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Relief of Wepwawet embracing Seti I (1290-1279 BCE). Located between the entrances of the Chapels of Ptah and Ra-Horakhty within the Temple of Seti. Abydos, Egypt.

The free-standing courtyard of Gerf Hussein temple in New Kalabsha near Aswan in southern Egypt. This temple was erected by Setau, the Viceroy of Kush, on behalf of pharaoh Ramesses II (r. 1279-1213 BCE) in Lower Nubia...

Gold ring with the name of Thutmose III and epithets: "Menkhperra beloved of Ptah beautiful-of-face'. The verso has the Two Ladies name of the king: "Great of Terror in All Lands". The ring was found inside the tomb of Djehuty...

This statue of Ptahhotep (who was the Overseer of the Treasury) is shown in a Persian costume that Egyptian officials adopted when Egypt was under Persian control. The jacket with flaring sleeves, over which...

The prince holds two sacred standards. In his left hand is a fetish (sacred emblem) kept in Abydos and linked to Osiris. Atop the other stood figures of Osiris, Isis and Horus. Prayers on the back-pillar invoke Osiris...

Inside the Great Temple The architects of ancient Egypt in the 13th century BCE aligned the temple so that , on October 21 and February 21 (61 days before and 61 days after the winter solstice), the sun’s rays enter into...

A head of a statue of Khaemweset (c. 1281 - c. 1225 BCE), son of Ramesses II, Crown Prince, high priest of Ptah at Memphis and famous restorer of Egyptian monuments. (Neues Museum Berlin, Germany)

Made of limestone and dating to the Second Intermediate Period (13th-14th Dynasties, c. 1785-1633 BCE), this ancient Egyptian stela is the primary source of information about Seankhiptah. On the left, the sovereign...

The Temple of Derr is a rock-cut temple built by Ramesses II (r. 1279-1213 BCE) and dedicated to Re-Harakhte, Amun-Re and Ptah. It is located at the site of New Amada, an archaeological complex containing three ancient Nubian...

The owner of this sarcophagus was a high-priest of the god Ptah in the city of Memphis. The crossed arms, the emblems he holds, and the rest of the decoration partly repeat those of the sarcophagus of Setau. From the...