Museum Report

I have been to metropolitan museum of Art couple of times, but this time I particularly concentrated on Egyptian Section. This museum holds large variety of Egyptian art including old kingdom Egypt (2650 B.B – 2150 B.C, Egypt under Roman rule and Egypt in early kingdom. All these sections are very informative and descriptive. Since the whole Egyptian section is really big, so I decided to concentrate on Egypt in early Kingdom.

Their collection of Egyptian art in old kingdom is one of the greatest outside Cairo. More than half of the collection is derived from the archaeological excavations along the Nile between 1906-1935. Most of the collection in this section, including royal and upper class tombs at Abydos and Saqqara reveals fine production from first two dynasties. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, Egyptian Civilization, old kingdom)

This is the statue of Kaipunesut, probably from Dynasty 4. it was funded by Rogers fund in 1926. (metropolitan Museum of Art, old kingdom).

This is a structure of Tomb of Merti. Merti was a high official and provincial governor. He was very intelligent and he helped establish law and order in Egypt. It is probably from dynasty 5. Tomb of Merti was found in 1926. All the other statues relating to Tomb of Merti are representation of career, lifestyle and achievement of Merti. (old kingdom, Egyptian wing).

These are some of Egyptian manuscripts of Old Egyptian Kingdom. They represent some of the noble people in Egyptian society. Underneath those manuscripts are some jewels used by Egyptian. During this time papyrus was invented and as a consequence writing was used as an administrative tool of government.

The other important figures in Egyptian old kingdom are Kings of Sumer and Akkad

Overall, i really enjoyed my visit because it helped me gather more information about Egyptian lifestyle. Egyptians contributed a lot in early civilization thats why its important to learn about their lifestyle, success and their leaders. Old kingdom holds very descriptive information. I choose old kingdom because this is a point where Egyptian civilization began.