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Gebel el-Arak Knife
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The Gebel el-Arak Knife, also Jebel el-Arak Knife, is an ivory and flint knife dating from the end of the Naqada II period of Egyptian prehistory, showing Mesopotamian influence. The knife was purchas
The Gebel el-Arak knife (back and front), on display at the Musée du Louvre.
The Gebel el-Arak knife (back and front), on display at the Musée du Louvre.
Gebel el-Arak Knife ivory handle (back), in the Departement of Pre-Dynastic Egyptian antiquities, Louvre Museum.
Gebel el-Arak Knife ivory handle (back), in the Departement of Pre-Dynastic Egyptian antiquities, Louvre Museum.
Mesopotamian king as Master of Animals on the Gebel el-Arak Knife at the top of the handle, dated circa 3300-3200 BC, Abydos, Egypt. This work of art
Mesopotamian king as Master of Animals on the Gebel el-Arak Knife at the top of the handle, dated circa 3300-3200 BC, Abydos, Egypt. This work of art both shows the influence of Mesopotamia on Egypt at an early date, in an example of ancient Egypt-Mesopotamia relations, and the state of Mesopotamian royal iconography during the Uruk period.
Similar portrait of an Uruk King-Priest with a brimmed round hat and large beard, bare-chested with a straight skirt. Uruk, 3300-3000 BC.
Similar portrait of an Uruk King-Priest with a brimmed round hat and large beard, bare-chested with a straight skirt. Uruk, 3300-3000 BC.
Abydos, Egypt
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Abydos was one of the oldest cities of ancient Egypt, and also of the eighth nome in Upper Egypt. It is located about 11 kilometres west of the Nile at latitude 26° 10' N, near the modern Egyptian tow
Gebel el-Arak Knife
…time of its purchase, the knife handle was alleged by the seller to have been found at the site of Gebel el-Arak, but it is today believed to come from Abydos. The Gebel el-Arak knife was bought for the Louvre by the philologist and Egyptologist Georges Aaron Bénédite in February 1914 from a private antique…
Façade of the Temple of Seti I in Abydos, built c. 1300 BCE
Façade of the Temple of Seti I in Abydos, built c. 1300 BCE
Possible illustration of the conflict between Abydos and Nekhen, on the Gebel el-Arak Knife, Louvre Museum, 3300–3200 BCE.
Possible illustration of the conflict between Abydos and Nekhen, on the Gebel el-Arak Knife, Louvre Museum, 3300–3200 BCE.
King Khasekhemwy "fort" in Abydos. c. 2700 BCE
King Khasekhemwy "fort" in Abydos. c. 2700 BCE
King Khasekhemwy "fort" in Abydos.
King Khasekhemwy "fort" in Abydos.