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Bone with a badly healed fracture

Evidence of diseases and injuries can be found in both mummi…
Gold hoop-shaped earring

This earring is made of a grooved strip of gold, curved into…
Loaf of bread

Bread was a staple food of the ancient Egyptians and grain w…
Painted wooden shabti box of Nesytanebettawy

Throughout the New Kingdom (about 1550-1070 BC) the number o…
Winnowing fan

Wall scenes from tombs in ancient Egypt show the four stages…
Wooden mallet

The wooden mallet combined the functions of the modern malle…
Arched wooden harp

Harps were often shown in banquet scenes, decorating the wal…
Faience cup in the form of a blue lotus

A number of beautiful faience vessels in the shape of the lo…
Faience pectoral

Pectoral necklaces were laid on the chest of a mummy, and us…
Funerary cloth of Isetnefret

This type of painted linen panel was placed on the chest of …
Glazed steatite scaraboid

The scarab had been used as a seal, sometimes mounted on a r…
Hank of flax

The principal material used for clothing worn in ancient Egy…
Leather loincloth

This leather loincloth was made from a single piece of hide,…
Limestone ostrakon showing a woman suckling a child

The term ostrakon is used to describe a flake of limestone t…
Linen bag of salt for mummification

In its most developed form, the mummification process took s…
Model faience wig for a statue

This wig was probably one of a number of faience and glass e…
Pair of child's leather sandals

Sandals were worn by people at all levels of society and wer…
Pottery bowl containing dom palm fruits

The fruit of the dom palm was among the commonest foods enjo…
Red jasper tit amulet of Nefer

The tit amulet was one of several which was placed on the n…
Steatite heart scarab amulet

The heart amulet became popular in the New Kingdom (about 15…
Strip of decorated linen

Pieces of fabric were not woven specifically for wrapping mu…
Wooden furniture

Most pieces of Egyptian furniture have been found in tombs, …
Wooden hoe

The silt laid down by the inundation of the Nile was ploughe…
Wooden plough

Fields were prepared for cultivation after the annual inunda…
Faience wedjat eye amulet

The wedjat eye is perhaps the best known of all Egyptian pro…
Group of bronze tools for woodworking

The range of tools used for woodworking in ancient Egypt is …
Wooden papyrus-shaped lamp stand

Egyptian houses were usually lit by means of simple pottery …
Wooden toy cat

Cats may have been kept as pets as early as the fourth mille…