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A statue of a goddess (probably Isis or Hathor) from the so-called ‘Dendera Treasure Hoard’ - a votive ritual hoard of silver, gold and bronze objects discovered in 1918 near the sacred lake, south-west of the Dendera temple. The statue is almost identi…
The ‘god’s Wife of Amun’ was the highest-ranking priestess of that deity whose cult was centred in Thebes in Upper Egypt. It first appeared as an office in the Middle Kingdom. Its political potential reached its zenith in the Late Third Intermediate Per…
A remarkable double statue of an ancient Egyptian scribe named Nakhtmin, and his wife Tiy who served as a ‘Chantress of goddess Isis’. The statue was discovered during excavations in Abydos (northern necropolis). It depicts the couple sitting side by si…
Discovered in 1904 near the courtyard of the Temple of Heryshef at Herakleopolis Magna (Ihnasya el-Medina), this red granite colossal represents King Ramesses II standing between god Ptah and goddess Sekhmet. Ptah, a god of craftsmen, whose cult was cen…
A wooden was-sceptre from the collection of Mesehti, a provincial governor of Asyut in Dynasty 11. This type of sceptre has an animal head at the top of a long staff usually with a forked end. In a funerary context, it was sometimes included among other…
Mummified child in a gilded cartonnage placed inside a wooden coffin. Cartonnage refers to the moulded layers of plastered fabric used by ancient Egyptians for different funerary purposes. During the Roman Period, it was primarily used for creating mask…
Excavations made at the end of the nineteenth century in the royal cemetery of Umm el-Qa’ab at Abydos uncovered ten royal tomb stelae (stone markers or monuments) of variable sizes. These stelae belonged to eight Early Dynastic Period rulers and most li…
This lapis lazuli necklace is from the important ritual deposit known as the Tod Treasure discovered in 1936. It is composed of bicone-shaped, lozenge-shaped and barrel-shaped beads strung on a single strand. The beads tapper down in size as they move a…
