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Bronze relic-box for a mummified falcon
Smaller mummified animals and birds were placed inside bronz…
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Papyrus marriage contract between the priest Pagosh and Teteimhotep
Marriage contracts were first recorded in the Late Period (6…
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Wooden coffin of a child
This small coffin is very well made, despite its simple form…
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Faience head of Arsinoe II
This small faience head of a woman has a melon coiffure and …
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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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Bronze relic-box for a mummified eel
In ancient Egypt, the smaller mummified animals and birds we…
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Fragment of a basalt Egyptian-style statue of Ptolemy I
The founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty ruled Egypt as Ptolemy …
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Granite head of a bald man
This head is probably from a kneeling statue: it has the rem…
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Granite naos of Ptolemy VIII
The term naos (shrine) is most commonly used by Egyptologist…
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Limestone stela with three figures of Bes
Bes was very prominent in the religious concerns of the ordi…
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Mummy of a falcon with a bronze mask
Large numbers of falcon mummies have been discovered at vari…
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Outer coffin of the priest Hornedjitef
Hornedjitef was a priest in the Temple of Amun at Karnak dur…
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Painted mummy case of an unnamed man
The British Museum has a number of mummy cases from a tomb a…
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Papyrus of protection and destruction
This papyrus might once have been in a temple library, but w…
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Stela fragment of Horiraa
The surviving hieroglyphic inscription on this funerary stel…
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Bronze coin of Cleopatra VII
Cleopatra VII (reigned 51-30 BC) was the last ruler of the P…
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Blue glass intaglio with a portrait of Cleopatra VII
Cleopatra was born in 69-68 BC. When Ptolemy XII Auletes (th…
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Demotic papyrus
Loan agreements are not a modern invention. This papyrus is …
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Giant sculpture of a scarab beetle
The scarab beetle ( Scarabeus sacer ) is one of the enduring…
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Hypocephalus of the temple musician Neshorpakhered
The hypocephalus, literally 'that which is below the head', …
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Mummy of Hornedjitef
This, the inner coffin, has a fine gilded face, with curled …
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Limestone stela of Pasheryenptah
Pasheryenptah was a member of an important family of high pr…
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Mummy mask of Hornedjitef
Hornedjitef was a priest in the Temple of Amun at Karnak dur…
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Painted wooden figure of Ptah-Sokar-Osiris
This figure of Ptah-Sokar-Osiris stands opposite the god Sok…
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Sandstone stela showing Ptolemy II offering to the Buchis bull
The Buchis bull was one of several sacred bulls, the most fa…
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Stela of Neswy
Numerous wooden stelae made in the Ptolemaic period have bee…
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Pair of disc and amphora earrings linked by a long chain
Following the arrival of Alexander the Great in Egypt in 332…
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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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Stela of Taimhotep
This stela is perhaps one of the finest examples of private …
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The Rosetta Stone
In previous years the family of the Ptolemies had lost contr…
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Bronze coin of Cleopatra VII
Cleopatra VII (reigned 51-30 BC) was the last ruler of the P…
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