Deir El Medina Collection

Mural showing the god Anubis leaning over mummy of Ramses II, in the Tomb of Sinjin, chief artist to Ramses II, Deir el Medina, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Building Catafalque Tomb Ipuy New Kingdom Ramesside
Building, Catafalque, Tomb, Ipuy, New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19, ca, 12791213 B.C, Original, Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Medina, TT 217, Tempera, paper, facsimile, h, 69.5 cm, 27 3/8, w

Egyptian sarcophagus of the lady Madja
3480454 Egyptian sarcophagus of the lady Madja; (add.info.: Egyptian sarcophagus of the lady Madja. The tomb was discovered in a cemetery in West Thebes, overlooking the valley of Deir el-Medina)

Egyptian sarcophagus of the lady Madja
3480451 Egyptian sarcophagus of the lady Madja; (add.info.: Egyptian sarcophagus of the lady Madja. The tomb was discovered in a cemetery in West Thebes, overlooking the valley of Deir el-Medina)

Egyptian sarcophagus of the lady Madja
3480453 Egyptian sarcophagus of the lady Madja; (add.info.: Egyptian sarcophagus of the lady Madja. The tomb was discovered in a cemetery in West Thebes, overlooking the valley of Deir el-Medina)

Egyptian God Osiris from the sarcophagus of the lady Madja
3480452 Egyptian God Osiris from the sarcophagus of the lady Madja; (add.info.: Egyptian God Osiris from the sarcophagus of the lady Madja)

Egyptian sarcophagus of the lady Madja
3480450 Egyptian sarcophagus of the lady Madja; (add.info.: Egyptian sarcophagus of the lady Madja. The tomb was discovered in a cemetery in West Thebes, overlooking the valley of Deir el-Medina)

Egyptian sarcophagus of the lady Madja
3480449 Egyptian sarcophagus of the lady Madja; (add.info.: Egyptian sarcophagus of the lady Madja. The tomb was discovered in a cemetery in West Thebes, overlooking the valley of Deir el-Medina)

M. Gaston Maspero; L'egyptologue Maspero, photographie en janvier 1912 alors qu'il dirigeait des fouilles a Dehr-el-Medin, pres Louqsor, 30 juin 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV

Ancient Egypt, Wall painting, Uraeus serpents guarding the shrine of Osiris, Tomb of Sennedjem, Thebes, Deir el Medna
3476232 Ancient Egypt, Wall painting, Uraeus serpents guarding the shrine of Osiris, Tomb of Sennedjem, Thebes, Deir el Medna, 19th dynasty (photo); (add.info.: Ancient Egypt, Wall painting)

Ancient Egypt, Wall painting, Horus, Sun God, Sun symbol, Tomb of Sennedjem, Thebes, Deir el Medina
3476227 Ancient Egypt, Wall painting, Horus, Sun God, Sun symbol, Tomb of Sennedjem, Thebes, Deir el Medina, 19th dynasty (photo); (add.info.: Ancient Egypt, Wall painting, Horus, Sun God)

Ancient Egypt, Wall painting, , Osiris, Lord of the Underworld, Tomb of Sennedjem, Thebes, Deir el Medina
3476216 Ancient Egypt, Wall painting, , Osiris, Lord of the Underworld, Tomb of Sennedjem, Thebes, Deir el Medina, 19th dynasty (photo); (add.info.: Ancient Egypt, Wall painting, , Osiris)

Ancient Egypt, Wall painting, Lion headed God of the underworld, Tomb of Sennedjem, Thebes, Deir el Medina
3476231 Ancient Egypt, Wall painting, Lion headed God of the underworld, Tomb of Sennedjem, Thebes, Deir el Medina, 19th dynasty (photo); (add.info.: Ancient Egypt, Wall painting)

Ancient Egypt, Wall painting, Sennedjem and wife worshipping Isis in the Persea tree, Tomb of Sennedjem, Thebes
3476215 Ancient Egypt, Wall painting, Sennedjem and wife worshipping Isis in the Persea tree, Tomb of Sennedjem, Thebes, Deir el Medina, 19th dynasty (photo); (add.info.: Ancient Egypt)

Ancient Egypt, Wall painting, Tomb of Sennedjem, Tomb of the Nobles, Thebes, Deir el Medina, 19th dynasty
3476214 Ancient Egypt, Wall painting, Tomb of Sennedjem, Tomb of the Nobles, Thebes, Deir el Medina, 19th dynasty, Sennedjem seated with his wife and children (photo); (add.info.: Ancient Egypt)

