ART 155 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Amarna Period, Amenhotep Iii, Nemes
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Horus- the god who watches the pharaohs (in bird form) Uraeus- the cobra on the front of the nemes crown. Amarna period- small period of time where things change. Amenhotep iii/ akhenaton- pharaoh during amarna period (nefertiti) Sun disk- aton is shown as the disk. Ka is released during the opening of the mouth ceremony. They weigh the heart to see if you can go into the next life. The ka cant go back into the body if anything is injured or broken. Will then have to live forever as a spirit in the present world. Khafre, from giza, old kingdom (c. 2500 bc) diorite h: 5"6 . Make you into a statue so if your body gets hurt you can go into the statue. If the ka cant recognize the face it won"t go into the statue. Need a very powerful stone so it doesn"t get broken. Sitting down in a throne: very stable statue.
