Kneeling figure of Hatshepsut and Colossal Figure of Akhenaten

The Kneeling figure of Hatshepsut is a statue depicting the this or fourth female to hole the throne in ancient Egypt. This figure is hard to determine that it is a female for several reasons. The is wearing a male headdress, and has no other defining features such as breast. She is depicted as a male king. The one feature that historians found to seem more feminine is the face. The face seems to be delicate and charming. This could be the fact that the society was still adjusting to having females in the role of leadership, Hatshepsut only being the third or fourth among the female pharaohs. This specific piece was made for her thumb. It is also speculated that it could have been used for her jubilee. This piece has many sister ones. Hundreds of theses were made with slight differential, all found in her tomb.Now for the figure itself. There isn’t much detail in any of the craftsmanship. The face has the basic features, the headdress the basic shape and the body a basic form. The figure is holding a vase with symbolizes stability.

Colossal Figure of Akhenaten is another ancient Egyptian figure depicting a pharaoh in an unprotect way. This piece is very large, over 41 feet tall. The face of this figure has exaggerated features such as a elongated nose and large lips. HIs stomach and breast is swollen, possible depicting a sick young man. This is different from what is usually seen in ancient Egyptian art, because they idealized people to make them look as perfect as possible. He is wearing a large headers, different than the ones most are used to seeing. Not much else is known about this ginorrmaopus figure.