Ankh Collection (#3)

Relief depicting Hatshepsut and hieroglyph on the walls. Temple of Hatshepsut. Egypt. 18th Dynasty. New Kingdom. Deir el-Bahari. Egypt

COPTIC CROSS. A Coptic Christian cross used by Christian Gnostics in Egypt

EGYPTIAN SYMBOL: ANKH. Ancient Egyptian symbol of life. Line drawings

Last Macedonian queen of Egypt. Cleopatra giving birth, in a kneeling position with her arms raised
CLEOPATRA VII (69-30 B.C.). Last Macedonian queen of Egypt. Cleopatra giving birth, in a kneeling position with her arms raised. After a bas-relief in the Temple of Esneh

Amulet Ankh Third Intermediate Perioda'Late Period
Amulet of an Ankh, Third Intermediate Period-Late Period (1070-332 BC), Egyptian, Egypt, Low-fired earthenware or stucco, 4 × 2 ×.5 cm (1 5/8 × 3/4 × 3/16 in.)

Egypt. Dendera. Hathor Temple. Cleopatra VII, Julius Caesar
Egyptian Art. Dendera. Hathor Temple. Relief depicting Cleopatra VII, Julius Caesar and their son Caesarion, later her co-regent Ptolemy XV Caesar. 1st. Century B.C. Ptolemaic Dynasty

Egyptian Art. Karnak. The goddess Maat. Relief
Egyptian Art. The Karnak Temple Complex. Relief depicting Maat, goddess of truth and justice. New Empire. Egypt

Egyptian Art. Royal protocol of Ramses II. Cartridge
Egyptian Art. The Karnak Temple Complex. Hieroglyphic writing. Royal protocol of Ramesses II. Fifth title of the Pharaoh: son of Ra.19th Dynasty (1320-1200 b.C.). New Empire. Egypt

Sculpture of Ramesses II and God Ptah. Egypt
Sculpture of Pharaoh Ramesses II and the God Ptah. Granite. From Temple of Ptah, Memphis. Reign of Ramesses II. C. 1290-1224 BC. 19th Dynasty. New Kingdom. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

Royal protocol of Ramses II. Cartridge
Hieroglyphic writing. Royal protocol of Ramses II. Fifth title of the Pharaoh: son of Ra.19th Dynasty (1320-1200 b.C.). New Empire. Egypt

Ankh. Relief. Temple of Horus. Edfu. Egypt
Egyptian hieroglyph depicting the Ankh. Temple of Horus in Edu. Egypt

Stele depicting a priest making an offering to the god Ra. E
Egyptian Art. Stele depicting a priest making an offering to the god Ra (seated, with falcons head and sun disk.) Behind him, the goddess Isis. 22nd Dynasty. Third Intermediate Period. Luxor Museum

Ptolemaic temple of Hathor and Maat. Anubis. Seated figure
Ptolemaic temple of Hathor and Maat. Polychrome reliefs that decorate the interior. Anubis. Seated figure. Deir el-Medina. Egypt

Ptolemaic temple of Hathor and Maat. God Amun. Seated figure
Ptolemaic temple of Hathor and Maat. Polychrome reliefs that decorate the interior. God Amun. Seated figure. Deir el-Medina. Egypt

The god Amon, sitting at a table of offerings. Temple of Hat
Polychrome relief depicting the god Amon, sitting at a table of offerings with feather headdress, beard and on both hands the scepter Uady and the ankh. Eighteen dynasty. New Kingdom

Reliefs depicting the ankh, uady and djed pillar. Deir el-Ba
Reliefs depicting the ankh, uady, scepter linked to power and wealth and djed pillar, symbol of stability. Temple of Hatshepsut. Temples of Deir el-Bahari. Dynasty XVIII. New Kingdom. Egypt

Hieroglyph on the walls of the Temple of Hatshepsut. At the top is a vulture Nekhbet, opening its protective wings.18th Dynasty. New Kingdom. Deir el-Bahari. Egypt

Hieroglyph. Temple of Hatshepsut. Deir el-Bahari. Egypt
Hieroglyph. Temple of Hatshepsut. 18th Dynasty. New Kingdom. Deir el-Bahari. Egypt

