Tutankhamun (c.1336–1327 BC) and Horemheb (c.1323–1295 BC).

Ramesses II (c.1279–1213 BC) made many additions to Luxor Temple. In front of the Great Colonnade, he built a peristyle courtyard and a massive pylon, a gate with two towers that formed the entrance into temples. In addition to many colossal statues, the pylon was also fronted by a pair of 25-meter-high obelisks made by this great king, but only one remains in place; the other has been at the Place de la Concorde in Paris since 1836.

 In the late third century AD, the Romans built a fort around the temple, and the first room beyond the hypostyle hall of Amenhotep III became its sanctuary. The original wall reliefs were covered with plaster, and painted in the Graeco-Roman artistic style, depicting Emperor Diocletian (284–305 AD) and his three coregents. Although these  had largely disappeared, efforts are under way to restore these reliefs to their former glory.

This magnificent city was covered deep in mud until the 1860s.    Take a look at these photos:

Here is the one I took:

Likewise the 1.7 mile road that connected this temple to Karnak, Avenue of the Spinxes was also buried.

The first trace of the avenue (at Luxor) was found in 1949 when an Egyptian archaeologist discovered eight statues near the Luxor Temple with 17 more statues uncovered from 1958 to 1961 and 55 unearthed from 1961 to 1964 all within a perimeter of 250 meters. From 1984 to 2000, the entire route of the walkway was finally determined, leaving it to excavators to uncover the road. The original 1,057 statues are along the way, and they are divided into three shapes;

The first shape is a lion's body with a ram's head erected on an area of approximately 1,000 feet between the Karnak temple and the Precinct of Mut during the reign of the ruler of the New Kingdom Tutankhamun.

The second shape is a full ram statue, built in a remote area during the eighteenth dynasty of Amenhotep III, before being transferred later to the Karnak complex.

The third shape which includes the largest part of the statues is a statue of the Sphinx (body of a lion and head of a human), the statues extend over a mile to Luxor Temple.

Here are those shapes: 

Cool huh?  While I was researching Temple of Luxor, I discovered a 3 minute video by Rick Steves about Karnak.  It is truly worth your time.

I LOVED this temple!  It was evening, temps in the high 80s and we had complete shade - and MAYBE that had something to do with it - but it was just so fabulous.  This temple - like all religious sites of significance - was built upon.  There exists a working Mosque and a former church with the ground of the temple.  Check out the Mosque to fully understand just how deeply this temple was buried.  There was no basement here friends.

Here is what is left of the church.

Some of the best statues were found there - I thought…

Above is an indication of the Pharoah’s power.  Captives from many regions.

And while we were there a Scarab Beetle landed on our friend, Keith’ shirt.  A CERTAIN sign of good luck.

It was a great visit…

Here is a 3 minute video  - no words - but it gives you a great look at what we saw.  Enjoy. 

Tomorrow - we start the day with a hot air balloon ride and then drive to our boat.  WHAT A TRIP!!!

Salam