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Luxor Museum |
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The museum in Luxor, although not on the scale of it's illustrious
Cairo predecessor does house a large
collection of tremendously significant objects. These include
statues from the famous Cachette found buried in Luxor temple
as well as a small selection of items from the tomb of Tutankhamun.
Another major exhibit is a re-assembled Talatat
wall from a temple of the Aten at Karnak, built by the famous
heretic Pharaoh Akhenaten. |
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Amongst the fine individual pieces of sculpture on display,
this amazing Alabaster diad statue featuring the crocodile headed
god Sobek is one of the most striking. Statues of this type are
quite common from all periods of Egyptian history and other famous
examples include the immaculate triad statues of Menkaure found
at Giza.. |
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This statue was discovered lying at the bottom of a well. It
is a pity that photographs can not really do justice to the amazing
workmanship which these figures display. |
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Another hall in the museum is devoted to the
amazing array of statues discovered in the Luxor
Temple Cachette
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Another well known piece of sculpture which now resides in the
Luxor Museum is this statue of The Napoleon of Ancient Egypt,
Thutmose III. |
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Because of it's proximity to the Valley of the Kings, and I suppose
to keep the tourists coming through the door, a small selection
of items from the tomb of Tutankhamun
are included in the museum. Most famous of these is the black
and gold Hathor cow head, but there are also a few other pieces.
These include two of the kings funerary boat models, some furniture items and these Shabti
figures. |
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