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This alabaster statuette depicts a standing nude girl, mounted on a marble stand (Abydos style). From Abydos, Egypt. Old Kingdom, circa 2686–2181 BCE. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London (With thanks to The Petrie Museum of...

This limestone figurine depicts a squatting woman (goddess Hathor?) against a back slab. The figurine was once painted. From Denderah, Egypt. 19th Dynasty, 1292-1187 BCE. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London (With thanks to The...

Only the upper half of this granite statuette of a seated man has survived. The inscriptions on the back of the statuette read "offerings given of the king to Bastet mistress of Bast for the ka of ". The inscriptions appear not to be written...

Two granite casts, found in Chephren Valley at Giza, Egypt, 4th Dynasty, Old Kingdom of Egypt, 2613-2494 BCE. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London (With thanks to The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL).

This limestone statuette depicts 3 standing women, holding hands and standing against a black slab on a plinth. From Egypt, precise provenance of excavation is unknown. Second Intermediate Period, 1650-1550 BCE. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian...

This limestone statuette depicts the pure-priest Renefres, son of the lady Senebi. He appears striding. Middle kingdom, 18th Dynasty, 1543-1292 BCE. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London (With thanks to The Petrie Museum of Egyptian...

In primitive Irish, this reads " of Tob of the Sogain", a people known from later record. Ogam script was invented in the south of Ireland in the 4th century CE and used by Irish settlers in Britain. The notched letters on the edge of the...

According to the vertical inscription of this black siltstone obelisk (1.74 meter in height), Nectanebo set up this obelisk (and its fellow obelisk ) at the doorway of the sanctuary of Thoth, the Twice-Great, Lord of Hermopolis. From the...

This is a steatite statuette which depicts 3 standing persons. The woman stands in the middle (her name is Aa-Nubt) and her sons (Khenti-Khati-Hetep and Maat-Neferu) flank her on either side. From Egypt, precise provenance of excavation is...

This is a quartzite head of the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III; the king wears the red crown of Lower Egypt. This style is very typical of the sculpture of Amenhotep III, especially in the depiction of the eyes. It also foreshadows the artistic...