Ancient Egypt Collection (#97)

Pair of horses heads on Teak Door-Panel, Egypt, Fatimid Period, 11th century. Fatimid Dynasty; Political and religious dynasty that dominated an empire in North Africa

Egyptian Faience Soul-Bird, Saite Period: c600BC. British Museum

Egyptian bronze, Aegis of RA with the Solar Disc, c590BC

Egyptian bronze, Goddess Maat, (Truth), 26th Dynasty, c664BC-332BC. Maat or Ma at refers to the ancient Egyptian concepts of truth, balance, order, harmony, law, morality, and justice

Statuette of Amen-Ra, Late New Kingdom c900BC. His crown is topped by two tall feathers and a sun disk, symbolic of his assimilation with the sun god, Ra, as Amun-Ra

Egyptian Bronze Cat, Sacred to the Goddess Bastet, Roman Period. c664BC-332 BC. The Gayer-Anderson Cat is an Ancient Egyptian statue of a cat, which dates from the Late Period (around 664-332 BC)

Lid of coffin of Pensenhor from Thebes, XXII Dynasty, c900BC. Note; emblem of Osiris on the collar at the nec. wearing wig and collar, the lid is decorated with religious scenes

Egyptian bronze, Goddess Mut, Theban Mother-goddess, 18th Dynasty, c1550BC-1298BC. Mut, which meant mother in the ancient Egyptian language

Egyptian Obelisk of Tuthmosis II, 15th century BC. From Karnak now at Istanbul. Thutmose II was the fourth Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt

Egyptian Goddess Bastet as a Cat with Kittens, holding an Aegis, c664BC- 332BC. Egyptian Bronze, Late Period. British Museum

Egyptian Limestone Relief with scenes of Fields and Storehouses. Archaeological Museum, Florence

Craftsmen at Work, Blacksmiths, Carriage-Maker and one asleep, c1372BC-1354BC. From an Egyptian Limestone Relief from a tomb, 18th Dynasty, Florence Archaeological Museum

Egyptian relief, deceased priestess and Hathor with sycamore tree
Egyptian relief, deceased priestess and Hathor. Deceased priestess and her soul-bird receive refreshment from Hathor in sycamore tree

Ahmes-Nefertari, Wallpainting from a tomb of Thebes c1200BC. Ahmose-Nefertari of Ancient Egypt was the first Queen of the 18th Dynasty

Detail of Egyptian coffin of Priestess of Amen-Ra, Cartouche of Osiris, c950BC-900BC. Found at Thebes and dated by shape and style of decoration to late 21st or early 22nd Dynasty (c 950-900 BC)

Owl, Hieroglyphic inscription on inner wall of coffin of steward, Seni, El Bersha, Egypt, c2000 BC. Coffin texts of Steward and Chief of Physicians, Seni. From Bersha, Middle Kingdom, 1991-1783 BC

Interior of Egyptian Coffin with Sky - Goddess Nut and Zodiac Signs, 2nd century

Ram, Zodiac Sign on inside of Egyptian Mummy-Case, 2nd century

Egyptian coffin detail of Zodiac Signs Scorpio and Sagittarius, 2nd century

Egyptian stele, Deceased worships Osiris who stands on pedestal representing Maat. Horus & Isis stand to left. National Archaeological Museum, Florence

Detail of inside of coffin of Am Enemope, Thebes, XXI Dynasty, c1050BC. Usermaatre Amenemope was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the 21st Dynasty

Osiris Canopic Jar, 22nd Dynasty, c1550BC-1069 BC. Containers used to store internal organs removed from the deceaseds body during mummification

Anubis Canopic Jars, 22nd Dynasty, c1550BC-1069 BC. Containers used to store internal organs removed from the deceaseds body during mummification

Bronze Egyptian sistrum, dated after 850BC. A sistrum is a musical instrument of the percussion family, chiefly associated with ancient Iraq and Egypt. Crossbars and jingles are modern. British Museum

Bronze arched sistrum with Hathor head decoration, late Period, after 600BC. A sistrum is a musical instrument of the percussion family, chiefly associated with ancient Iraq and Egypt

Stele with Ra as Hawk, Sun symbol and Eyes, on Stele of Lady Taperet, c850BC-690 BC. Painted wood, from Third Intermediate period, uncertain provenance, probably region of Thebes

