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Angham Concert

The celebrated Egyptian singer Angham performed live for two unforgettable evenings, captivating audiences at the GEM with her powerful voice and artistry.

Mummified Child in Gilded Cartonnage

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…

Statue of Ishetji

A remarkable painted wooden statue of a high official named Ishetji who served as ‘Sealer of the King of Lower Egypt’ towards the end of Dynasty 6. His burial shaft, discovered at Saqqara in 1950, housed a group of wooden statues and statuettes includin…

Colossal Osiride Statue of King Senwosret I

Discovered in 1859, in the porticoed courtyard of the Temple of Osiris-Khentiimentiu at Abydos, this red granite colossal was shaped to reflect an interesting vigour. Here, King Senwosret I of Dynasty 12 is represented in an Osiride form wearing the whi…

Statuette of a Falcon

This gilt bronze votive statuette of a hawk was discovered in 1893 at Sais (Sa-al-Hagar) in the western Delta and is dated to Dynasty 26. The statuette was made using the lost-wax technique in which a wax model was enclosed in clay and allowed to dry. T…

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Scientific Labs

Statue of Amun-Re and Thutmose III

This dyad was found by in the Karnak Cache (CK 135) in 1904. Here, King Thutmose III is seated on a high-back throne, decorated on both sides with the sign of unification between Upper and Lower Egypt. He wears a pleated nemes headcloth, fronted by a ur…

Model of Tutankhamun on a Funerary Bed

This wooden model was found wrapped in a linen cloth inside a sarcophagus-shaped box that also contained five shabti tools. Here, the king is shown as a mummy lying on a lion-headed funerary bed. Two small figures of a human-headed bird and a falcon sit…

Technical Projects

Votive Stela of Ramose and Wepmose

An extraordinary limestone votive stela from the tomb of Djefaihapy III at Asyut (also known as the Salakhana tomb). It was dedicated by two men named Ramose and Wepmose to Amun-Re and Wepwawet (the local deity of Asyut). The iconography of the stela su…