Greek and Egyptian mythology, the story of the Lion King, and the legend of King Arthus are just some of the ways these resources explore the different cultural interpretations of heroes. Then learn the stories of Cinderella, as well as...

[Free Registration/Login Required] A flipchart on the creation of a piece of headwear in the style of Ancient Egypt that will fit the wearer and be fit for purpose.

View a reconstruction of a painted palm column commissioned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art for an exhibition about Egyptian art. An excellent visual representation that allows learners to examine the details of this characteristic...

This statue of a winged female sphinx has a clear mixture of Greek and Egyptian art styles. Egyptian winged sphinxes had their wings flat against their backs, but this one's wings extend backward.

This wooden model of a standing cow is carved from a single piece of wood. Individual models of cows are not very common in ancient Egyptian art, so this cow may have been part of a butchery or cattle-counting scene.

Amenhotep the Third was father to King Akhenaten and married a non-royal woman named Tiye, who had great influence on her husband. During his long peaceful reign, Egyptian art reached its highest glory. Some of Egypt's most spectacular...

This life-size statue depicts Hor, a priest of Thoth, wearing a Persian-style tunic. It shows the strong influence of Egyptian art during the Roman Period.

An image of "Egyptian Woman with Naos", created by Clodion in 1780 (Terracotta, 48 x 22 cm).

An image of "Egyptian Temple", created by Charles-Gabriel Gleyre in 1840 (Oil on canvas, 36 x 49 cm).

An image of "Mantel clock", created by Etienne Martincourtz (Gilt and patinated bronze, on Egyptian porphyry, height 64 cm).

The purely conventional ornaments - the rosette, guilloche, and lotus-flower, and probably also the palmette - were derived from Egyptian originals. They were treated, however, in a quite new spirit and adapted to the special materials...

(1837-1898) German author who studied Early Egyptian life and wrote many books such as Egypt and the Books of Moses, An Egyptian Princess and Uarda

Sometimes known as Amenhotep III. Ninth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Egyptian dynasty.

Ten notable ancient Egyptian rulers, including Ramses III, Seti I, Gemahlin Amenophis III, Ptolemaeus Euergetes II, Nefertari, Arsinoe II Philadelphus, Aethopian, Cleopatra II, and Mutemua XVII.

Egyptian War-chariot

A wheel from an Ancient Egyptian chariot.

The most common material on which books were written by the Greeks and Romans, was the thin coats or rind of the Egyptian papyrus. This plant was called by the Egyptians Byblos. The papyrus tree grows in swamps to the height of ten feet...

An Egyptian pharaoh of the ninteenth dynasty.

A black granite statue of the youthful Ramses II. It is probably a faithful portrait. No better work was ever produced by the Egyptian sculpture.-Webster, 1913

Also known as Akhenaten. Ruled as pharaoh of the Eighteenth Egyptian dynasty for 17 years.

An Ancient Egyptian Wine-press. The process of treading, which seems to have prevailed from the earliest ages. The treaders are being assisted by ropes fixed to the roof of the press. - Chambers, 1881

Portrait of Jean-Francois Champollion, a French scholar and decipherer of Egyptian hieroglyphs.

Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was a French sculptor. He is also known as Amilcar Hasenfratz, a pseudonym used for his paintings of Egyptian subjects. He created the Statue of Liberty.

An Egyptian pharaoh of the nineteenth dynasty. He was born ca. 1302 BC and reigned from either 1279 BC to 1213 BC or 1290 BC to 1224 BC.