Egypt


Birth and Death,Cult and Gods,Pharaos and Officials,Pyramids and Temples,Daily Life.



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Pyramid

PYRAMID

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SPHINX

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Mourning bystanders. Detail from the                   
funeral procession of 08-01-10/30.                     
Limestone (around 1320 BCE),                           
18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Egypt.                      
Inv. 12 411
#08011031

Mourning bystanders. Detail from the funeral procession of 08...

Pharaoh Horemheb, then still a general, takes part     
in the funeral procession. Detail from 08-01-10/30.    
Painted linestone (around 1320),                       
18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Egypt.                      
Inv. 12 411
#08011032

Pharaoh Horemheb, then still a general, takes part in the funeral processio...

The sons of the defunct in the funeral procession.     
Detail from 08-01-10/30.                               
Painted limestone (around 1320 BCE),                   
18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Egypt.                      
Inv. 12 411
#08011033

The sons of the defunct in the funeral procession. Detail from 08-01-10/30....

Mourners in a funeral procession. Man on extreme left  
visibly shaken and crying. Detail from 08-01-10/30.    
Painted limestone (around 1320 BCE),                   
18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Egypt.                      
Inv. 12 411
#08011034

Mourners in a funeral procession. Man on extreme left visibly shaken and cryin...

Gallery of Kings in the temple of Seti I, beginning    
with Menes (around 3000 BCE) and ending with Seti (1301
-1290 BCE). Foreground: Pharao Seti I and his son Ram- 
ses II as a youth with the crown prince's forelock re- 
citing hymns from a papyrus role. New Kingdom, Egypt
#08011035

Gallery of Kings in the temple of Seti I, beginning with Menes (around 3000...

Semitic Bedouins in their traditional striped robes ask
permission to enter Egypt, led by a man called Idsha   
bringing animals as presents. The mural is thought to  
resemble a Jewish tribe arriving in Egypt. From the    
tomb of Nomarch Chnum-Hotep. Middle Kingdom, Egypt
#08011036

Semitic Bedouins in their traditional striped robes ask permission to enter Egyp...

Semitic Bedouins in their traditional striped robes ask
permission to enter Egypt. Detail of 08-01-10/36. A man
leads an antelope by the horns followed by armed war-  
riors. The wallpainting is thought to resemble a Jewish
tribe arriving in Egypt. Middle Kingdom (19th BCE)
#08011037

Semitic Bedouins in their traditional striped robes ask permission to enter Egyp...

Paramilitary training of young men. The youths are     
wrestling, doing gymnastics, and fighting with sticks. 
From the tomb of the Nomarch Chnum-Hotep, Beni Hassan, 
Middle Kingdom (19th BCE), Egypt.
#08011038

Paramilitary training of young men. The youths are wrestling, doing gymnast...

Paramilitary training of young men. The youths are     
wrestling, doing gymnastics, and fighting with sticks. 
From the tomb of the Nomarch Chnum-Hotep, Beni Hassan, 
Middle Kingdom (19th BCE), Egypt.
#08011039

Paramilitary training of young men. The youths are wrestling, doing gymnast...

Paramilitary training of young men. The youths are     
wrestling, doing gymnastics, and fighting with sticks. 
From the tomb of the Nomarch Chnum-Hotep, Beni Hassan, 
Middle Kingdom (19th BCE), Egypt.
#08011040

Paramilitary training of young men. The youths are wrestling, doing gymnast...

Gold ring with the cartouche of Tutankhamon            
(1347-1336 BCE),                                       
found in the tomb of Tell el-Adjul.                    
New Kingdom (16th-11th BCE), Egypt.
#08011041

Gold ring with the cartouche of Tutankhamon (1347-1336 BCE),...

God Bes, who disarmed evil spirits                     
with drolleries and laughter,                          
especially during childbirth.                          
Terracotta statue (14th BCE),                          
New Kingdom, Egypt.
#08011042

God Bes, who disarmed evil spirits with drolleries and laug...