Scarab Commemorating Two Obelisks of Thutmose III

Scarab Commemorating Two Obelisks of Thutmose III

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

By the end of his reign, Thutmose III had erected five obelisks in the Temple of Amun at Karnak; two pairs and one that stood alone. The inscription on this scarab, "Menkheperre, whose two obelisks endure in the temple of Amun," seems likely to commemorate the placement of the first pair, but no date for this event is given.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.