Lapis lazuli and gold Horus Falcon. Egyptian, Late Period, Dynasty 27
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an example of the rations given to the workers’ families at the workman’s villages in ancient egypt which include the staples of the ancient egyptian diet: beer, bread, meat, fish, vegetables, grains, dates and onions. Screenshots taken from: Ancient Lives by John Romer (Egyptologist), 1984.
Ancient Egyptian golden Wedjat eye pendant, dated to the 7th to 4th century BCE. Currently located in the Met.
Source: metmuseum.org
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King Ramses III depicted in full regalia before the holy family of the ancient city of Memphis. He wears the royal ‘nemes’ wig cover with upreared cobra, emblem of royalty, on his brow and carries crook and flail, further emblems of kingship. His jewellery comprises broad collar, armlets and bracelets and his ear is pierced for an earring. The stylized bull’s tail of kingship is attached to the back of his pleated kilt whose triangular apron has a point ending in a fox’s head. A sheer overskirt is attached to a linen sash that passes over his shoulder.
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Temple of Hatshepsut
a mortuary temple built during the reign of Pharaoh Hatshepsut of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt (1550 BCE - 1290 BCE). A masterpiece of ancient architecture.
King Piye, a Kushite king and founder of the XXV of Egypt, who ruled Egypt from 744–714 BC in Egypt, by James Gurney
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Takabuti was a married woman who reached an age of between twenty and thirty years. She lived in the Egyptian city of Thebes at the end of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt. Her mummified body and mummy case are in the Ulster Museum, Belfast.
~ Head of a Woman.
Period: Middle Kingdom; 12th Dynasty
Place of origin: El-Lisht, Egypt
Material: Wood, Gold
Source: egyptianmuseumcairo.com
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Heart Scarab of Hatnefer from the reign of Thutmose II, ca. 1492–1473 B.C. Found in the Tomb of Hatnefer and Ramose. From the Met.
Heart Scarab Text: The Mistress of the House, Hatnefer, says: “Heart of my mother, heart of my mother, heart of my (actual) being, do not rise up against me as a witness; do not contend against me in the court of judgment; do not make opposition against me in the presence of the keeper of the balance. You are my bodily ka, a Khnum who has invigorated my limbs. When you ascend to the perfection from which we have come, do not cause our names to stink to the entourage who create mankind in their proper stations, but rather may it go well with us and with the listener, so that the judge may rejoice. Do not devise lies against me in the presence of the god, for your reckoning is at hand.” (translation by Peter F. Dorman)
The Israelites Leaving Egypt, David Roberts, 1828 or 1830
Dovima photographed by Richard Avedon in Egypt, 1951.
'Horus in Dendera.' A relief in the Hathor Temple at Dendera shows Horus of Edfu, sitting on a throne and wearing the combined crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt. The relief is located on the (interior) eastern wall of the outer hypostyle hall of the temple and dates from the first century AD. Photo Paul Smit.
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Amethyst carving of Queen Arsinoe II set in a gold mount, Ptolemaic Egypt, 3rd century BC
from The Walters Art Museum
Source: art.thewalters.org
Beaded necklace, 1550BC-332BC, Egypt.
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Sekhmet first born of Ra. Goddess of war and vengeance. Symbol of power and strength.
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Statue of Thoth
Statue of the Ibis-headed god Thoth, made of gilded wood and bronze. Thoth was the messenger of the gods, patron of scribes, writing and knowledge. Late Period, ca. 600 BC. Schultz Collection, New York.
The Flooded Courtyard of Amenhotep III in the Luxor Temple, ca. 1875
Photographer Antonio Beato (The Getty)