Head of a block statue, Egypt, Thebes, New Kingdom, XVIIIth Dynasty, Reign of Amenhotep II, circa 1428-1397 BC. Photo courtesy Axel Vervoordt Granodiorite; 25 x 26 cm Provenance: Evelyn Annenberg Hall collection, New York; C. Dikran Kelekian, Ancient...

LUXOR.- Canopic jars that were discovered at Amenhotep IIs funerary temple in western Luxor. The jars were found during an excavation by a group of Italian archaeologists after they unearthed a cemetery that includes several graves dating back to the...