Reserve Heads. An Enigma of Old Kingdom Sculpture
While excavating at Dahshur in 1894, Jacques de Morgan discovered the first reserve head ever encountered. It came from a tomb dated to the Fourth Dynasty, sometime between the late […]
Historia
IX. Isabel II: Le diable au corps
Por Isabel Burdiel, Universidad de Valencia. Parece distraída, ensimismada, los ojos y la boca ciegos y duros, las mejillas abotargadas y flácidas. No mira sino que es mirada. No se […]
Nonroyal Statuary
The nonroyal statuary of the Old Kingdom was not intended for public display. Destined for tombs, these "living images," as they were called by the ancient Egyptians, or images done […]
Royal Statuary
Statues of Egyptian rulers form a unique category, separate from that of the members of the royal family, nobles, and ordinary human beings. When admiring the superior workmanship and artistry […]
Old Kingdom statues in their architectural setting
Rarely conceived as an integral part of architecture, Old Kingdom statuary had a powerful but secluded existence. Statues were considered to be repositories for the living ka, the actual life […]
VIII. El liberalismo político en tiempos de Isabel II
Por Jorge Vilches, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. La palanca de Arquímedes La decisión de la reina gobernadora María Cristina de Borbón de terminar con la Monarquía absoluta y dar los […]
The tombs of officials. Houses of Eternity
Make good your dwelling in the graveyard, Make worthy your station in the West. The house of death is for life. From the "Instruction of Prince Har-djedef" While our attitude […]
Pyramids and their temples
For more than four centuries, from the Fourth through the Sixth Dynasty, most Egyptian kings and many queens were interred in pyramid tombs. Beginning in the Predynastic Period, Egyptian tombs […]
VII. Los partidos y la vida política, 1834-1868
Por Carlos Dardé, Universidad de Cantabria. El nacimiento de los partidos políticos, 1834-1843 Desde el inicio del proceso de formación del régimen liberal se pusieron de manifiesto las diversas opiniones […]
The step pyramid precint of King Djoser
The funerary complex of King Djoser at Saqqara, with its Step Pyramid, is the most extraordinary architectural complex of the Old Kingdom (fig. 5). Its architect was Imhotep, deified after […]