Ancient Egypt, Wall painting, Date palms and trees, Tomb of Sennedjem, Thebes, Deir el Medina, 19th dynasty (photo)
3476211 Ancient Egypt, Wall painting, Date palms and trees, Tomb of Sennedjem, Thebes, Deir el Medina, 19th dynasty (photo); (add.info.: Ancient Egypt, Wall painting, Date palms and trees)

Ancient Egypt, Wall painting Tomb of Inherkhau, Thebes, Tomb of the Nobles, 20th dynasty
3476243 Ancient Egypt, Wall painting Tomb of Inherkhau, Thebes, Tomb of the Nobles, 20th dynasty, Priests pouring libations for Inherkhau (photo); (add.info.: Ancient Egypt)

Ancient Egypt, Wall painting Tomb of Sennedjem, Deir el Medina, Thebes, Tomb of the Nobles, 19th dynasty
3476235 Ancient Egypt, Wall painting Tomb of Sennedjem, Deir el Medina, Thebes, Tomb of the Nobles, 19th dynasty, Papyrus plant with twin Uraeus serpents

Ancient Egypt, Wall painting, Cow headed God of the underworld, Tomb of Sennedjem, Thebes, Deir el Medina
3476230 Ancient Egypt, Wall painting, Cow headed God of the underworld, Tomb of Sennedjem, Thebes, Deir el Medina, 19th dynasty (photo); (add.info.: Ancient Egypt, Wall painting)

Ancient Egypt, Wall painting/carvng, Gods accompanying Ra on solar barque, Tomb of Sennedjem, Thebes, 19th Dynasty
3476219 Ancient Egypt, Wall painting/carvng, Gods accompanying Ra on solar barque, Tomb of Sennedjem, Thebes, 19th Dynasty, Deir el Medina, Thebes

Ancient Egypt, Wall painting, , The eye of Horus, Tomb of Sennedjem, Thebes, Deir el Medina, 19th dynasty (photo)
3476218 Ancient Egypt, Wall painting, , The eye of Horus, Tomb of Sennedjem, Thebes, Deir el Medina, 19th dynasty (photo); (add.info.: Ancient Egypt, Wall painting, , The eye of Horus)

ANCIENT EGYPT: ANUBIS. The god Anubis mummifies a dead body. Painting in the tomb of Sennedjem at Deir-el-Medina, 19th Dynasty

Egypt, Toilet box and vessels from the tomb of Kha and his wife Merit in Deir el-Medina, eighteenth dynasty 16th-11th Century B.C. Museo Egizio (Egyptian Museum), New Kingdom, Egyptian art

Egypt, Deir el-Medina, Tomb of Sennedjem, mural painting depicting Horus on solar boat
Egypt - Ancient Thebes (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1979) - Deir el-Medina - Tomb of Sennedjem, New Kingdom, Dynasty XIX. Mural painting: Horus on the solar boat

Ipuy Wife Receive Offerings Children substantially restored
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Ostrakon depicting a monkey picking dates watched by a young man from Egypt, West Thebes, Deir el-Medina
Egyptian civilization, New Kingdom, Dynasty XIX. Ostrakon depicting a monkey picking dates watched by a young man. From Deir el-Medina

Ostrakon depicting ram, from Deir el Medina, Egyptian civilization
Egyptian civilization. Ostrakon depicting a ram. From Deir el Medina

Stele with offering scene from Deir el Medina, New Kingdom
Egyptian civilization, New Kingdom - Stele with offering scene. From Deir el Medina

Wooden wax tablet used by scribes and case containing styluses and colors from the tomb of Kha at Deir el Medina
Egyptian civilization, New Kingdom, Dynasty XVIII. Wooden wax tablet used by scribes and case containing styluses and colors. From the tomb of Kha at Deir el Medina

Home furnishings: fiber basket, wood stool and broom from Deir el Medina, New Kingdom
Egyptian civilization, New Kingdom. Home furnishings: fiber basket, wood stool and broom. From Deir el Medina

Ostrakon depicting foxes mating, from Deir el Medina, Egyptian civilization
Egyptian civilization. Ostrakon depicting foxes mating. From Deir el Medina

Egypt, Deir el-Medina, ruins, engraving based on a drawing by David Roberts from Egypt and Nubia, 1846-1850
Egypt, 19th century. Ruins of Deir-el-Medina. Engraving based on a drawing by David Roberts (1796-1864), from " Egypt and Nubia", 1846-1850

Gilded wood cubit, gift of the pharaoh Amenhotep III, and wooden folding cubit with leather case from the tomb of Kha
Wood gilded cubit and wood folding cubit with leather case, offer of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III, eighteenth dynasty 15th-14th Century B.C

