3 of Top 20 African Sculptures (Guinea Half Portrait of a Lady)

3) Colossus Statue of Ramesses II, Luxor, Egypt

Ramesses II (differently transliterated as “Rameses”  or “Ramses”  born c. 1303 BC; kicked the bucket July or August 1213 BC; ruled 1279–1213 BC), otherwise called Ramesses the Great, was the third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. He is regularly viewed as the best, most commended, and most intense pharaoh of the Egyptian Empire. His successors and later Egyptians called him the “Incomparable Ancestor”. Ramesses II drove a few military undertakings into the Levant, reasserting Egyptian control over Canaan. He additionally drove expeditions toward the south, into Nubia, remembered in engravings at Beit el-Wali and Gerf Hussei
4) Guinea Half Portrait of a Lady


This mysterious 150 m tall granite cliff sculpture of a lady was found in Eastern Africa in the country of Guinea.

 

1 of Top 20 African Sculptures (Colossal Enthroned Ramses II)

1) The Sphinx

The Great Sphinx of Giza is the most famous statue in Africa and is an icon of Egyptian culture and a testament to their achievements. It resides on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile River and faces east. It dates to the fourth dynasty of ancient Egypt, although the exact date of its construction is uncertain. The head of the Great Sphinx is now believed to be that of the pharaoh Khafra.

2) Colossal Enthroned Ramses II

(The Great), facade of rock-cut Temple of Amun, Abu Simbel (in ancient Nubia), Egypt, rock, figure height: 67′, (Dynasty XIX, New Kingdom), c.1,279-1,212 B.C

 

 

7 of Top 20 African Sculptures (Bust of Nefertiti)

7) Colossal Statue of Merneptah

8)Bust of Nefertiti

The Nefertiti Bust is a 3,300-year-old painted limestone bust of Nefertiti, the Great Royal Wife of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten, and a standout amongst the most replicated works of antiquated Egypt.

 

9 of Top 20 African Sculptures (Ptah Statues)

9) Guanches, Canary Islands

Guanches is the name given to the native Berber occupants of the Canary Islands. It is accepted that they relocated to the archipelago around 1000 BC or maybe earlier, with some theorizing that they may have been descendents of the fanciful region of Atlantis. While it is largely considered that the Guanches no more exist as an unmistakable ethnicity, hints of their way of life can still be discovered intermixed inside Canarian traditions and conventions, for example, Silbo, the whistled language of La Gomera Island.

 

10) Ptah Statues


In Egyptian mythology, Ptah  likely vocalized as Pitaḥ in ancient Egyptian is the demiurge of Memphis, lord of skilled workers and engineers. In the triad of Memphis, he is the life partner of Sekhmet and the father of Nefertum. He was additionally viewed as the father of the sage Imhote

 

11 of Top 20 African Sculptures (Amenhotep III & Sobek)

11) Amenhotep III and Sobek

Amenhotep III and Sobek, from Dahamsha, now in the Luxor Museum. Amenhotep III (Hellenized as Amenophis III; meaning Amun is Satisfied) otherwise called Amenhotep the Magnificent was the 19th pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty. As indicated by diverse creators, he led Egypt from June 1386 to 1349 BC or June 1388 BC to December 1351 BC/1350 BC after his dad Thutmose IV kicked the bucket. Amenhotep III was the child of Thutmose by a minor wife Mutemwiya.

12) Statue of Ramesses II

13 of Top 20 African Sculptures (First Ataoja)

13) First Ataoja

Osogbo, Nigeria


The Ataoja of Osogbo is the conventional ruler, tended to by the title of Oba.

14) The Colossi of Memnon, Egypt

The Colossi of Memnon, referred to local people as el-Colossat, or es-Salamat, are two gigantic stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III. For as far back as 3,400 years (since 1350 BC) they have remained in the Theban necropolis, over the River Nile from the present day city of Luxor.