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Painted wooden shabti box of Nesytanebettawy

Throughout the New Kingdom (about 1550-1070 BC) the number o…
Coffin of Cleopatra

This coffin is one of a group belonging to three generations…
Faience finger ring

Until the New Kingdom (1550-1070 BC), faience had almost alw…
Faience plaque of Amenemopet adoring Osiris

This blue plaque may have been set in a frame of a different…
Fragment of faience vessel with the name of Aha

The temples and tombs of Abydos have provided many of the ea…
Kneeling statue of Wahibre offering a shrine

Wahibre was governor of the Western Delta during the Twenty-…
Limestone stela of Heqaib

Abydos was the principal cult centre of Osiris . From the Ol…
Outer coffin of the priest Hornedjitef

Hornedjitef was a priest in the Temple of Amun at Karnak dur…
Painted wooden figure of Osiris

From the Nineteenth Dynasty (about 1295-1186 BC), figures of…
Papyrus of protection and destruction

This papyrus might once have been in a temple library, but w…
Shabti of Qeniherkhepeshef

Shabti figures of the New Kingdom (about 1550-1070 BC) were …
Turquoise djed pillar amulet

The djed pillar amulet was one of the most common of all tho…
Wooden door from the tomb of Khonsuhotep

Egyptian doors very rarely survive down to modern times, par…
Wooden figure of a ram

Ancient Egyptians believed that the Underworld was populated…
Bronze figure of Harpokrates

The name Harpokrates is the Hellenized version of the Egypti…
Bronze statue of Khonsuirdis

Bronze figures are not particularly common before the Late P…
Bronze statuette of the moon god Iah

The god Iah, whose name means 'moon', first appears in the L…
Detail of the funerary papyrus of Taminiu, showing demons

There were many obstacles on the path to the Afterlife in an…
Egyptian mummy mask

The ancient Egyptians performed mumification to transform th…
Faience wedjat eye amulet

The wedjat eye is perhaps the best known of all Egyptian pro…
First page of the Book of the Dead of Panedjem II

Panedjem, the owner of this papyrus, was one of the high pri…
Fragment of painting from the tomb of Kynebu: Amenhotep I

Kynebu was a priest 'over the secrets of the estate of Amun'…
Funerary chest of Irthorru

The canopic jars containing the embalmed internal organs wer…
Gilded outer coffin of Henutmehyt

The coffins of Henutmehyt, originally placed one inside the …
Granite stela of Hor and Suty

Hor and Suty were twin brothers who held the titles of 'Over…
Granite stela of Peribsen

While the kings of the First Dynasty (about 3100-2890 BC) we…
Ivory headrest

Deir el-Bersha is one of the major provincial cemeteries kno…
Ivory statuette of a king in jubilee robe

This figurine is one of the earliest surviving portraits 'in…
Limestone pilasters of Horemheb

Horemheb was one of the most powerful figures in the reign o…
Limestone pyramidion of Wedjahor

The uppermost stone on a royal pyramid in the Old Kingdom (a…
Limestone statue and stelae from the offering chapel of Inyotef

Abydos was the principal cult centre of Osiris . From the Ol…
Limestone statue of Amenhotep I

After the construction of the mortuary complex of Nebhepetre…
Limestone statue of Panehsy

Such a statue would have been placed in a temple, exhibiting…
Limestone stela of Pasebakhaenniut (Psusennes)

The carving of this stela is particularly fine. It shows the…
Limestone stela of Pasheryenptah

Pasheryenptah was a member of an important family of high pr…
Mummy mask of Syros

Gilded mummy-masks such as this appear to have been made for…
Outer coffin of Bakenmut

The outer coffin of Bakenmut shows him wearing a striped hea…
Outer coffin of Gua

During the Middle Kingdom (about 2040-1750 BC) the exterior …
Page from the Book of the Dead of Hunefer

This is an excellent example of one of the many fine vignett…
Painted wooden figure of Osiris

From the Nineteenth to the mid-Twenty-second Dynasty (about …
Painted wooden figure of Ptah-Sokar-Osiris

This figure of Ptah-Sokar-Osiris stands opposite the god Sok…
Papyrus from the Book of the Dead of Ankhwahibre

In the Late Period (661-332 BC), elaborate coffins and large…
Papyrus from the Book of the Dead of Ani

This scene from the Book of the Dead of Ani reads from left …
Papyrus from the Book of the Dead of Ani

These vignettes (small scenes that illustrate the text) acco…
Papyrus from the Book of the Dead of Nakht

Nakht was a royal scribe and overseer of the army ('general'…
Papyrus from the Book of the Dead of Nedjmet

Some ten years before it was drawn to the attention of Egypt…
Papyrus from the Book of the Dead of Padiamenet

This is the only known sheet of the papyrus from the Book of…
Quartzite statue of Nakhthorheb

Nakhthorheb was a high official during the reign of Psammeti…
Red sandstone relief from the pyramid chapel of Queen Shanakdakhete

The royal cemetery at Meroe has given the name 'Meroitic' to…
Siltstone sarcophagus of Sasobek

This is the sarcophagus of Sasobek, the vizier (prime minist…
Statue of Isis protecting Osiris

This statue was dedicated by Sheshonq, a steward of the god'…
Stela of Neswy

Numerous wooden stelae made in the Ptolemaic period have bee…
Turtle-headed protective wooden figure

Strange creatures were thought to inhabit the dark and unsee…
Wooden figure of a hippopotamus-headed figure

Ancient Egyptians saw the hippopotamus as a dangerous creatu…
Wooden figure of a human-headed protective deity

The long beard that the figure grasps resembles the mane of …
Richard Dadd, The Halt in the Desert, a watercolour

In 1842 Richard Dadd's patron, Sir Thomas Phillips, took him…
Fragment of painting from the tomb of Kynebu: Ahmose-Nefertari

Kynebu was a priest 'over the secrets of the estate of Amun'…
Basalt slab of Nectanebo I

Nectanebo I (380-362 BC) was the first king of the last dyna…
Block statue and stela of Sahathor

Abydos was the principal cult centre of Osiris . From the Ol…
Bronze figure of Isis and Horus

Family groups of deities became very popular in the Late Per…
Coffin of Tpaeus

An inscription on the coffin names the owner, Tpaeus, a memb…
Mummy case and portrait of Artemidorus

The mummified body is enclosed in a red-painted stucco casin…
Page from the Book of the Dead of Hunefer

This is an excellent example of one of the many fine vignett…
Papyrus from the Book of the Dead of Nakht

Nakht was a royal scribe and overseer of the army (general) …
Papyrus from the Book of the Dead of Nakht

Nakht was a royal scribe and overseer of the army (general) …
Sandstone conglomerate statue of Khaemwaset

In his long reign, Ramesses II (1279-1213 BC) had many sons …
Stela of Taimhotep

This stela is perhaps one of the finest examples of private …
Vignette from the Book of the Dead of Nesitanebtashru

This vignette is part of the Greenfield papyrus , the Book …

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