by Ancient Egyptian (Unknown), -1450
Ancient Egyptian sculptors carved this greywacke statue of Thutmose III, Egypt's greatest military pharaoh, during the 18th Dynasty (around 1450 BCE). He wears the traditional nemes headcloth, false beard, and short kilt. The face is idealized but carries distinctive features: a strong nose, slight smile, and wide-set eyes that appear across multiple surviving portraits of this ruler.
Thutmose III led at least 17 military campaigns, expanding Egypt's empire from Syria to Nubia. He ruled for 54 years, though his stepmother Hatshepsut governed as regent for the first two decades. After her death, he ordered many of her monuments defaced. Several statues of Thutmose III survive in collections worldwide, including the Luxor Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

Ancient Egyptian (Unknown), 401
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

Ancient Egyptian (Unknown), -1070
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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