Ceiling painting from the palace of Amenhotep III, Ancient Egypt

Ceiling painting from the palace of Amenhotep III

Ceiling painting from the palace of Amenhotep III (museum title)

Ancient Egypt (21st century BCE-3rd century CE)

Movement: Ancient Egyptian art
Date: c. 1386–1347 BCE
Medium: Paint on mud plaster
Dimensions: 140 × 140 cm
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States
Rights: Public domain
Photograph: Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0

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Egypt Ancient Egypt Antiquity Ceiling Spiral Pattern Ornament Setting Flower Plant Bull Head Cattle Animal Geometric Symmetry Palace Building Blue Red Ocher White Polychrome King Amenhotep III Malqata Wall painting

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