Jesse Waugh

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Amarna Artifacts at the Fitzwilliam Museum

Lips of Akhenaten
14th century B.C.
Amarna
Fitzwilliam Museum

The Fitzwilliam Museum has a small collection of Amarna fragments from Akhetaten which was the ancient Egyptian capital built by Akhenaten around 1375 BC for the worship of the sun disc Aten. Pictured are a pair of lips which could only have belonged to a statue of Akhenaten, along with other fragments depicting worship of the Aten by the Pharaoh and his Queen Nefertiti. 

Akhenaten bowing in worship.

Nefertiti in profile?
Amarna
14th century BC
Fitzwilliam Museum

Akhenaten's royal cartouche / seal (presumably)
Amarna
14th century BC
Fitzwilliam Museum