back to overview
 
698 photos
Bronze fibula with two masks of mythical animals.
#07020252

Bronze fibula with two masks of mythical animals.

Rear view of ceremonial gold helmet, detail of 07-02-03/42. Frieze of mythological animals. From Poiana Cotofenesti, Romania. Height (entire helmet) 25 cm
#07020344

Rear view of ceremonial gold helmet, detail of 07-02-03/42. Frieze of m...

Woman holding a mirror and a three-headed snake. Harness plate, silver, gilded (4th BCE). From Letnica, Bulgaria. Height 5 cm Inv. 605
#07020347

Woman holding a mirror and a three-headed snake. Harness plate, silver, gilded (...

Gold torque, detail of 07-02-03/63, showing a female head and a mythical animal. From the tomb at Rheinheim, Saarland, Germany.
#07020364

Gold torque, detail of 07-02-03/63, showing a female head and a mythic...

Magic knife decorated with mythical animals. Ivory, Middle Kingdom (21st-18th BCE), Egypt. AF 6447
#08010757

Magic knife decorated with mythical animals. Ivory, Middle Kingdom...

God Bes and mythical animals. Decorated magic ivory knife, Middle Kingdom (2065-1785 BCE), Egypt. E 3614
#08010758

God Bes and mythical animals. Decorated magic ivory kn...

Three Osiris-figures.The mummified penis of the defunct was kept in a small opening in the base. Sometimes the opening was used to store a papyrus role with the Book of the Dead. Right: Ba, the soul-bird. - Painted wood (around 600 BCE), Egypt. - Inv. 843, 9666, 910, 20668
#08011056

Three Osiris-figures.The mummified penis of the defunct was kept in a small open...

Detail from the inner coffin of priest Pai-es-Tenef. The Ba soul-bird hovers above the defunct in order to revive him for afterlife. - Painted wood (about 600 BCE), Late Period, Egypt. Inv. 53
#08011057

Detail from the inner coffin of priest Pai-es-Tenef. The Ba soul-bird hovers...

The avenue of sphinxes, leading up to the first pylon of the Temple of Amun (13th BCE), 19th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Luxor.
#08011149

The avenue of sphinxes, leading up to the first...

The sphinx, a mythical animal with the body of a lion and the head of a man. The monument is partly sculpted out of a natural knoll, and partly built up. It wears a pharaoh's ritual wig, the pharaoh's beard is missing. (26th BCE), 4th Dynasty, Old Kingdom, Egypt.
#08011343

The sphinx, a mythical animal with the body of a lion and the head of a man. T...

The sphinx, a mythical animal with the body of a lion and the head of a man. The monument is partly sculpted out of a natural knoll, and partly built up. It wears a pharaoh's ritual wig, the pharaoh's beard is missing. (26th BCE(, 4th Dynasty, Old Kingdom, Egypt.
#08011344

The sphinx, a mythical animal with the body of a lion and the head of a man. T...

The sphinx, a mythical animal with the body of a lion and the head of a man. The monument is partly sculpted out of a natural knoll, and partly built up. It wears a pharaoh's ritual wig, the pharaoh's beard is missing. (26th BCE), 4th Dynstay, Old Kingdom, Egypt.
#08011345

The sphinx, a mythical animal with the body of a lion and the head of a man. T...