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Fragment of painted plaster from a bull-jumping fresco

At the time of its destruction in about 1375 BC, the interio…
Mask of a woman

Funerary images in ancient Egypt were not restricted to the …
Money box in the shape of a television

This plaster money box is made from a cheap material moulded…
John Henning's moulds and casts of the Parthenon sculptures

In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries classical sculptu…
Death mask of George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), who was born in Dublin but …
Nebamun’s garden, fragment of a scene from the tomb-chapel of Nebamun

Nebamun’s garden in the afterlife is not unlike the earthly …
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…
Nebamun’s cattle, fragment of a scene from the tomb-chapel of Nebamun

This fragment is part of a wall showing Nebamun inspecting f…
Servants bringing offerings, fragment of a scene from the tomb-chapel of Nebamun

A procession of simply-dressed servants bring offerings of f…
Fragment of painted plaster from the tomb of Itet

The mastaba of Itet was a joint tomb with her husband Neferm…
Fragment of painted plaster from the tomb of Sebekhotep

As a senior treasury official of the reign of Thutmose IV (1…
Fragment of painted plaster from the tomb of Sebekhotep

Sebekhotep was a senior treasury official of the reign of Th…
Fragment of wall painting from the tomb of Itet

The mastaba of Itet was a joint tomb with her husband Neferm…
Inner coffin of the priest Hor

The mummy of Hor was probably originally housed in three cof…
Surveying the fields for Nebamun, fragment of a scene from the tomb-chapel of Nebamun

Nebamun was the accountant in charge of grain at the great T…
Mask of a man together with his skull

In ancient Egypt, funerary images were not restricted to 'mu…
Model faience wig for a statue

This wig was probably one of a number of faience and glass e…
Mummy case of a boy named Pemsais

This coffin is one of a group found in a family tomb in the …
Offerings for Nebamun, fragment of a scene from the tomb-chapel of Nebamun

This is part of the most important scene in the tomb-chapel …
Painted mummy case of an unnamed man

The British Museum has a number of mummy cases from a tomb a…
Painted plaster from the exterior of a house

Finds of painted plaster show that Egyptian houses were orig…
Painted wooden lion's head

Churches and other religious buildings were highly decorated…
Sandals of Sebekhetepi

These sandals were placed on the lid of the inner coffin of …
Wooden figure of a ram

Ancient Egyptians believed that the Underworld was populated…
Wooden inner coffin of Nestawedjat

The mummy of Nestawedjat, daughter of Djedmutefankh, was enc…
Diablada dance mask

Masks like this are made for the Diablada (Dance of the Devi…
Wall painting of Ulysses and the Sirens

The interior walls of wealthy Roman houses were often covere…
Fragments of wall-paintings from the harem baths at Jawsaq al-Khaqani

These fragments of wall-paintings from the harem baths at Ja…
Plastered skull

By about 7000 BC Jericho, based on a natural spring, had dev…
Fragments of painted plaster

These fragments appear to have been part of an inscribed fri…
Christopher Ironside, plaster model and sketch of a design for the United Kingdom five pence coin

For hundreds of years, the coinage of the UK had been based …
Cartonnage case containing the mummy of Tjayasetimu

X-rays show that this mummy contains the body of a young gir…
Coffin and skeleton of a child

This cartonnage coffin contains the bones of an infant skele…
Coffin of a woman

The British Museum has a number of mummy cases from a tomb a…
Coffin of Djedhoriufankh

Coffins from Thebes of the period around 1000 to 900 BC are …
Coffin of the priest Amenemipet

The anthropoid (human-shaped) coffin of Amenemipet is typica…
Egyptian mummy mask

The ancient Egyptians performed mumification to transform th…
Nebamun hunting in the marshes, fragment of a scene from the tomb-chapel of Nebamun

Nebamun is shown hunting birds, in a small boat with his wif…
Fragment of glazed tile showing a Libyan captive

This image on this fragment represents a Libyan, a tradition…
Fragment of painted plaster from the tomb of Sebekhotep

Sebekhotep was a senior treasury official of the reign of Th…
Fragment of painted plaster from the tomb of Sebekhotep

Sebekhotep was a senior treasury official of the reign of Th…
Fragment of painted plaster from the tomb of Sebekhotep

Sebekhotep was a senior treasury official of the reign of Th…
Hypocephalus of the temple musician Neshorpakhered

The hypocephalus, literally 'that which is below the head', …
Mummy of Hornedjitef

This, the inner coffin, has a fine gilded face, with curled …
Mummy and coffin of Hor

This mummy came to the British Museum in a finely painted wo…
Mummy board of Henutmehyt

The fine quality of Henutmehyt's funerary equipment shows th…
Mummy mask of Aphrodite, daughter of Didas

In the Egyptian funerary tradition this type of gilded mask …
Mummy mask of Hornedjitef

Hornedjitef was a priest in the Temple of Amun at Karnak dur…
Mummy mask of Pachons

Excavations in the later layers of debris over the Temple of…
Mummy mask of Satdjehuty

The burial of Satdjehuty was discovered around 1820. It prob…
Mummy mask of Syros

Gilded mummy-masks such as this appear to have been made for…
Painted wooden coffin of Bakrenes

The face of this mummiform coffin represents Bakrenes in the…
Painted wooden figure of a crouching baboon

The baboon was associated with several deities, in particula…
Painted wooden model of a boat

Boats were one of the types of models placed in ancient Egyp…
Shabti box of Hor

The lid of this rectangular shabti box is lost. The exterior…
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 inner-coffin of Irtyru

The British Museum acquired its first mummy and coffin in 17…
Wooden stela of Nakhtefmut

The tombs of the élite in New Kingdom (1550-1070 BC) Thebes …
Codex Zouche-Nuttall

This is one of a small number of known Mexican codices (scre…
Portable shrine

Buddhist monks were often on the move, travelling between mo…
Wall painting showing a coastal landscape

The interior walls of wealthy Roman houses were often covere…
Fragment of painting from the tomb of Kynebu: Ahmose-Nefertari

Kynebu was a priest 'over the secrets of the estate of Amun'…
Mummy case and portrait of Artemidorus

The mummified body is enclosed in a red-painted stucco casin…
Mummy of a child

This is one of the mummies discovered by Flinders Petrie in …
Wooden coffin with the mummy of Ankhef

Ankhef, an official at Asyut, was a middle-aged man who was …

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