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Nebamun’s garden, fragment of a scene from the tomb-chapel of Nebamun
Nebamun’s garden in the afterlife is not unlike the earthly …
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A letter from Thomas Young about hieroglyphs
English polymath Thomas Young (1773-1829) had been trying to…
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A poem on papyrus
Jean-François Champollion (1790-1832), the French scholar wh…
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Aegis of Isis
The term aegis is used in Egyptology to describe a broad col…
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Apotropaic wand
Childbirth and early infancy were felt to be particularly th…
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Arched wooden harp
Harps were often shown in banquet scenes, decorating the wal…
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Archery case with painted scenes
This archery case has scenes of hunting on its exterior and …
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A feast for Nebamun, the top half of a scene from the tomb-chapel of Nebamun
An entire wall of the tomb-chapel showed a feast in honour o…
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A feast for Nebamun, the bottom half of a scene from the tomb-chapel of Nebamun
An entire wall of the tomb-chapel showed a feast in honour o…
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Basalt block statue of Roy
The cult of Amun was central to the importance of Thebes, so…
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Basalt slab of Nectanebo I
Nectanebo I (380-362 BC) was the first king of the last dyna…
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Basalt statue of Sematawy offering a shrine
Egyptian statues that show a figure offering a shrine are ca…
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Black granite statue of Sarenput
Sarenput was the governor of the southernmost province of Eg…
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Black granite statues of Sekhmet
The Egyptian goddess Sekhmet was associated with destruction…
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Black polished incised ware cup
The handmade pottery produced by C-Group craftsmen is highly…
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Black siltstone obelisks of Nectanebo II
The Thirtieth Dynasty (380-343 BC) saw a revival of Egyptian…
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Black steatite cippus
Cippi (a type of stelae) were popular from the sixth century…
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Black steatite shabti of Suneru
Shabti figures of the Eighteenth Dynasty (about 1550-1300 BC…
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Black steatite statuette of a girl holding a kohl pot
This small figurine shows a young girl squatting and holding…
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Block statue and stela of Sahathor
Abydos was the principal cult centre of Osiris . From the Ol…
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Block statue of Sennefer
Block statues were most commonly placed in temples - this on…
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Blue glass jug, inscribed for Thutmose III
This jug is one of the earliest Egyptian glass vessels to ha…
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Blue-painted pot
This large biconical jar is typical of the 'blue painted war…
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Bone figure of a woman
The earliest three-dimensional representations of humans fro…
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Bone with a badly healed fracture
Evidence of diseases and injuries can be found in both mummi…
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Box of food of Henutmehyt
From the earliest times in Egypt food offerings were an impo…
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Bracelets of Nimlot
The archaeologist Pierre Montet (1885-1966) found some remar…
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Breccia statue of the goddess Taweret
Taweret was a fierce goddess who protected the mother and ch…
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Bronze arched sistrum with Hathor head decoration
The sistrum was basically a rattle comprising an arch (an in…
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Bronze bowl
This bowl was made from a metal sheet, beaten into shape ove…
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Bronze branding iron
Cattle were the most common domesticated animal in ancient E…
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Bronze door hinge bearing names of God's wives of Amun
This hinge is of massive proportions, and probably belonged …
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Bronze figure of a seated cat
The domesticated cat is probably associated more with ancien…
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Bronze figure of Apis, the sacred bull
Many animals play a part in the religious life of ancient Eg…
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Bronze figure of Harpokrates
The name Harpokrates is the Hellenized version of the Egypti…
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Bronze figure of Horus of Pe
This falcon-headed deity is associated with Buto, the ancien…
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Bronze figure of Isis and Horus
Family groups of deities became very popular in the Late Per…
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Bronze figure of the cat-headed goddess Bastet
The name of the cat goddess means 'she of the ointment jar',…
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Bronze mirror decorated with two falcons
The form of the ancient Egyptian mirror changed little from …
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Bronze probe
According to the Greek historian Herodotus (about 485-425 BC…
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Bronze relic-box for a mummified eel
In ancient Egypt, the smaller mummified animals and birds we…
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Bronze relic-box for a mummified falcon
Smaller mummified animals and birds were placed inside bronz…
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Bronze seated figure of Amun
Animal worship and the worship of animal-headed gods were pr…
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Bronze seated statuette of the architect Imhotep
Small bronze statuettes of deities were often placed in temp…
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Bronze staff in the shape of a uraeus
This unique item is thought to have been a magician's wand. …
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Bronze statue of Amunre-Kamutef
This bronze figure of the Egyptian god Amunre-Kamutef (Amunr…
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Bronze statue of Khonsuirdis
Bronze figures are not particularly common before the Late P…
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Bronze statuette group of the king before the Apis bull
The Apis bull was sacred to the god Ptah of Memphis. Only on…
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Bronze statuette of Pimay
This statue shows Pimay, a king of Egypt during the Libyan p…
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Bronze statuette of the moon god Iah
The god Iah, whose name means 'moon', first appears in the L…
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Bronze statuette of Thutmose IV
The posture of the king kneeling and holding two pots in off…
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Bronze tweezers
These tweezers are made of a single piece of metal. They clo…
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Burnished black-topped redware jar
These black-topped redware jars are characteristic of the fi…
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Bust of a granite statue of Ramesses II
Many of the main attributes of Egyptian royalty are visible …
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Calcite headrest
Egyptian headrests were the same basic shape throughout thei…
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Canopic chest and jars of Henutmehyt
This is the painted wooden chest containing the wooden canop…
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Canopic jar of Horudja
The jars used to contain the removed organs from a mummy wer…
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Canopic jars of Neskhons
When a body was preserved as a mummy, the internal organs we…
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Cartonnage case containing the mummy of Tjayasetimu
X-rays show that this mummy contains the body of a young gir…
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Nebamun’s cattle, fragment of a scene from the tomb-chapel of Nebamun
This fragment is part of a wall showing Nebamun inspecting f…
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Chair leg carved as a sphinx probably made of ebony
Egyptian furniture was often highly decorated, combining ela…
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Champollion's hieroglyphic hand
The young French scholar Jean-Francois Champollion (1790-183…
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Coffin and skeleton of a child
This cartonnage coffin contains the bones of an infant skele…
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Coffin for a mummified cat
Two main species of cats are known from ancient Egypt, the s…
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Coffin of a woman
The British Museum has a number of mummy cases from a tomb a…
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Coffin of Cleopatra
This coffin is one of a group belonging to three generations…
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Coffin of Djedhoriufankh
Coffins from Thebes of the period around 1000 to 900 BC are …
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Coffin of King Nubkheperra Intef
The coffin of King Nubkheperra Intef is a fine example of a …
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