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Wooden figure of a hippopotamus-headed figure
Ancient Egyptians saw the hippopotamus as a dangerous creatu…
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Wooden figure of a human-headed protective deity
The long beard that the figure grasps resembles the mane of …
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Wooden figure of a ram
Ancient Egyptians believed that the Underworld was populated…
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Wooden figure of Bes playing a tambourine
The god Bes was particularly associated with protection of t…
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Wooden hoe
The silt laid down by the inundation of the Nile was ploughe…
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Wooden inner coffin of Nestawedjat
The mummy of Nestawedjat, daughter of Djedmutefankh, was enc…
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Wooden inner-coffin of Irtyru
The British Museum acquired its first mummy and coffin in 17…
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Wooden model of servants preparing food
Small wooden models of servants were often placed in tombs f…
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Wooden sickle with flint blades
Cereal crops were harvested by gangs of men using curved sic…
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Wooden stela of Deniuenkhonsu
This stela was made for a woman named Deniuenkhonsu, a music…
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Wooden stela of Nakhtefmut
The tombs of the élite in New Kingdom (1550-1070 BC) Thebes …
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Wooden stela of Tjenetdiashakhet
Stelae , usually carved from stone, were a part of tomb desi…
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Wooden table
The three-legged table was not very common in Egypt until Gr…
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Wooden tomb statue of Tjeti
Tjeti must have been both important and wealthy to have comm…
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Wooden toy cat
Cats may have been kept as pets as early as the fourth mille…
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William Alexander, Installing the Bust of Ramesses II in the Egyptian Sculpture Gallery, a drawing
The colossal stone bust of the Egyptian king Ramesses II wei…
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The el-Amarna Hoard
These ingots and metal rings date from the fourteenth centur…
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Crocodile-skin suit of armour
'In ancient Egypt the crocodile was seen as sacred and divin…
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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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Framed portrait of a woman, with cord for suspension
The portrait is badly damaged, with more than half of the pa…
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Six pottery bowls containing different coloured pigments
These six cups were found stacked by the side of a mummy, wh…
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Agate cylinder seal
This agate cylinder seal is engraved with a scene showing th…
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Condiment tray
This small square platter has nine sections to hold a select…
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Ivory chess pieces
Chess was extremely popular from the earliest Islamic period…
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Letter from Burnaburiash to Amenhotep IV
This clay tablet is part of a collection of 382 cuneiform do…
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Letter from Tushratta to Amenhotep III
This clay tablet is part of a collection of 382 cuneiform do…
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Part of a silk panel
Two scenes, one a mirror image of the other, depict a mounte…
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William James Müller, Luxor, a watercolour
William James Müller (1812-1845) was the son of a Prussian é…
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Mummy of Katebet
This mummy is that of an old woman who was a Chantress of Am…
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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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Fragment of a multi-coloured woollen rug
Ancient rugs are rarely found in Egypt. This example is pres…
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Papyrus with part of the Tale of the Eloquent Peasant
The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant is an extremely important p…
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Wooden papyrus-shaped lamp stand
Egyptian houses were usually lit by means of simple pottery …
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Terracotta figurine of a woman riding on a pig
The figurine shows a large pig, bearing on its back a fat wo…
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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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Arched wooden harp
Harps were often shown in banquet scenes, decorating the wal…
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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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Black siltstone obelisks of Nectanebo II
The Thirtieth Dynasty (380-343 BC) saw a revival of Egyptian…
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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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Box of food of Henutmehyt
From the earliest times in Egypt food offerings were an impo…
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Canopic chest and jars of Henutmehyt
This is the painted wooden chest containing the wooden canop…
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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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Coffin of the priest Amenemipet
The anthropoid (human-shaped) coffin of Amenemipet is typica…
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Colossal limestone bust of Amenhotep III
Amenhotep III commissioned hundreds of sculptures for his mo…
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Nebamun’s geese, a fragment of a scene from the tomb-chapel of Nebamun
This scene is part of a wall showing Nebamun inspecting floc…
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Ebony statue of Meryrahashtef
This wooden statue is one of several found in the tomb of Me…
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Face from the sarcophagus of Ramesses VI
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Faience tile from the Step Pyramid of Djoser
The tomb of King Djoser (2630-2611 BC) at Saqqara, known as …
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Servants bringing offerings, fragment of a scene from the tomb-chapel of Nebamun
A procession of simply-dressed servants bring offerings of f…
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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…
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Fragment of faience vessel with the name of Aha
The temples and tombs of Abydos have provided many of the ea…
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Fragment of glazed tile showing a Libyan captive
This image on this fragment represents a Libyan, a tradition…
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Fragment of painted plaster from the tomb of Itet
The mastaba of Itet was a joint tomb with her husband Neferm…
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Fragment of painted plaster from the tomb of Sebekhotep
As a senior treasury official of the reign of Thutmose IV (1…
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Fragment of painted plaster from the tomb of Sebekhotep
Sebekhotep was a senior treasury official of the reign of Th…
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Fragment of painted plaster from the tomb of Sebekhotep
Sebekhotep was a senior treasury official of the reign of Th…
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Fragment of painted plaster from the tomb of Sebekhotep
Sebekhotep was a senior treasury official of the reign of Th…
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Fragment of painted plaster from the tomb of Sebekhotep
Sebekhotep was a senior treasury official of the reign of Th…
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Fragment of wall painting from the tomb of Itet
The mastaba of Itet was a joint tomb with her husband Neferm…
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Fragment of wall relief showing the attendants of Djehutyhotep
As nomarch, or governor, of the 15th Upper Egyptian nome (pr…
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Fragment of wall relief showing the sister of Djehutyhotep
Deir el-Bersha, situated on the east bank of the Nile just n…
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Gilded outer coffin of Henutmehyt
The coffins of Henutmehyt, originally placed one inside the …
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Gilded silver statuette of Amun-Re
The Theban god Amun became nationally important when the loc…
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Granite stela of Peribsen
While the kings of the First Dynasty (about 3100-2890 BC) we…
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Granodiorite seated statue of Amenhotep III
Amenhotep III (1390-1352 BC) commissioned hundreds of sculpt…
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Green jasper heart scarab of King Sobekemsaf
This is among the earliest heart scarabs known, and the firs…
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Group of bedroom furniture
Furniture is frequently shown in tomb decoration. The so-cal…
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