Above: plan of Karnak temple complex (all phases)
Also check out the "Digital Karnak website" (for photos, reconstructions, videos, and all things Karnak and NK temple related): https://dlib.etc.ucla.edu/projects/Karnak/
Above: Amenhotep II
Above: although we didn't talk too much in depth about this, Syrian goods and (Egyptian-produced) Syrian "style" goods were very popular in this period. Why is this significant?
Above: map of Amarna
Above: stone blocks from Amarna, depicted Nefertiti on warship
Above: daily procession of Akhenaten and Nefertiti in Amarna
Above: cuneiform tablets from Amarna (examples of the "Amarna Letters") and stamped brick
Above: private tomb stelae of soldiers (Amarna period)
Check out a recent article in the March/April 2010 volume of Archaeology Magazine that talks about Tut as a warrior:
https://www.archaeology.org/1003/etc/tut.html
What do you think about the article in light of what we've learned in this course?
Above: a carved limestone block probably from Tut's mortuary temple--blocks that were probably reused after he dismantled one of his father's (Akhenaten's) temples! (photo credit: Archaeology Magazine website)
