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Unidentified mummy with 'cartonnage' covering.         
The technique,used since the Middle Kingdom,consisted  
in using several layers of linen cloth or papyrus.     
The material,malleable when wet,could be gilded and    
painted when it had hardened. N 2627
#08011924

Unidentified mummy with 'cartonnage' covering. The technique,used since...

Statue of the Falcon god Horus, formerly covered       
with gold sheet to mask the marks of the assembly.     
In a purification ceremony,Horus pours water over      
the pharaoh.Third Intermediate Period (1069-664 BCE)   
Bronze, H:95,5 cm     E 7703
#08011925

Statue of the Falcon god Horus, formerly covered with gold sheet to mask...

Figurine of a man, Old Kingdom (2400-2200 BCE)     
Wood,    E 10357
#08011926

Figurine of a man, Old Kingdom (2400-2200 BCE) Wood, E 10357

Sarcophagus of Ramses III (1193-1162 BCE)              
20th dynasty,New Kingdom.Side:the Goddess Nephtys.     
From Thebes,Valley of the Kings,tomb of Ramses III     
(No.11)                                                
Granite,305 x 150 x 180 cm     D 1
#08011929

Sarcophagus of Ramses III (1193-1162 BCE) 20th dynasty,New Kingdom...

Sarcophagus of Ramses III (1193-1162 BCE)              
20th dynasty,New Kingdom.Side:the Goddess Nephtys.     
From Thebes,Valley of the Kings,tomb of Ramses III     
(No.11)                                                
Granite,305 x 150 x 180 cm     D 1
#08011930

Sarcophagus of Ramses III (1193-1162 BCE) 20th dynasty,New Kingdom...

Sarcophagus of Ramses III (1193-1162 BCE)              
20th dynasty,New Kingdom.The Goddess Isis.             
From Thebes,Valley of the Kings,tomb of Ramses III     
(No.11)                                                
Granite,305 x 150 x 180 cm     D 1
#08011931

Sarcophagus of Ramses III (1193-1162 BCE) 20th dynasty,New Kingdom...

Chapel of Senusret,13th dynasty. Statue of Senusret,   
overseer of the works under Pharaoh Amenenhet.         
Inv. A 48
#08011932

Chapel of Senusret,13th dynasty. Statue of Senusret, overseer of the works un...

Cask for canopic jars,17th dynasty;                    
Anubis painted on the sides of the box.                
From Dra Abulnaga,Egypt.
#08011933

Cask for canopic jars,17th dynasty; Anubis painted on the si...

The goddess Nephtys lamenting the death of Osiris.     
She carries her iconographic hieroglyph on her head.   
Painted wood,  E 125
#08011934

The goddess Nephtys lamenting the death of Osiris. She carries her iconogra...

The Goddess Isis lamenting the death of her husband    
Osiris.She carries her iconographic hieroglyph on      
her head.                                              
Painted wood, N 4130
#08011935

The Goddess Isis lamenting the death of her husband Osiris.She carries her i...

Statue of the God Osiris,black granite,painted.        
E 18847
#08011936

Statue of the God Osiris,black granite,painted. E 18847

Cover of the sarcophagus of Imeneminet (back view).    
Agglomerated linen.Between his legs he carries         
the reliquary of Abydos (the head of Osiris).          
The Djed-pillar is on the back and the                 
inside of the sarcophagus.  E 5534
#08011937

Cover of the sarcophagus of Imeneminet (back view). Agglomerated linen.Betwe...