Reproduction Chair of Queen Hetepheres

3D Model

Egypt, Giza, tomb G 7000 X

Dynasty 4, reign of Khufu, 2551–2528 BCE

Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East 2015.2.1

Cedar, faience, gold foil, copper, cord

https://hmane.harvard.edu/recreating-throne-of-egyptian-queen-hetepheres

Perhaps the most elaborate of all the pieces of furniture found in Hetepheres’s tomb, this chair should perhaps be called a throne, although no hieroglyphic inscriptions link it to either King Snefru or King Khufu. On both the inside and outside of the back are standards or emblems of the goddess Neith. These emblems show elements of beetles and crossed arrows. Above them is a frieze of curled and braided sidelocks or beards.

Chair construction by Rus Gant and David Hopkins

Created with Polycam by Peter Der Manuelian, August 14, 2023, with additional editing by Sophia Seitz-Shewmon

This model should be used for non-commercial, study purposes only.