Ancient Egyptian Granite Statues. The largest egyptian sculpture in the british museum represents one of egypt s greatest kings. The egyptian statues of the gods and pharaohs were made from a variety of stones like granite basalt alabaster limestone gneiss gypsum graywacke and gesso. Dating from around 1370 bc it was found in the temple enclosure of mut at karnak in upper egypt.
Our egyptian sculpture gallery offers various examples of egyptian art egyptian statues and egyptian busts of various ancient egyptian pharaohs and egyptian queens including akhenaten thutmose seti khafre tutankhamen nefertiti and ramses. The statue is made of black granite and measures 1 85 meters in height revealed fathy yassin director general of west luxor antiquities.
Visitors in room 4 standing by the rosetta stone.
For instance already in the predynastic period we find figurines carved from lapis lazuli a lustrous blue stone that originates in what is now afghanistan and indicates the early presence of robust trade routes. The most loved art stories by our readers hope ii by gustav klimt. This is a damaged statue as it has lost some of the lower legs and body. Egyptian statue sphinx 70 mm natural carved stone.
