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    The block statue is a type of memorial statue that first emerged in the Middle Kingdom of Egypt. The block statue grew in popularity in the New Kingdom...
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    and revered with a block statue. (The original block statue started with the Tomb of Hetep, Saqqara, 12th Dynasty as two cuboid statues, one each of granite...
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    Kingdom of Egypt (starting around 2000 BC) witnessed the growth of block statues which then became the most popular form until the Ptolemaic period (c...
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    many statues depicting him with his young charge. In all these statues Senenmut is shown wearing a long cloak. Seven statues are block statues in which...
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    exist even in the afterlife. The statue is based upon compactness and solidity with few projecting parts; Khafre's block-like body is attached to the throne...
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    Bastet was known to be celebrated during the New Kingdom at Bubastis. The block statue from the eighteenth dynasty (c. 1380 BC) of Nefer-ka, the wab-priest...
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    Carved of a single block of granite, it is one of the tallest monolithic statues in the ancient world. The Gommateshwara statue is dedicated to the Jain...
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    The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World; French: La Liberté éclairant le monde) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in...
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    Statue of John Cabot - located at the foot of the steps at the East Block Statue of Sir Wilfred Grenfell An enamel-coated metal coat of arms of Newfoundland...
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    Kingdom was the block statue, which would continue to be popular through to the Ptolemaic Kingdom almost 2,000 years later. Block statues consist of a man...
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    Coronation of King Haremhab". Journal of Egyptian Archaeology. 39: 13–31. "Block Statue of Ay". brooklynmuseum.org. Retrieved 17 June 2014. O'Connor, David (1993)...
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  • Priest of Amun-Ra of the 13th century BC has a nearly undamaged block statue. The statue presents four columns of hieroglyphs on its frontal face, and a...
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    BC) Statue of Senenmut with Princess Neferure on his lap, Karnak (1470 BC) Block statue of Sennefer, Western Thebes (1430 BC) Twenty Sekhmet statues from...
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    Museum, in 2024. The Yakushi Nyorai statue is 169.7 centimetres (5 ft 6.8 in) tall and is carved from a single block of hinoki cypress wood. The left hand...
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  • notable statues worldwide, past and present. Ain El Fouara Fountain, Setif Constantine statue, Constantine Dihya statue, Khenchela Oruç Reis statue, Aïn...
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    his life was found on the back of his block statue (which is now located in Munich). The information on the statue provides details about the education...
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    Kneeling statue at British Museum, EA 1643 Statue at Egyptian National Museum, Cairo. Statue of Montuemhat as an elder man, Cairo, JE 36933 Block statue of...
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    Museum. A block statue of Senenmut with the head of Hatshepsut's daughter Neferure appearing below his. From the Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin. Statue of Senenmut...
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    York City) Statue of Amun; 1336-1327 BC; height: 220 cm (87 in), width: 44[clarification needed], length: 78 cm (31 in); Louvre Block statue of the god's...
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    David (Michelangelo) (category Colossal statues)
    general. The statue is unusually slender (front to back) in comparison to its height, which may be a result of the work done on the block before Michelangelo...
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    providing evidence that he fell into dishonor at the end of his career. A block statue of him is stored in the British Museum (EA1131) although it is not on...
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    ancient Egyptian official known from a block statue found in the Tell el-Maskhuta (perhaps ancient Pithom). The statue, made of red granite is now in the...
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    lost. Other blocks of the tomb were found reused in Mit Rahina (the site of the ancient town Memphis). Finally, he is known from a block statue that is today...
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    Winged Victory of Samothrace (category Statues in France)
    large grey marble blocks whose form or function was unclear: he concluded it was a funerary monument. He decided to send the statue and fragments to the...
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    Psamtik I of the 26th Dynasty. Nasekheperensekhmet is known only from a block statue depicting him. From it, it is known that his mother was called Shepamuntashepet...
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    100,000 pounds (45,359 kg). When Vulcan's anvil, block, hammer, and spearpoint are added, the statue weighs a total of 120,000 pounds (54,431 kg) and...
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    The Statue of Peace (Korean: 평화의 소녀상, Pyeonghwaui sonyeosang; Japanese: 平和の少女像, Heiwano shōjo-zō), often shortened to Sonyeosang in Korean or Shōjo-zō...
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    titles of Senenmut. Above the chapel, cut into the rocks, there is a block statue of Senenmut. It has always been a matter of confusion that Senenmut had...
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    The ka statue provided a physical place for the ka to manifest. Egyptian Museum, Cairo Block statue of Pa-Ankh-Ra, ship master, bearing a statue of Ptah...
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    Statue of Subhas Chandra Bose, also known as the Netaji's Statue, is a monolithic statue made of black granite, dedicated to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose...
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