19th Dynasty Collection (page 6)

Rameses II at the Battle of Kadesh, 1275 BC (19th century). Artist: Bigant and Allais
Ramesses II at the Battle of Kadesh, 1275 BC (19th century). Rameses fought a great battle against the Hittites under Muwatallis at Kadesh in Syria

The Interior of the Temple at Ybsombul in Nubia, 1820-1822. Artist: Agostino Aglio
The Interior of the Temple at Ybsombul in Nubia, 1820. Statues inside the Temple of Rameses II at Abu Simbel. The Italian explorer Giovanni Belzoni cleared the temple of sand in 1817

Excavated Temple of Abu Simbel, Nubia, Egypt, c1845. Artist: David Roberts
Excavated Temple of Abu Simbel, Nubia, Egypt, c1845. View of the Temple of Abu Simbel, built during the reign of Rameses II (ruled 1279-1212 BC) and dedicated to the sun gods Amon-Re and Re-Horakhte

The Great Temple of Abu Simbel, Nubia, Egypt, c1845. Artist: David Roberts
The Great Temple of Abu Simbel, Nubia, Egypt, c1845. Colossal statues at the entrance to the Temple of Abu Simbel built during the reign of Rameses II (ruled 1279-1212 BC)

Interior of the Temple of Abu Simbel, Nubia, Egypt, c1845. Artist: David Roberts
Interior of the Temple of Abu Simbel, Nubia, Egypt, c1845. Colossal statues inside the Temple of Abu Simbel built during the reign of Rameses II (ruled 1279-1212 BC)

Front elevation of the Great Temple of Abu Simbel, Nubia, Egypt, 1849. Artist
Front elevation of the Great Temple of Abu Simbel, Nubia, Egypt, 1849. Colossal statues at the entrance to the Temple of Abu Simbel built during the reign of Rameses II (ruled 1279-1212 BC)

Egypt, c1930s. Artist: ENA
Egypt. This alabaster andro-sphinx was discovered on the site of Memphis in 1912. It dates from the time of Rameses II, c1930s. From Geographical Magazine, Volume 3

Head of the mummy of Rameses III, Ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the 20th Dynasty, c1156 BC (1926). Rameses III ruled Egypt from 1187 until 1156 BC

Rameses III, Ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the 20th Dynasty, 12th century BC (1926). Artist: Winifred Mabel Brunton
Rameses III, Ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the 20th Dynasty, 12th century BC (1926). Rameses III ruled Egypt from 1187 until 1156 BC

Head of the mummy of Rameses II, Ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the 19th dynasty, c1212 BC (1926). The third pharaoh of the 19th dynasty, Rameses II (Rameses the Great) ruled from 1279 until 1212 BC

Head of the mummy of Sety I, Ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty, c1279 BC (1926). The second pharaoh of the 19th dynasty, Seti I ruled Egypt from c1290 until 1279 BC

Sety I, Ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty, 13th century BC (1926). Artist: Winifred Mabel Brunton
Sety I, Ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty, 13th century BC (1926). The second pharaoh of the 19th dynasty, Seti I ruled Egypt from c1290 until 1279 BC

Fallen colossal statue of Rameses the Great, Memphis, Egypt, c1890. Artist: G Lekegian
Fallen colossal statue of Rameses the Great, Memphis, Egypt, c1890. Rameses II is regarded as possibly the greatest Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt

Fallen monumental statue of Rameses II, Memphis, Egypt, c1890. Artist: Newton & Co
Fallen monumental statue of Rameses II, Memphis, Egypt, c1890. Rameses II is regarded as possibly the greatest Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt

Great Temple, Luxor, Egypt, c1890. Artist: Newton & Co
Great Temple, Luxor, Egypt, c1890. The temple of Luxor was begun by Amenhotep III in the 14th century BC and later extended by Rameses II in the 13th century BC. Lantern slide

Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Egypt, c1890. Artist: Newton & Co
Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Egypt, c1890. The Valley of the Kings was the burial place of Ancient Egyptian pharaohs and nobles of the 18th, 19th and 20th dynasties (16th-11th century BC)

Alabaster Sphinx at Memphis, Egypt, c1920s-c1930s(?). This sphinx is thought to date from the 18th or 19th dynasty of Ancient Egypt (c14th-13th century BC)

Scarab in amethyst, Ancient Egyptian, 13th century BC. The Ancient Egyptians worshipped scarab beetles as an embodiment of the god Khepri and carried amulets in the shape of the insects

Amenemope and Female, Egyptian, 19th Dynasty. Figurine, Berlin Museum, Egyptian Antiquities

Deir el-Medineh, Luxor, Thebes, Egypt, (20th Century). Wall painting detail

Book of the Dead of the scribe Nebqed, detail of the deceased before Osiris, 18th Dynasty. Found in the collection of the Louvre, Paris

A seigneurial couple in ceremonial clothes, New Kingdom, Egyptian, 19th Dynasty
Seigneurial Couple in Ceremonial Clothes, New Kingdom, Egyptian, 19th Dynasty. Found in the collection of the Louvre, Paris

Colossal statue of Rameses II, Temple of Abu Simbel, Egypt, 13th century BC. Detail of one of the four giant statues flanking the temple entrance

Horus falcon from Thebes, Egypt, 13th-12th century BC
Horus falcon from Thebes, Egypt, 19th Dynasty. Horus falcon from Thebes, Egypt, 13th-12th century BC. This painted wooden figure of the god Horus dates from the 19th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt

Colossal statue of Rameses I in situ, Memphis, Egypt, 13th century BC. Rameses I was the founder of the 19th Dynasty in Ancient Egypt

Statue of an Ancient Egyptian official and his wife, 13th-12th century BC. From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Egypt, 20th century. The location of tombs of the kings and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom (the Eighteenth through Twentieth Dynasties of Ancient Egypt)

Statue of Ramses II, Luxor, Egypt, 20th century. Rameses II was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty. His rule, which lasted 66 years from 1279 until 1213 BC

Temple of Abu Simbel, Egypt, 20th century. Colossal statues at the entrance to the Temple of Abu Simbel built during the reign of Rameses II (ruled 1279-1212 BC)

Head of Anubis, 13th-12th century BC. Anubis was the jackal-headed god of the dead in Egyptian mythology. This head dates from the 19th Dynasty. Located in the Louvre, Paris

Ancient Egyptian funerary figurine, 13th-12th century BC. Figurine dating from the 19th Dynasty. Located in the Louvre, Paris

The Mummy of Rameses II, Egypt, 1213 BC. Rameses II is regarded as possibly the greatest Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. His reign lasted 66 years, from 1279 until 1213 BC

Obelisk at the Temple of Rameses II, Luxor, Egypt, 20th Century. Rameses II was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty

Temple of Rameses II, Luxor, Egypt, 20th Century. Rameses II was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty. His rule, which lasted 66 years from 1279 until 1213 BC

Three statues of Rameses II, Luxor, Egypt, 20th Century. Rameses II was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty. His rule, which lasted 66 years from 1279 until 1213 BC

The Ramesseum, Luxor, Thebes, Egypt, 20th Century. Relief carvings inside the Ramesseum, the mortuary temple of the Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Rameses II built in the 13th century BC

The Victory of Rameses II, Karnak, Egypt, 20th Century. Rameses II was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty. His rule, which lasted 66 years from 1279 until 1213 BC

The Ramesseum, Thebes, Egypt, 20th Century. View of the Ramesseum, the mortuary temple of the Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Rameses II built in the 13th century BC

Necropolis and Memnonium of Thebes, Egypt, c1808. Artist: Berthault
Necropolis and Memnonium of Thebes, Egypt, c1808. Tombs in the Valley of the Kings and the temple, dedicated to the Egyptian god Amon, built by Rameses II in the 13th century BC