Maat, goddess of wisdom, justice and truth. Royal protocol of Nebmaatre or Amenhotep III, Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty. New Empire. Luxot temple. Egypt

EGYPTIAN UNIVERSE. The ancient Egyptian cosmos, depicting Geb (Earth), Shu (Air), and Nut (Heavenly Vault)

Treasure of Tutankhamun (dc1340 BC): Pectoral jewel of gold, semi-precious stone and faience showing Horus, falcon-headed god crowned with sun disc with ankh, symbol of life, attached to each claw

Ankh (crux ansata or key of life), symbol of eternal life, Djed pillar (papyrus-shaped column) symbol of the backbone of the God Osiris, udjat-eye (eye of Horus), symbol of the regeneration Italy

Transitional Coptic funerary Stela, 3rd Century
Transitional Coptic funerary Stela with Christian crosses, Egyptian ankhs, and Greek script, 3rd Century. Produced in the transition period of early Coptic art

Egyptian grave-slab showing the cosmos
Egyptian grave-slab showing the solar boat carrying the Sun Disk with Ra holding an Ankh. Before the deceased stands Isis-Hathor, with a solar disk between cows horns

Sculpture of the Egyptian high priest Ankh Rekhu
Sandstone sculpture of the Egyptian high priest Ankh Rekhu

Coptic painting of a man holding an ankh-cross
Encaustic painting on cloth of a man holding an ankh-cross, from the Louvres collection

Relief of Rameses III receiving blessing of Amon-Ra, Mortuary Temple, Medinet Habu, 12th centuryBC
Relief of Rameses III receives the blessing of Amon-Ra (holding Ankh), Mortuary Temple, Medinet Habu, Egypt, 12th century BC

Relief of Amun-Ra giving life to Rameses II, Temple of Rameses II, Luxor, Egypt, c1250 BC
Relief of Amun-Ra giving life to Rameses II, The Ramesseum, Temple of Rameses II, Luxor, Egypt, c1250 BC. Amun-Ra holds the Ankh symbol for life

Relief of the goddess Hathor, Temple of Horus, Edfu, Egypt, Ptolemaic Period, c251 BC-c246 BC
Relief sculpture of the goddess Hathor holding the Ankh (symbol of life) before the Pharaoh, Temple of Horus, Edfu, Egypt, Ptolemaic Period, c251 BC-c246 BC

Relief of Horus (falcon-headed god), Temple of Horus, Edfu, Egypt, c251 BC - c246 BC
Relief of Horus (falcon-headed god), Temple of Horus, Edfu, Egypt, Ptolemaic Period, c251 BC-c246 BC. Horus (falcon-headed god)

Painted relief of the Pharaoh before Thoth (Ibis-headed god), Temple of Sethos I, Egypt, c1280 BC
Painted relief of the Pharaoh before Thoth (Ibis-headed god), Temple of Sethos I, Abydos, Egypt, 19th Dynasty, c1280 BC. The Pharaoh before Thoth (Ibis-headed god)

Painted relief, temple of Rameses III, Medinet Habu, Egypt, 12th century BC. Amon-Ra, Egyptian god, (left) and Rameses III (ruled 1187-1156 BC), second king of the 20th dynasty

Pectoral jewel from the treasure of Tutankhamun, Ancient Egyptian, c1325 BC. A pectoral jewel showing Horus, the falcon-headed god, crowned with a sun disc (aten) with an ankh, the symbol of life

Limestone relief at the Temple of Philae, Ancient Egyptian. Isis (centre), sister and wife of Osiris and principal goddess of the Egyptian pantheon

Hieroglyphics carved on a column at the Temple of Karnak, Egypt, c14th-13th century BC. The symbols include an ankh, the Ancient Egyptian symbol of life, and a bee

Statue of Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tuthmosis III, Luxor, 18th Dynasty, 15th century BC. Tuthmosis (Thutmose) III ruled Egypt from 1479-1426 BC, initially with his aunt, Hatshepsut

Pectoral showing the god Horus, Ancient Egyptian, 18th Dynasty, c1325 BC. A pectoral jewel of gold, semi-precious stone and faience showing Horus, the falcon-headed god

