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This granite colossus was recovered through underwater excavations at the sunken city of Thonis-Heracleion (Abuqir Bay) that gradually disappeared under the waters of the Mediterranean due to a series of earthquakes and tidal waves. The colossus shows a…
This standing statue was discovered in 1860 at the Great Temple of Amun at Karnak. It represents a king wearing the traditional nemes headcloth, a false beard and a kilt with a projecting front section. Although the cartouche on the belt gives the name …
This group statue was found in the Karnak Cache (CK 96). It represents the god Amun-Re enthroned between King Thutmose I and Queen Ahmose, reflecting the close relationship between the divine and royalty. Thutmose I passes his left arm behind Amun and h…
This crude figurine shows a female mourner raising her arms in grief. Mourners often appeared in tomb scenes following the funeral of the deceased with their arms raised, wailing, pulling their hair, beating their chests and smearing dirt on their bodie…
This crude figurine shows a female mourner raising her arms in grief. Mourners often appeared in tomb scenes following the funeral of the deceased with their arms raised, wailing, pulling their hair, beating their chests and smearing dirt on their bodie…
This crude figurine shows a female mourner raising her arms in grief. Mourners often appeared in tomb scenes following the funeral of the deceased with their arms raised, wailing, pulling their hair, beating their chests and smearing dirt on their bodie…
This fragmentary limestone statue possibly represents goddess Isis. She wears a tri-partite hair wig, a broad necklace and a close-fitting robe with two wide straps. The statue was discovered in 1902 among fragments of three other statues at the Temple …
A block statue of Sobeknakht who served as a ‘Supervisor at the Domain of Amun’ most likely in Dynasty 19. He is seated on a thick cushion, wearing a feathered hair wig and a long cloak. His face reflects a peaceful expression. Both hands are placed fla…
A rectangular sandstone stela from the tomb of Neibunesut at Dendera. The stela owner is depicted standing on the right, facing left, holding the kherep sceptre and a flail. He wears a shoulder length hair wig and a leopard skin. According to the short …
This painted wooden stela was found in the area dedicated to the burials of the priests of god Montu at Deir-el-Bahri in West Thebes. Its owner Wennefer was a descendant of a powerful priestly family. The stela shows a winged sun disc under the curved s…
This statue shows Rahotep, a royal scribe during Dynasty 5, whose tomb was discovered in 1861 at Saqqara. Scribes were held in great esteem by ancient Egyptian society. They were an essential part of the government as they were employed to write royal c…
Sekhmet, whose name means ‘she who is powerful’, was associated with fire and destruction, and also with protection of the king. King Amenhotep III placed 365 sitting and 365 standing statues of the goddess, one for every day of the year, in his mortuar…
