Search Images
Browse Content (p. 1609)
Image
Encaustic Mummy Portrait, Hawara
Mummy portrait of a man known as Petrie's "red youth" from Hawara cemetery, Egypt. 1st-2nd centuries CE. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London (with thanks to The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology...
Image
Male with Diadem, Mummy Portrait, Hawara
Mummy portrait of a dark curly-haired young man, from Hawara cemetery, Egypt. 1st-2nd centuries CE. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London (with thanks to The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology...
Image
Male Mummy Portrait, Hawara
Mummy portrait of a young man from the Hawara cemetery, Egypt, 1st to 2nd centuries CE. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London (with thanks to The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL). The Petrie...
Image
Bust of Ptolemy I
This is a fragment of a basalt statue of Ptolemy I (general of Alexander the Great), who founded the Ptolemaic Dynasty of Egypt. He wears the Egyptian royal headdress and the protective serpent. It is said that it was found in...
Image
Jewelled Lady Mummy Portrait from Hawara
Mummy portrait of a young woman, from Hawara cemetery, Egypt, 1st-2nd centuries CE. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London (with thanks to The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL). The...
Image
Discobolus from Hadrian's Villa
Discovered in 1791 CE in the Villa of the Roman Emperor Hadrian (117-138 CE)at Tivoli outside Roma. The head, although ancient and found with the statue, it is not the original. Formerly in the Collection of Charles...
Image
Mao's Garden at the Great Wall of China
Mao's Garden at the Great Wall of China. The reflecting pool in the center represents eternity while the flowers in bloom around it symbolize people's lives on earth which appear to make the world beautiful...
Image
1,000 Characters of Happiness
The 1,000 Characters of Happiness are Chinese logographic images rendered in traditional caligraphy. They are on display near Mao's Garden inside the entrance to the Great Wall of China some three hours from the city...
Image
Sennedjem, Iyneferti & The Lady of the Sycamore
A wall-painting from the tomb of Sennedjem, an Egyptian craftsman, depicting the deceased and his wife Iyneferti receiving bounty from The Lady of the Sycamore, a tree goddess, who provided shade and comfort...
Image
Egyptian Afterlife
A wall-painting from the tomb of Sennedjem, an Egyptian craftsman, depicting the deceased and his wife Iyneferti blissfully harvesting their fields in the afterlife. Deir el-Medina, near Thebes, c. 1200 BCE.
