EditorialSeige of Tanis in Egypt, 1168. TRANSLATION, into French, and continuation to 1231, of the Latin history of the Crusades by Guillelmus, Archbishop of Tyre (1174-1190 ?). Flanders, Late XV cent. Source: Royal 15 E.I f.357.
EditorialHuman-headed cat, Third Intermediate Period?Late Period, Dynasty 22?26, ca. 945?525 B.C., From Egypt, Faience, H. 2.2 cm (7/8 in.); W. 7 cm (2 3/4in.); D.1.4 cm (9/16 in.), This figure is part of a repertoire of figures created in a distinctive spotted...
EditorialFemale figure playing a lyre, Third Intermediate Period?Late Period, ca. 945?525 B.C., From Egypt, Pottery, green and black glaze badly worn., H. 6.8 cm (2 11/16 in); W. 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in); D. 2.5 cm (1 in), This figure is part of a repertoire of figure...
EditorialMask of Pharaoh Psusennes I, 1054-1004 BCE. From the tomb of Psusennes in Tanis, one of the rare tombs not to have been robbed. Gold and semi-precious stones.
EditorialSoldiers besieging a town. Chronique d'Ernoul et de Bernard le Trésorier. S. Netherlands (Bruges); late 15th century. (Miniature only) Siege of Tanis, in Egypt, 1168, with cannon before the walls of the town, and with a crusader ship anchored in the N...
EditorialSeige of Tanis in Egypt, 1168. TRANSLATION, into French, and continuation to 1231, of the Latin history of the Crusades by Guillelmus, Archbishop of Tyre (1174-1190 ?). Flanders, Late XV cent. Source: Royal 15 E.I f.357.
EditorialShabti of Psusennes I, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21, ca. 1040?992 B.C., From Egypt; Possibly from Eastern Delta, Tanis (San el-Hagar), Bronze or copper alloy, H. 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.).
EditorialHuman-headed cat, Third Intermediate Period?Late Period, Dynasty 22?26, ca. 945?525 B.C., From Egypt, Faience, H. 2.2 cm (7/8 in.); W. 7 cm (2 3/4in.); D.1.4 cm (9/16 in.), This figure is part of a repertoire of figures created in a distinctive spotted...
EditorialHarpokrates, Ptolemaic Period, 332?30 B.C., From Egypt; Possibly from Eastern Delta, Tanis (San el-Hagar), Cupreous metal, H. without tang 36.5 cm (14 3/8 in.); W. 10 cm (3 15/16 in.); D. 13.3 cm (5 1/4 in.), Harpokrates, or Horus the Child, is depicte...
EditorialFemale figure playing a lyre, Third Intermediate Period?Late Period, ca. 945?525 B.C., From Egypt, Pottery, green and black glaze badly worn., H. 6.8 cm (2 11/16 in); W. 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in); D. 2.5 cm (1 in), This figure is part of a repertoire of figure...
EditorialShabti of Psusennes I, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21, ca. 1040?992 B.C., From Egypt; Possibly from Eastern Delta, Tanis (San el-Hagar), Bronze or copper alloy, H. 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.).
EditorialMask of Pharaoh Psusennes I, 1054-1004 BCE. From the tomb of Psusennes in Tanis, one of the rare tombs not to have been robbed. Gold and semi-precious stones.
EditorialRuins of Tanis, perhaps once the capital Avaris of the Hyksos rulers (18th BCE) and always an important Egyptian settlement. Ramses II built a huge temple for the god Amon-Ra; the entire area is strewn with statues, inscriptions, obelisks and reliefs.
EditorialSphinx, rose granite, from Tanis, Egypt. The inscriptions are from various pharaos, from Sheshonk, Meremptah, and Amenemhat II. 480 x 154 x 183 cm A 23.