Egyptian Wallpainting from the Tomb of Nebanmun at Thebes, c1400 BC. Chariot and Attendant

Papyrus, Embalming, Anubis, Ancient Egyptian, c10th century BC. Jackal headed anubis, god of embalming. Held at the Louvre

Papyrus of Ani, c1250 BC. The Papyrus of Ani is a papyrus manuscript with cursive hieroglyphs and color illustrations created c. 1250 BCE, in the 19th dynasty of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt

Ancient Egyptian Hieratic Script, c10th century BC. The Hieratic script was invented and developed more or less at the same time as the hieroglyphic script

Hieratic Script, Book of the Dead of Padiamenet, 10th century BC. Chief Baker of the Domain of Amun, c945BC-900BC

Egyptian Papyrus of Ani Ploughing, Theban Book of the Dead, c1250 BC. Held at British Museum

Detail of Papyrus of Hent-Taul, Egypt, 21st Dynasty, c1069 BC - 945 BC. Papyrus of musician-priestess of Amun-Ra, entitled What is In The Underworld

Pectoral Plaque from the Tomb of Tutakhamun, New Kingdom, c1332BC-1323 BC. Shows the Pharoah with on the left, the Vulture of Upper Egypt wearing the White Crown of Upper Egypt and on the right

Gold necklaces and bracelets, Ancient Egyptian, 1st millennium BC. Egyptian Jewellery held at the Louvre

Pectoral behalf of the pharaoh and high priest of Amon Pinedjem, c990BC-969BC. Pinedjem II was a High Priest of Amun at Thebes in Ancient Egypt from 990 BC to 969 BC

The Finding of Moses, after 1740. Artist: Zugno, Francesco (1709-1787)
The Finding of Moses, after 1740. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

Depiction of a man and his wife making offerings to Osiris
Depiction of Ani and his wife Tutu making offerings to Osiris, from Anis Book of the Dead, from the British Museums collection

Detail from the Book of the Dead of Ani; sheet 4; showing the conclusion of the judgement, with Ani introduced to Osiris. From the British Museums collection

An image on an Egyptian papyrus of draughts-playing, Anis Book of the Dead (sheet 7)
An image of draughts-playing between Ani and his wife, from Anis Book of the Dead (sheet 7). From Thebes. From the British Museums collection

Egyptian small falcon-headed wooden coffin
Small falcon-headed wooden coffin, which contained a model imitation mummy with the attributes of Osiris, made of corn grains wrapped in linen to commemorate the god of ripening grain

Egyptian painted limestone shabti
Painted limestone shabti of a chantress of Amun, found at Thebes (?), Egyptian, 19th Dynasty. This shabti was made for a woman who was a musician of Amun at Thebes. From the British Museums collection

Steep internal stairway inside the Great Pyramid, Gizeh, Egypt. The Great Pyramid is the only surviving one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

The Great Sphinx at night, Gizeh, Egypt. The Sphinx is located on the Giza Plateau with the three pyramids of Khufu (Cheops), Khafre (Chephren), and Menkaura (Men-kau-re)

Grand Temple, Isle of Philae, Nubia, Egypt, 19th century. Hypostyle hall of the Ancient Egyptian Temple of Isis, built during the Ptolemaic Period

Heliopolis Obelisk, Egypt, 1878. Artist: Felix Bonfils
Heliopolis Obelisk, Egypt, 1878. The oldest standing Ancient Egyptian obelisk in existence, this example dates from the reign of the 12th Dynasty Pharaoh Senusret I, who ruled from 1971 to 1926 BC

Kiosk of Qertassi, Nubia, Egypt, 1878. Artist: Felix Bonfils
Kiosk of Qertassi, Nubia, Egypt, 1878. This temple is dedicated to the Pharaoh Rameses II and the Ancient Egyptian gods Amun and Anuket. From Album of Photographs, Egypt, by Felix Bonfils, 1878

Edfu, Nubia, Egypt, 1878. Artist: Felix Bonfils
Edfu, Nubia, Egypt, 1878. Pylon of the Ptolemaic Temple of Horus, built between 237 and 57 BC. From Album of Photographs, Egypt and Nubia, by Felix Bonfils, 1878

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