ARTH 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Senusret Iii, Beni Hasan, Thutmose Iii
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Highly militaristic although never quite as powerful as old kingdom rulers. Interior hall of the rock-cut tomb of amenemhet, beni hasan, egypt, Picking figs tomb of khnumhotep c. 1890 bce. Rock-cut tombs seem to be a replacement for the mastaba. Stele of the sculptor userwer c. 1850 limestone and black ink. Encourages people to make offerings of food to userwer. Sculpture at bottom register is incomplete as if he dies trying to finish it. Head of senusret iii 1850 bc yellow quartzite. Can not really be a propaganda piece, he looks old/ tired. Smaller luxury items (glass paste object that i blue, meant to represent. Legs ritually broken, so they couldn"t hurt the owner in the after life. First to refer to self as pharaoh thutmose iii. He was the most powerful ruler in the new kingdom. Pharaoh was related into what we would now call white house . Hatshepsut was declared king and she ruled for 20 years.
