Ancient Egypt: New Kingdom
The New Kingdom is the name given to the third flowering of ancient Egyptian society. The pharaohs of the New Kingdom are among the most famous of the Egytian ruling class, including Akhenaten, Tutankhamun, Ahmose and Hatshepsut.
The archaeological site of Tombos is a New Kingdom period colony in Nubia (present-day Sudan).
Excavations at the New Kingdom Egyptian capital of Piramesses have identified an early glass making workshop, built under and no doubt for the use of the glass artisans in the court of Ramesses II.
Abu Simbel is a temple built by Ramesses II (Pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty of the New Kingdom, who ruled 1279-1213 BC) in Nubia, now part of Egypt.
Amarna is the modern name given to the capital city of Akhetaten, the heretic pharaoh of the 18th Egyptian dynasty Akhenaten, built about 1350 BC and abandoned at his death 20 years later.
From National Geographic, an interactive version of its 1923 issue on Howard Carter and the famous tomb on the web.
Queen Hatshepsut's lovely temple, built during the 18th dynasty, 1st and 2nd millenia BC, Egypt.
Deir el-Medina is a New Kingdom (18th dynasty) residential village of the workmen who built and decorated Egyptian tombs in the Valley of the Kings.
Identifying the names of ancient Egyptian mummies is not as simple as one might think.
Kush is one of several names used for the region of Africa directly south of ancient Dynastic Egypt, approximately between the modern cities of Aswan, Egypt, and Khartoum, Sudan.
Complete with description, maps, and a virtual reconstruction, from Gerard Flament. In French.
The Ramesseum is a massive temple built by the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II during his New Kingdom reign (1279-1213 BC).
Deir el-Bahri (also spelled Deir el Bahari) is one of the most beautiful temples in Egypt, built by the architects of Queen Hatshepsut, a pharaoh of the New Kingdom.
