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Apotropaic wand
Childbirth and early infancy were felt to be particularly th…
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Archery case with painted scenes
This archery case has scenes of hunting on its exterior and …
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Basalt block statue of Roy
The cult of Amun was central to the importance of Thebes, so…
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Black granite statues of Sekhmet
The Egyptian goddess Sekhmet was associated with destruction…
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Block statue and stela of Sahathor
Abydos was the principal cult centre of Osiris . From the Ol…
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Block statue of Sennefer
Block statues were most commonly placed in temples - this on…
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Blue-painted pot
This large biconical jar is typical of the 'blue painted war…
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Bone with a badly healed fracture
Evidence of diseases and injuries can be found in both mummi…
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Bronze branding iron
Cattle were the most common domesticated animal in ancient E…
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Bronze figure of a seated cat
The domesticated cat is probably associated more with ancien…
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Bronze figure of Isis and Horus
Family groups of deities became very popular in the Late Per…
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Bronze statue of Amunre-Kamutef
This bronze figure of the Egyptian god Amunre-Kamutef (Amunr…
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Burnished black-topped redware jar
These black-topped redware jars are characteristic of the fi…
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Canopic jars of Neskhons
When a body was preserved as a mummy, the internal organs we…
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Cartonnage case containing the mummy of Tjayasetimu
X-rays show that this mummy contains the body of a young gir…
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Coffin and skeleton of a child
This cartonnage coffin contains the bones of an infant skele…
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Coffin of a woman
The British Museum has a number of mummy cases from a tomb a…
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Coffin of Cleopatra
This coffin is one of a group belonging to three generations…
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Coffin of Djedhoriufankh
Coffins from Thebes of the period around 1000 to 900 BC are …
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Coffin of Tpaeus
An inscription on the coffin names the owner, Tpaeus, a memb…
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Colossal granite head of Amenhotep III
King Amenhotep III (1390-1352 BC) commissioned a large numbe…
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Coptic ostrakon
People often used broken pieces of pottery or stone as a con…
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Demotic papyrus
Loan agreements are not a modern invention. This papyrus is …
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Detail of the funerary papyrus of Taminiu, showing demons
There were many obstacles on the path to the Afterlife in an…
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Diadem of semi-precious stones and gold
The wide red bands of garnet beads of this diadem are flanke…
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Early shabti figure in a model coffin
This is one of the earliest known shabti figures. These figu…
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Ebony spoon in the shape of a stylized bouquet
A range of extremely attractive implements that resemble spo…
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Egyptian mummy mask
The ancient Egyptians performed mumification to transform th…
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Faience and shell bead necklace
Most of the beads of this necklace are of faience, apart fro…
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Faience openwork collar
Faience was a very versatile material and extremely well sui…
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Faience plaque of Amenemopet adoring Osiris
This blue plaque may have been set in a frame of a different…
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Faience rhyton
The conical rhyton , a ritual pouring vessel or sprinkler, w…
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Faience shabti of Sety I
Shabti figures first became part of the Egyptian funerary tr…
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Faience throwstick of Akhenaten
Wooden examples of throwsticks that were meant to be used ha…
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False door of Neferseshemkhufu
This false door is thought to come from Giza, mainly because…
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First page of the Book of the Dead of Panedjem II
Panedjem, the owner of this papyrus, was one of the high pri…
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Flint knife with an ivory handle
The flint knives of the late Predynastic period were sometim…
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Folding wooden headrest
This folding headrest is modelled on the folding stools that…
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Four-sided granite sculpture showing Thutmose III and deities
King Thutmose III (1479-1425 BC) and the god Montu-Re are sh…
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Fragment of a basalt water clock
On the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC, the throne of…
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Fragmentary limestone face of Akhenaten
This face is easy to recognize as that of Akhenaten, even th…
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Funerary chest of Irthorru
The canopic jars containing the embalmed internal organs wer…
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Giant sculpture of a scarab beetle
The scarab beetle ( Scarabeus sacer ) is one of the enduring…
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Gilded mummy portrait of a woman
The majority of mummy portraits that have survived have unfo…
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Glass bottle in the form of a fish
Glass vessels seem to have been primarily functional rather …
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Glass kohl tube in the form of a palm column
Eye-paint (kohl) was an important cosmetic for the ancient E…
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Gold cobra wearing the red crown of Lower Egypt
The rearing cobra was used as a decorative element on furnit…
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Gold earring of Tawosret
This earring is one of a pair found in the tomb of a royal c…
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Gold spacer bars with cats, for a bracelet
These spacer bars originally held in place bracelets made up…
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Gold Taweret necklace
Amulets of the goddess Taweret were one of several types of …
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Granite block with usurped royal name
This block is probably part of an architectural element such…
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Granite head of Amenemhat III
The city of Bubastis was well known in Greek times; it is de…
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Granite lid of the sarcophagus of Setjau
Setjau was the viceroy of Nubia in the reign of Ramesses II …
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Granite naos of Ptolemy VIII
The term naos (shrine) is most commonly used by Egyptologist…
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Granite sarcophagus of Pahemnetjer
The figure of Pahemnetjer clasps an ankh ('life') sign and a…
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Granite statue of an official
This wonderful statue is of an unknown official, probably so…
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Granite statue of Ankhwa, the ship-builder
Egyptian sculpture is often thought to consist only of massi…
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Granite statue of Sekhmet
The Egyptian goddess Sekhmet was associated with destruction…
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Granite statue of Senwosret III
This life-size statue of Senwosret III (1874-1855 BC) is one…
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Granite stela of Hor and Suty
Hor and Suty were twin brothers who held the titles of 'Over…
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Granite stela of Senwosret I
Senwosret I (about 1965-1920 BC) carried out a very active b…
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Granodiorite barque bearing a statue of Queen Mutemwia in the guise of the goddess Mut
Mutemwia was the principal wife of Thutmose IV (1400-1390 BC…
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Granodiorite statue of Senwosret I
In the twentieth year of his reign Senwosret's father, Amene…
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Graywacke statue of Meryankhre Mentuhotep VI
This small statue shows the Egyptian king Meryankhre Mentuho…
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Group of bronze tools for woodworking
The range of tools used for woodworking in ancient Egypt is …
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Head of a figure of the cow of Hathor
Hathor, as goddess of the West, was particularly associated …
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Hypocephalus of the temple musician Neshorpakhered
The hypocephalus, literally 'that which is below the head', …
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Inner coffin of Shepenmehyt
Shepenmehyt's mummy was encased in two anthropoid (human-sha…
