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Gilded cartonnage mummy mask
Mummy masks are a depiction of the head and chest of the dea…
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Linen wreath of Cleopatra
This wreath belonged to a young woman called Cleopatra who w…
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Mask of a woman
Funerary images in ancient Egypt were not restricted to the …
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Limestone sculpture of the Egyptian god Horus in Roman military costume
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Bronze seated figure of Amun
Animal worship and the worship of animal-headed gods were pr…
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Coffin for a mummified cat
Two main species of cats are known from ancient Egypt, the s…
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Coffin of Cleopatra
This coffin is one of a group belonging to three generations…
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Coffin of Taminis
Anthropoid (that is, human-shaped) coffins usually showed th…
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Gilded mummy portrait of a woman
The majority of mummy portraits that have survived have unfo…
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Lid of the coffin of Soter
In January 1820 a tomb was found in the Theban necropolis be…
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Limestone model of a town house
This model shows us what an ancient Egyptian house might hav…
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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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Mask of a man together with his skull
In ancient Egypt, funerary images were not restricted to 'mu…
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Mummified bull
Bulls were sacred to several gods. The famous Apis bull at M…
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Mummy case of a boy named Pemsais
This coffin is one of a group found in a family tomb in the …
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Mummy of a jackal or dog
This small canine, either a dog or jackal, is wrapped in the…
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Mummy of Cleopatra from Thebes
An inscription on her coffin states that this Cleopatra was …
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Mummy portrait of a man
Most mummy portraits that have survived have unfortunately b…
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Mummy portrait of a woman
Most mummy portraits that have survived have unfortunately b…
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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 from the Setne Khaemwaset stories
Prince Khaemwaset, the fourth son of Ramesses II (1279-1213 …
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Wax figure
Figurines in human form were used to cast spells on the peop…
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Bronze diploma granting citizenship to Marcus Papirius
The bronze diploma comprises two inscribed sheets of bronze,…
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Crocodile-skin suit of armour
'In ancient Egypt the crocodile was seen as sacred and divin…
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Onyx cameo portrait of a woman wearing the stola
The bust represents a femina stolata (woman dressed in the s…
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Rag doll
This doll is fairly well-proportioned, and has a head and a …
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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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Egyptian mummy mask
The ancient Egyptians performed mumification to transform th…
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Mummy mask of Aphrodite, daughter of Didas
In the Egyptian funerary tradition this type of gilded mask …
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Mummy mask of Pachons
Excavations in the later layers of debris over the Temple of…
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Mummy mask of Syros
Gilded mummy-masks such as this appear to have been made for…
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Mummy of a cat
Animals associated with deities were regularly mummified in …
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Mummy of a young boy with a portrait panel
The mummy is wrapped in many layers of linen, with the outer…
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Mummy of an ibis
This is an exceptionally fine ibis mummy, in an excellent st…
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Painted wooden figure of a crouching baboon
The baboon was associated with several deities, in particula…
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Trial piece with a birth scene
Small stone objects of this type are generally regarded as s…
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Billon tetradrachm of the city of Alexandria, reign of Commodus
Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire in 30 BC. Unlike…
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Bronze coin of the city of Alexandria, reign of emperor Hadrian
In 30 BC Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire. Unlike…
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Bronze coin of the city of Alexandria, reign of emperor Hadrian
The Ptolemaic kings had consciously sought to turn Egypt int…
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Bronze coin of the city of Alexandria, reign of emperor Hadrian
In 30 BC Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire. Unlike…
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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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Glass cup or bowl
The Egyptian motifs of the figured decoration suggest the ve…
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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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Coffin of Tpaeus
An inscription on the coffin names the owner, Tpaeus, a memb…
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Mummy case and portrait of Artemidorus
The mummified body is enclosed in a red-painted stucco casin…
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Mummy of a child
This is one of the mummies discovered by Flinders Petrie in …
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