Hypostyle Hall of the Ramesseum, Thebes, Egypt, 1841. Artist: Himely
Hypostyle Hall of the Ramesseum, Thebes, Egypt, 1841. The Ramesseum is the mortuary temple built for the Pharaoh Rameses II, who ruled from 1279 until 1213 BC

Ancient Egyptian pot from the time of Rameses II, 13th century BC. From an exhibition on Rameses held at the Grand Palais in Paris in 1976

Statue of Rameses II, 13th century BC. Rameses II is regarded as possibly the greatest Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. His reign (1279-1213 BC) was notable for an upsurge in the rate of temple building

Second scene on the southern wall of the interior of the Great Temple at Abu Simbel, 1888. Artist: A Racinet
Second scene on the southern wall of the interior of the Great Temple at Abu Simbel, 1888. The Great Temple at Abu Simbel was built in the 13th century BC during the reign of the Ancient Egyptian

Temple of Asseboua, Nubia, Egypt, 19th century. Artist: Hector Horeau
Temple of Asseboua, Nubia, Egypt, 19th century. An avenue of sphinxes leading towards a pylon. Two temples were built at Wadi al-Sabua in the 18th and 19th dynasties by Amenhotep III and Rameses II

Temple of Abou Simbel, Egypt, 1897-1934. Artist: Robert Talbot Kelly
Temple of Abou Simbel, Egypt, 1885-1934. The temple was built during the reign of Rameses II (ruled 1279-1212 BC) and was dedicated to the sun gods Amon-Re and Re-Horakhte

Front of the Great Temple at Abu Simbel, Egypt, c1845. Artist: GF Weston
Front of the Great Temple at Abu Simbel, Egypt, c1845. The temple was built during the reign of Rameses II (ruled 1279-1212 BC) and was dedicated to the sun gods Amon-Re and Re-Horakhte

The Ramseion, Luxor, Egypt, 19th century. Artist: George Moore
The Ramseion, Luxor, Egypt, 19th century. View of the Ramesseum, the mortuary temple of the Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Rameses II built in the 13th century BC

Abu Simbel, Egypt, 19th century. Artist: Nestor l Hote
Abou Simbel, Egypt, 19th century. View of the twin temples carved out of the rock overlooking the Nile by Rameses II in the 13th century BC

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The 19th Dynasty of ancient Egypt, which spanned from the 13th to the 12th century BC, was a period marked by significant cultural and artistic achievements. The Book of the Dead of Hunefer, dating back to around 1450 BC, provides us with valuable insights into the religious beliefs and rituals of this era. One captivating fresco from the tomb of Queen Nefertari in Thebes depicts her engaged in a game of chess, showcasing not only her intelligence but also highlighting recreational activities enjoyed by royalty during that time. Another fascinating artwork is "The Fumigation of Osiris" found in the Book of the Dead belonging to Neb-Qued. This piece showcases intricate details and symbolism related to death and rebirth. Intriguingly, Goddess Hathor is depicted offering her necklace to Pharaoh Seth I in a painted relief from his tomb at Thebes. This gesture symbolizes divine protection bestowed upon him as indicated by Seth's cartouche. Statuary groups representing Pharaoh Ramesses II and his wife Nefertari provide us with glimpses into their royal lives. These sculptures showcase their regal attire and serve as a testament to their power and status within society. Moving on to Queen Nefertari's tomb in Luxor's Valley of Queens, detailed frescoes adorn its burial chamber walls. One particular scene shows Queen Nefertari being preceded by Isis, emphasizing her connection with this powerful goddess. Rameses II himself is immortalized through various artworks such as an artistically rendered portrait created by Winifred Mabel Brunton in 1926. His reign left an indelible mark on Egyptian history due to his military conquests and architectural endeavors like Abu Simbel temple complex. Egyptian wall paintings depicting Nefertari alongside Isis further emphasize the significance placed on these deities during this dynasty. Their presence highlights both religious and political aspects of ancient Egyptian society.