EditorialPresenting accounts to Prince Kaninisut. Painted limestone relief from the tomb of the Prince, 5th Dynasty (2450-2442 BCE), Old Kingdom, Egypt.
EditorialAnubis cares for mummy in front of a sepuchral pyramid. Book of the Dead by Chensumose, a priest of Amun-Re. Papyrus. 21st Dynasty (1080-960 BCE), 3rd Intermediate Period, Egypt.
EditorialHippopotamus, decorated with bird, reeds and lotus flower, from a tomb in Thebes, Egypt. Turquoise glazed ceramics with brown linear ornaments, 12th Dynasty (20th-18th BCE), Middle Kingdom. Inv. 4211.
EditorialSemitic tribe asks permission to enter Egypt. Tribespeople are dressed in coloured striped costumes. Mural from the tomb at Beni-Hassan 19th BCE, Middle Kingdom. Detail of 08-01-03 / 17. 19th century copy by Weidenbach.
EditorialThe Nile god bearing presents. He is protected by a winged goddess. Fragment of a shrine. 19th dynasty, 13th-12th BCE New Kingdom Wood, H: 20 cm.
EditorialEnemies, depicted as conquered and paying homage, were a standard decoration of pharaonic monuments. In the palace of Ramses III at Tel el Yahudia, the foreigners were shown in glazed clay reliefs set into the walls of the throne room. A Hittite. H: ap...
EditorialHarpocrates, the young Horus, son of Horus the Elder and Isis, sitting on a lotos. Part of a shrine. Ptolemaic, 4th-3rd BCE From the shrine of a god, wood with inlaid glass. Inv. 98.
EditorialOil lamp from Shabwa, South Arabia. Hellenistic influence clearly evident in the ornate, decorative style, but South Arabian iconography shows in the leaping ram and the flat knot of the handle. Bronze, H: 34 cm Inv. Sem 694.
EditorialSmall ram with Atef-crown. The ram was the sacred animal of the god Amon and the small ram was probably part of a ring. Blood-stone, gold. Late Period, 25th dynasty, 716-656 BCE.
EditorialThe sun, origin of life. Detail from the lid of the sarcophagus of Nes-Shutfene, royal auditing scribe, Saqqara, Egypt. Basalt stone, Ptolemaic Period (332-30 BCE) .
EditorialThe creation of the world. The Book of the Dead by Chensumose, a priest of Amun-Ra. Drawing shows an " ogdoade", an assembly of eight gods creating the world. Papyrus,21st dynasty (1080-960 BCE),3rd Intermediate Period.
EditorialThe creation of the world. The Book of the Dead by Chensumose, a priest of Amun-Ra. Drawing shows an " ogdoade", an assembly of eight gods creating the world. Papyrus,21st dynasty (1080-960 BCE),3rd Intermediate Period.
EditorialThe Nile god bearing presents. He is protected by a winged goddess. Fragment of a shrine. 19th dynasty, 13th-12th BCE New Kingdom Wood, H: 20 cm.
EditorialA male head, so called " reserve-head", from a tomb near Giza, Egypt. When the art of embalming was not yet far advanced, such sculpted heads were laid in the tomb in case the mummy's head was damaged by decay. Limestone, around 2.450 BCE, 4t...
EditorialSenbef and Ipta. Stele from the Osiris sanctuary in Abydos (Araba el-Madfuna), Egypt. Ankh, sign of Life 12th Dynasty (20th-18th), First Intermediate. 35 x 72 cm.
EditorialEnemies, depicted as conquered and paying homage, were a standard decoration of pharaonic monuments. In the palace of Ramses III at Tel el Yahudia, the foreigners were shown in glazed clay reliefs set into the walls of the throne room. H: approx.13 cm ...
EditorialSemitic tribe asks permission to enter Egypt. Tribespeople are dressed in coloured striped costumes. Mural from the tomb at Beni-Hassan 19th BCE, Middle Kingdom, Egypt 19th century copy by Weidenbach.