Egypt. Hieroglyphic writing. Cartridge. Back of a statue
Hieroglyphic writing. Cartridge. Back of a statue. Mit Rahina Open Air Museum. Memphis. Egypt

Egypt. Hieroglyphic writing. Cartridge
Hieroglyphic writing. Cartridge. Mit Rahina Open Air Museum. Memphis. Egypt

Hieroglyph. Sela of Amenemhat I. 12th Dynasty. Middle Kingdom. British Museum. London

Egyptian Art. Temple of Kom Ombo. The god Sobek wearing shut
Egyptian Art. Temple of Kom Ombo. Ptolemaic Dynasty. 2nd century B.C. Dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek and falcon god Haroeris. Relief depicting the god Sobek wearing shuty crown

Egypt. Temple of Horus. Relief depicting an egyptian deity g
Egypt. Edfu. Temple of Horus. Relief depicting an egyptian deity giving the key of life, ankh, to the Pharaoh

Egyptian Art. Royal protocol of Ramesses VI Nebmaatre-Meryam
Egyptian Art. The Karnak Temple Complex. Hieroglyphic writing. Royal protocol of Ramesses VI Nebmaatre-Meryamun. He reigned from 1145 BC to 1137 BC. 20th Dynasty. New Empire. Egypt

Egyptian Art. Royal protocol of Ramesses II. Cartridge
Egyptian Art. The Karnak Temple Complex. Hieroglyphic writing. Royal protocol of Ramesses II. Fifth title of the Pharaoh: son of Ra.19th Dynasty (1320-1200 b.C.). New Empire. Egypt

Relief depicting a scene from the Kings Heb Sed. Palace of
Relief depicting a scene from the Kings Heb Sed. Monumental gateway from the Palace of Apries, Memphis, Egypt. Limestone. Late Period, Saite. 26th Dynasty. C. 589-570 BC

Egyptian Art. Ptolemaic period (332-30 BCE). Stele. King sac
Egyptian Art. Ptolemaic period (332-30 BCE). Stele. Relief we see a king sacrificing to Isis and Serapis. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

Detail of the Ankh at the statue of egyptian God Anubis
Statue of the jackal-headed god Anubis. Detail of the Ankh. Diorite. Reign of Amenophis III. 1403-1365 BC. 18th Dynasty. New Kingdom. From the Temple of Luxor. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen

Egyptian art. Great Temple at Abu Simbel. Reliefs depicting
Egyptian art. Great Temple of Ramses II. 19th Dynasty. New Kingdom. Reliefs depicting Ramses II and the royal cartridges. Abu Simbel. Egypt

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"Unveiling the Mysteries of the Ankh: A Journey through Ancient Egypt" Step back in time to Pharaoh Amenhotep I's reign, where the symbol of life, the ankh, held great significance. This illustration depicts Horus, the ancient Egyptian god, clutching this key of life tightly. As we venture further into history, we find ourselves at the majestic Temple of Ramses III. The pharaoh himself is adorned with a Khepresh crown, showcasing his divine authority and power. Moving on to another captivating sight, we encounter a statue of the fierce Goddess Sakhmet. Her presence exudes strength and protection over Egypt. Intriguingly enough, Goddess Hathor offers her precious necklace to none other than a pharaoh. This painted relief from Seth I's tomb reveals how even deities bestowed their blessings upon these rulers. Delving deeper into royal symbolism and spirituality, we discover a chair intricately decorated with names that carry immense weight throughout eternity - truly embodying millions of years' worth of spirit. Hatshepsut's Osirian statue stands as a testament to her remarkable reign as one of Egypt's few female pharaohs. Her legacy lives on through this magnificent sculpture. The walls speak volumes as well; an ancient temple painting salvaged from Nubian land flooded by Lake Nasser tells tales untold for centuries – stories waiting patiently to be unraveled by curious minds like ours. Nyankhre false door stela invites us into its enigmatic world where rituals were performed and spirits communed with those who have passed on before us – bridging gaps between realms unknown. Wennekhu's stela transports us further back in time; it serves as a reminder that our existence is but fleeting compared to these timeless relics left behind by ancient civilizations long gone. Anubis emerges next – god of death with his jackal-headed form, guarding the souls of the departed.