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King Ramesses II and a Goddess

Fragments of this red granite statue were discovered in 1825 in the Great Temple of Amun located at Tanis (San el-Hagar). The statue shows Ramesses II and a goddess (probably Anath, a foreign goddess of war who played the role of protector of the king).…

Shabti Box of Djedmaatiuesankh

A painted wooden shabti box belonging to Djedmaatiuesankh who served as a ‘Chantress of Amun-Re’ in Dynasty 21. The shabti (funerary figurines) required for her burial would have been deposited in this box, where they were believed to lie sleeping until…

Block Statue of Penuuepeqer

A greywacke cube statue belonging to Penuuepeqer discovered in the Karnak Cache (CK 182) in 1904. Penuuepeqer held important priestly titles at the precinct of Amun-Re at Karnak. Judging by the sculpture’s stylistic details and its inscriptional materia…

Headrest of Queen Hetepheres I

Ancient Egyptian headrests were believed to magically protect the sleeper at night. In the Book of the Dead, the funerary function of headrests is to support the head of the deceased during resurrection, just as the sun rises above the eastern horizon e…

Exterior Coffin of Mesehti

A set of two wooden coffins were found in the tomb of Mesehti in Asyut. Mesehti was a nomarch of Asyut and an overseer of priests of Wepwawet and Anubis. This exterior coffin of Mesehti bears inscriptions that are partly derived from the Pyramid Texts. …

Canopic Coffinette

Tutankhamun’s mummified viscera (liver, lungs, intestines and stomach) were held inside four miniature coffins similar in design to his second anthropoid coffin. Made of beaten solid gold, the coffinettes are exquisitely decorated in a feathered pattern…

Colossal Dyad of Amun and Mut

Discovered in the colonnade of King Thutmose I between the fourth and fifth pylons at the Great Temple of Amun and Karnak, this colossal dyad represents god Amun and his consort goddess Mut. It was found in pieces that were reassembled in 1998/1999. The…

Carrying Chair of Queen Hetepheres I

The funerary equipment of Queen Hetepheres I was reburied by her son King Khufu in a secret underground tomb (G7000X) next to the Great Pyramid of Giza. Among the discovered objects in her tomb was this carrying chair that would have been lifted on the …

Canopic Chest of Queen Hetepheres I

Canopic chests held the embalmed internal organs of the deceased in ancient Egypt. This travertine canopic chest was concealed in a niche cut in the west wall of the burial chamber of Queen Hetepheres I whose tomb was discovered in 1925 on the Giza Plat…