Menkaure and the Third Giza Pyramid.
The furious work at Giza continues, as Khafre’s son Menkaure takes the throne. Opting for a smaller – but more exquisitely constructed – monument, the new king’s reign heralds the more moderate phase of pyramid construction.
The small size of this monument may reflect the strain being placed on the Egyptian economy, a system not particularly similar to our own. We investigate.
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Source: the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Source: the Boston Museum of Fine Arts Read about the restoration and modern conservation of this statue here.
Dominic Perry, 2013
Bibliography
- Nicolas Grimal, A History of Ancient Egypt, 1994 (Amazon).
- Erik Hornung, Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt: the One and the Many, 1996 (Amazon).
- Barry Kemp, Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a Civilization, 2005 (Amazon).
- Mark Lehner, The Complete Pyramids, 2008 (Amazon).
- Gay Robins, The Art of Ancient Egypt, 2008 (Amazon).
- John Romer, A History of Egypt: from the First Farmers to the Great Pyramid, 2013 (Amazon).
- Robert Wenke, The Ancient Egyptian State, 2009 (Amazon).
I uses to live in Boston and have seen that seated statue of Many times. Seeing it here is like seeing an old friend.
Wonderful! If you happen to have a selfie with the statue I would happily put it on the website