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Group statue of Thoth-ibis and devotee on a base inscribed for Padihorsiese

Late Period - Dynasty 26 - ca. 700–500 B.C.E.

The elements of this group all appear to be ancient, and the arrangement is found in other statuettes, but it seems that this group itself was constituted secondarily in ancient or in modern times. Traces on the upper side of the base show it originally supported a striding ibis.

The offering formula on the base indicates that the original donation recorded on the base was made for the benefit of Padihorsiese through the agency of a servant of the ibis cult, a donation procedure only recorded in the 7th and 6th centuries B.C.E.

Translation:
Front: DHwtj aA-aA nb Xmn.w Di anx
Thoth, twice great, lord of Hermpolis who gives life

Side: wDA snb aHa.w qA jAw aA nfr n P’-Di-Hr.w-zA-As.t zA n P’-Di-Wsjr- Read More »

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Lintel of Senwosret I Running Toward the God Min ca. 1961-1917 B.C.E.

Middle Kingdom

This relief was originally part of the left side of a massive door lintel that depicted the pharaoh Senwosret I (left) performing a running ritual in front of the fertility god Min (right). Running rituals are generally connected with the Sed festival, a renewal rite that the king ideally celebrated after thirty years on the throne. The vertical inscription in front of Min includes the promise that the deity will grant the king such a milestone. The king carries an oar and an angled nautical object, which can be associated with the Sed festival; behind him are three semicircular objects representing the symbolic markers between which he runs. The piece is notable for its beautiful modeling and extremely fine detail, characteristics of the best Twelfth Dynasty relief work. Read More »

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The Pyramid of Senwosret I

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Khui walking Iupu - Middle Kingdom, Assiut (Siut)

The back of a chair from Tutankhamon's tomb. It depicts the god of eternity, Heh, who is himself seated on the symbol for gold, and holding palm branch symbols representing years. They rest upon Heket (Heqt, Heqet), a frog goddess of fertility and rebirth, whose image is also the symbol for one million. She is seated on Shen symbols/hieroglyphs, which represent eternity.

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a drawing of the Abydos King List

Early 19th Dynasty, New Kingdom

Hathor - illustration from Pantheon Egyptien (1823-1825) by Leon Jean Joseph Dubois (1780-1846)

Hatshepsut's Cartouche, from one of her obelisks

Early 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom

Hatshepsut's Cartouche

Early 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom

Nyuserre Ini - Fifth Dynasty, late 25th century BCE, Old Kingdom

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The Ancient Egyptians loved puns. It was said, "Gold is like dust in Egypt, but silver is as rare as the pomegranate," making this silver pomegranate vase of Tutankhamon's a visual pun.

A box of Tutankhamon's by Harry Burton, the brilliant photographer of the Tutankhamon expedition. He created the exhaustive photographic survey of the tomb, and of every object within it.

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Bracelets of Queen Hetepheres I

Some of the earliest silver objects unearthed in Egypt are this rare pair of silver bracelets, belong to Queen Hetepheres I, inlaid with semi-precious stones in the form of a butterfly. Made of silver, turquoise, lapis lazuli, and carnelian.

Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty, ca. 2575-2550 BCE. From the Tomb of Hetepheres I, G 7000X near the Great Pyramid of Giza. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.

A box from Tutankhamon's tomb