The Kimbell Art Museum has amazing pieces of Egyptian art such as this statuette of Hatshepsut’s daughter’s tutor (and her probable advisor) which remains wholly intact #SMUintersessions#WondersoftheNile
Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II ended the first intermediate period of Egypt - reuniting Upper and Lower Egypt in the early 2000s B.C.E. And his name is fun to say #SMUintersessions#WondersoftheNile
King Hatshepsut (who was a woman) was forced to appear as a male in the majority of her statues - not because Egyptians cared about having a woman ruler, but because they just didn’t want the art to change and pharaohs were traditionally male #SMUintersessions#WondersoftheNile
This is not proof of aliens, just a weird heretic pharaoh and his family that decided to change the style of Egyptian art (even though it only lasted around 50 years) #SMUintersessions#WondersoftheNile
Old Kingdom pharaohs began a festival called Heb-Sed that was meant to prove the king’s youth (so he could continue to rule) and involved an obstacle course in front of his tomb that he would race through to prove his physical ability #WondersoftheNile#SMUintersessions
The span of time covered by the rule of ancient Egypt blows my mind - there’s more time between Cleopatra and the early kings than there is between Cleopatra and us 🧐 #WondersoftheNile#SMUintersessions
Did you know the DMA has a mummy on display? The panel covering the feet has been removed and you can see how the mummification wasn’t quite perfect #WondersoftheNile#smuintersessions