EditorialRhind Mathematical Papyrus. A number of documents have survived that allow us insight into the ancient Egyptians' approach to mathematics. This papyrus is the most extensive. It is not a theoretical treatise, but a list of practical problems encountere...
EditorialPreview of Masterworks from the 'Legendary Macklowe Collection' at Sotheby's New Bond Street Galleries London., Sothebys, New Bond Street, London, UK - 18 Feb 2022
EditorialUnknown Copyist, Floral Decoration, Mastaba of Perneb, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5, end, reign of IsesiUnis, ca. 23812323 B.C., From Egypt, Memphite Region, Saqqara, Tempera on paper, h. 25.1 cm (9 7/8 in); w. 27.4 cm (10 13/16 in), scale unrecorded.
EditorialUnknown Copyist, Priests and Offerings, Mastaba of Perneb, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5, end, reign of IsesiUnis, ca. 23812323 B.C., From Egypt, Memphite Region, Saqqara, Tempera on paper, framed: h. 131 cm (51 9/16 in); w. 127 cm (50 in), scale unrecorded.
EditorialUnknown Copyist, Lintel, Pyramid Temple of Amenemhat I, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, reign of Amenemhat I, ca. 19811952 B.C., From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht North, Tempera on paper, h. 17.4 cm (6 7/8 in); w. 93.7 cm (36 7/8 in), scale 1:2.
EditorialUnknown Copyist, Giraffe with a Monkey, Tomb of Rekhmire, New Kingdom, Unknown Copyist, Dynasty 18, reign of Thutmose III, ca. 14791425 B.C., Original from Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Rekhmire (TT 100), Tempera on paper, h....
EditorialCharles Stanley Reinhart, American, 18441896, Americans Abroad, The Copyist in the Louvre, 1890, Wood engraving on paper, image: 9 1/16 x 13 9/16 in. (23 x 34.5 cm).
EditorialJohn Smibert, The Continence of Scipio, ca. 1719-1722, oil on canvas, 45 3/4 in. x 62 5/8 in. (116.21 cm x 159.07 cm), Smibert's painting is a copy of a 1640 painting by the revered French painter Nicolas Poussin. Its subject derives from Roman history...
EditorialFragment of Inscription, Pyramid Temple of Amenemhat I, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, ca. 1981?1952 B.C., From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht North, Tempera on paper, h. 25.4 cm (10 in); w. 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in), Unknown Copyist.
EditorialBoats Moored Along the Water, Winlock's Tomb 5, Second Intermediate Period?Early New Kingdom, Dynasty 17?18, ca. 1567?1482 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, Winlock Tomb 5, north corner of antechamber, Tempera on paper, facsimile: h. 20.5 ...
EditorialOffering Bearer, Pyramid Temple of Senwosret I, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, ca. 1961?1917 B.C., From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht South, Tempera on paper, facsimile: h. 29.7 cm (11 11/16 in); w. 57.2 cm (22 1/2 in), Unknown Copyist.
EditorialFacsimile, Winlock's Tomb 5, Second Intermediate Period?Early New Kingdom, Dynasty 17?18, ca. 1567?1482 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, Winlock Tomb 5, Tempera on paper, facsimile: h. 9.4 cm (3 11/16 in); w. 17 cm (6 11/16 in), Unknown C...