The Lion of Chaeronea

Ancient Egyptian heart amulet (gold and green schist) of one Manhata. Artist unknown; ca. 1479-1425 BCE (reign of Thutmose III, 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom). From the Tomb of the Three Foreign Wives of Thutmose III at Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Thebes; now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Partial statue of the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Thutmose III (r. 1479-1425 BCE). Found at Deir el-Bahri; now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Photo credit: Prof. Mortel/Wikimedia Commons.

Ancient Egyptian faience amulet in the form of a cartouche of Nebmaatre, throne name of Amenhotep III "the Great" (r. ca. 1390-1352 BCE). Found in Amenhotep's tomb (WV 22) in the Valley of the Kings; now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Sculpture of a member of the Egyptian royal family. Artist unknown; 18th Dynasty, Amarna Period. Now in the Neues Museum, Berlin. Photo credit: Gary Todd.

Ivory bracer of the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Thutmose IV. Thutmose is shown subduing an Asiatic enemy while a falcon-headed deity looks on. Artist unknown; 1397-1388 BCE. Found at Amarna*; now in the Neues Museum, Berlin. Photo credit: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP/Wikimedia Commons.

*It is unknown how the bracer ended up at Akhenaten's capital.

Ancient Egyptian male bust (granodiorite) of an official. Originally the man would have been shown together with his wife. Artist unknown; ca. 1300-1290 BCE (18th or 19th Dynasty, New Kingdom). Probably from the official's tomb at Saqqara; now in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. Photo credit: Walters Art Museum.

Ancient Egyptian jar (calcite, filled with cedar resin), bearing the cartouche of the 18th Dynasty female pharaoh Hatshepsut (r. ca. 1479-1458 BCE). Found near Hatshepsut's mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahari; now in the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London. Photo credit: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP/Wikimedia Commons.

Ancient Egyptian statuette (serpentinite) of a scribe seated on the floor with a papyrus roll spread across his knees. Artist unknown; ca. 1360 BCE (Amarna period, 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom). From Amarna; now in the Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin. Photo credit: ArchaiOptix/Wikimedia Commons.

Ushabti (limestone, originally painted) of Takai. Artist unknown; late 18th or early 19th Dynasty, New Kingdom. Now in the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Sandstone head of Akhenaten. Artist unknown; ca. 1353-1336 BCE (Amarna period, 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom). Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Painted wooden ushabti of the scribe Seti. Artist unknown; late 18th or early 19th Dynasty, New Kingdom. Now in the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Head (porphyritic diorite) of an ancient Egyptian cow goddess, perhaps Hathor or Mehetweret. Artist unknown; ca. 1390-1352 BCE (reign of Amenhotep III, 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom). Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Granodiorite head of the god Amun, dating to the reign of Tutankhamun (ca. 1332-1323 BCE). Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Block (painted sandstone) from an ancient Egyptian relief depicting a battle scene. Artist unknown; 18th Dynasty, perhaps from the reign of Amenhotep II. Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Quartzite sphinx head depicting the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Amenhotep II (r. 1427-1401 BCE) as a young man. Now in the Louvre. Photo credit: Rama/Wikimedia Commons.

Limestone relief depicting the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Amenhotep III. Artist unknown; ca. 1360 BCE. Found at western Thebes; now in the Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin. Photo credit: Andreas Praefcke.

Ushabti (painted limestone) of Amunemhat. Artist unknown; ca. 1400-1336 BCE (18th Dynasty, New Kingdom). Now in the Brooklyn Museum. Photo credit: Brooklyn Museum.