Images

Limestone fragment of an inscription from the tomb of vizier Bakenrenef (Bakenranef). From Saqqara (Sakkara), modern-day Egypt. Saite period, 26th Dynasty, circa 590 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

This marble statue depicts a standing-striding figure of the god Min and was found at Hadrian's villa (Tivoli), modern-day Italy. Roman period, circa 130 CE.(State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Granite standing figure of goddess Sekhmet. From goddess Mut temple at Karnak, modern-day Egypt. New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty,circa 1250 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Limestone statue of the seated figure of priest Neje and Mutnefret, his mother. From modern-day Egypt. New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, 13th and 12 centuries BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Limestone statue of a seated figure of Khety. Probably from Atfih (ancient Aphroditopolis), modern-day Egypt. Middle Kingdom, 11th to 14th Dynasties, 2040-1640 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Limestone statue of a standing-striding figure of a daughter of the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten. From modern-day Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, 1345 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Limestone stela of the Egyptian nomarch Sobeki. From Abydos, modern-day Egypt. Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, circa 1900 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Quartzite head of a statue which depicts the daughter of the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten. From modern-day Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, 1345 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Syenite statue of the seated figure of Sobekhotep and his wife. From Faiyum, modern-day Egypt. Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, 1800 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Limestone relief fragment of the Egyptian pharaoh Mentuhotep II. From the mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II at Deir El-Bahari, modern-day Egypt. Middle Kingdom, 11th Dynasty, 2030 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).