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This fan was found in the Burial Chamber. Upon its discovery, a mass of debris of insect-eaten ostrich feathers were found with it. Although they could not be saved, there was enough left to show that there had been alternating brown and white feathers.…
The ‘Dendera Treasure Hoards’ were caches of spectacular gold and silver objects, including statues of deities, ritual instruments, jewellery and mirrors. The caches were discovered at Dendera in the area between the temple proper and its enclosure wall…
The so-called 'Dendera Treasure Hoards' were caches of spectacular silver, gold and bronze objects of great art-historical value, including divine statuettes, ritual instruments, jewellery and mirrors. The caches were discovered in and around the Dender…
Four miniature coffins elaborately crafted of solid gold with tiny inlays of red carnelian and coloured glass held Tutankhamun’s mummified viscera (lungs, liver, stomach and intestines). Each was wrapped in linen and placed upright inside one of four cy…
A bronze mirror from the collection of Mesehti, a provincial governor of Asyut in Dynasty 11. It consists of two parts - a bronze disc that would have been polished to create a reflective surface and a wooden handle with a wedjat eye on either side. Mir…
A cylindrical container made of silver and electrum discovered in 1936 among other artefacts of the Tod Treasure. The case is encircled by two bands of electrum wires and the elegant handle is riveted with silver nails. The handle may have allowed the c…
A silver bowl with repoussé decoration consisting of vertical gadroons rounded at the rim. It was discovered in 1936 among other artefacts of the Treasure of Tod. Many of the silver vessels of the Tod Treasure, including this small bowl, were found flat…
A silver bowl decorated with vertical bands and a double circle at the base. The Tod Treasure was found under the floor of the temple built by King Senwosret I inside four copper boxes, two of which were incised with the name of the King Amenemhat II. I…
Plumb lines levels were used by ancient Egyptian builders and carpenters to make perfectly levelled surfaces. This plumb line level had three parts: a wooden vertical isosceles triangle, a string (now missing) and a plumb bob hanging from the apex of th…
The granite blocks forming this doorway were discovered in 1883 at Ezbet Helmi in the Eastern Delta. It consists of a lintel and two jambs. It probably once stood at an unknown palace of Amenemhat I located at the nearby site of Ezbet Rushdi el-Saghira.…
Mesehti was a provincial governor of Asyut in Upper Egypt in Dynasty 11. His tomb, discovered in 1893 in Asyut, is famous for its wooden models. This carefully modelled wooden headrest was among the objects discovered. It has a curved top with a square …
Servant statuettes are among the most significant funerary goods included in the burials of high officials during the Old Kingdom. They typically showed servants performing daily life activities and were placed in burials to ensure the welfare of the de…