Fragment of a painting on lemon wood depicting a priest during a burial ceremony from Egypt, Deir el-Medina
Egyptian civilization, New Kingdom, Dynasty XIX. Fragment of a painting on lemon wood depicting a priest during a burial ceremony. From Deir el-Medina

Household pottery, double vessel with handles, from Deir el Medina, Egyptian civilization
Egyptian civilization. Household pottery, double vessel with handles. From Deir el Medina

Wooden statue of Ahmes Nefertari, wife of Amenhotep I, from Deir el-Medina, detail, the bust, New Kingdom, Dynasty XIX
Egyptian civilization, New Kingdom, Dynasty XIX. Wooden statue of Ahmes Nefertari, wife of Amenhotep I, from Deir el-Medina. Detail, the bust

Egypt, Luxor, Deir el-Medina, artisans and state workers village
Egypt - Ancient Thebes (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1979). Luxor. Dayr al-Madinah (Deir el-Medina). New Kingdom, artisans and state workers village

Egypt, Ancient Thebes, Dayr al-Madinah (Deir el-Medina), tomb of Anherkha
Egypt - Ancient Thebes (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1979). New Kingdom village of state labourers at Dayr al-Madinah (Deir el-Medina). Tomb of Anherkha, 20th Dynasty

Egypt, Ancient Thebes, Deir el-Medina, Tomb of Sennedjem, mural painting depicting Sennedjem ploughing fields of Iaru
Egypt - Ancient Thebes (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1979). Village of state labourers at Dayr al-Madinah (Deir el-Medina). Tomb of Sennedjem, New Kingdom, Dynasty XIX

Ostrakon depicting god Amon in shape of ram, from Deir el Medina, Egyptian civilization
Egyptian civilization. Ostrakon depicting the god Amon in the shape of a ram. From Deir el Medina

Egypt, Thebes, ruins of village of state labourers at Dayr al-Madinah (Deir el-Medina)
Egypt - Ancient Thebes (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1979). Ruins of village of state labourers at Dayr al-Madinah (Deir el-Medina)

Egypt, Thebes, village of state labourers at Dayr al-Madinah (Deir el-Medina), tomb of Sennedjem
Egypt - Ancient Thebes (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1979). Village of state labourers at Dayr al-Madinah (Deir el-Medina). Tomb of Sennedjem, New Kingdom, Dynasty XIX

Chess game, part of funerary equipment of Tomb of Kha, from Deir el-Medina, Egypt
Egyptian civilization, New Kingdom, Dynasty XVIII. Chess game, part of the funerary equipment of the tomb of Kha. From Deir el-Medina, Egypt

Vase, part of funerary equipment of Tomb of Kha, from Deir el-Medina, Egypt
Egyptian civilization, New Kingdom, Dynasty XVIII. Vase, part of the funerary equipment of the tomb of Kha. From Deir el-Medina, Egypt

Tomb of Sinjin, chief artist to Rameses II, Deir el Medina, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Wall painting in the tomb of Sinjin, chief artist to Ramses II, Deir el Medina, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

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Deir el Medina, a captivating village nestled in Thebes, holds the secrets of ancient Egypt within its walls. As a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it boasts an array of remarkable artifacts and murals that transport us back to the time of pharaohs and gods. One such mural is found in the Tomb of Sinjin, where Anubis, the god of embalming and the afterlife, tenderly leans over the mummy of Ramses II. This breathtaking artwork showcases both reverence for royalty and belief in divine protection. The Tomb of Sinjin also houses a statuary group depicting Pendua, a scribe during Rameses II's reign, alongside his beloved wife Nefertari. Carved from limestone with meticulous detail, this sculpture immortalizes their eternal bond. In another tomb belonging to Pashedu lies a mesmerizing mural painting capturing a man deep in prayer. It serves as a poignant reminder of spiritual devotion amidst daily life in Deir el Medina. Photographs taken by an unknown photographer offer glimpses into everyday existence within this necropolitan workers' village. These images capture moments like Ipuy's wife receiving offerings from her children or the construction process behind Catafalque Tomb Ipuy during New Kingdom Ramesside era. Ostrakons discovered at Deir el-Medina provide further insights into daily routines; one depicts a mischievous monkey picking dates while being observed by a young Egyptian man. Another ostrakon features an intricately drawn ram symbolizing strength and fertility - symbols deeply rooted in Egyptian civilization. A stele adorned with an offering scene offers evidence of religious practices carried out at Deir el Medina during the New Kingdom period. Such scenes were believed to ensure prosperity for both living and deceased inhabitants. Even personal belongings have been unearthed here; toilet boxes and vessels discovered within Kha and Merit's tomb shed light on hygiene practices prevalent among eighteenth dynasty Egyptians.