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isgandar:

Face Inlay of the Pharaon Akhenaten
Egypt, New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty XVIII, about 1353-1336 BC

Collection of The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY

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centuriespast:

Bull’s Head

To the ancient Egyptians, the bull was a manifestation of beneficient strength and fertility. Early in Egyptian history it became associated both with a number of gods, including Ptah at Memphis and Montu In the Theban region, and with the king and the office of kingship. This bull head is possibly associated with the cult of one of these gods or has royal significance.

• Medium: Wood, glass, and ivory
• Place Made: Giza, Egypt
• Dates: 664-332 B.C.E.
• Dynasty: XXVI Dynasty to XXXI Dynasty
• Period: Late Period
• Brooklyn Museum

centuriespast:

Female Figurine

This figurine, one of the oldest statuettes ever excavated in Egypt, perhaps represents a priestess or a goddess dancing or performing ritualized mourning at a funeral ritual.

• Medium: Terracotta, painted
• Reportedly From: Ma’mariya, Egypt
• Dates: ca. 3650 -3300 B.C.E.
• Period: Predynastic Period, Naqada IIa Period
• Brooklyn Museum

ancientpeoples:

Mummy of a cat

Crudely mummified cat with traces of inlaid eyes, now removed

Found in Egypt

Date unknown

Source: Leiden Museum of Antiquities 

ancientpeoples:

Wooden grave statue of priestess Imertnebes

Middle Kingdom, 12th dynasty, 1991 - 1783 BC 

Inscription : “Gods hand and wife”, so priestess of the god Amun. She is wearing a skin tight dress and the wig was added later. 

(Source: The Leiden Museum of Antiquities) 

aleyma:

Horus falcon inlay, made in Egypt in the 4th century (source).

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ancientpeoples:

Glazed Composition Pectoral

c.1250 BC

New Kingdom/Reign of Ramesses II

Glazed composition pectoral: in the form of a pylon, or temple gateway. It depicts the god Anubis as a jackal, with a winged ‘wedjat’, or sacred eye, in the upper left-hand corner. The colour blue connotes resurrection, as often remarked, and the colour yellow alludes to the sun, itself a powerful symbol of resurrection.

(Source: The British Museum)

dwellerinthelibrary:

Horus by ~cigarro-DA

ancientart:

A gold gilded object is the shape of a leopard found within the intact KV62 tomb of king Tutankhamun. It bears the boy king’s cartouche atop its head.

Courtesy & currently located at the Egyptian Museum of Cairo. Photo taken by Dmitry Denisenkov

vagabondbohemia:

Wooden stela of Tjenetdiashakhet

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aboutegypt:

Sobek, the crocodile god, at Kom Ombo Temple (by SonomaPicMan)

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swoosh163:

Our Queen Nefertiti

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dwellerinthelibrary:

(via Decorated female figure, Naqada Period)