Daily Life


Work, Leisure, Clothing and Textiles, Politics and Portraits, Furniture, Houshold, Funerals, Death, Murder, Family.



7 subcategories
Agriculture

AGRICULTURE

Clothing and Textiles

CLOTHING AND TEXTILES

Furniture

FURNITURE

Illness and Diseases

ILLNESS AND DISEASES

Industry

INDUSTRY

Leisure

LEISURE

Work

WORK

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Small recipient with elephant on top,                  
ladder ornaments along the body.                       
Painted terracotta (35th-33rd BCE),                    
Pre-Dynastic Period, Egypt.                            
Inv. 22 388
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Small recipient with elephant on top, ladder ornaments along t...

Palette for make-up, with two birds' heads.            
Slate (32nd-30th BCE),                                 
Pre-Dynastic Period, Egypt.                            
Inv. 19 748
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Palette for make-up, with two birds' heads. Slate (32nd-30th BCE),...

Young girl blowing into the fire of an oven.           
Ostracon. Painting on pottery (11th-8th BCE),          
3rd Intermediate Period, Egypt.                        
15 x 20 cm                                             
Inv. 1894
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Young girl blowing into the fire of an oven. Ostracon. Painting on po...

Embalmer's knife with Anubis figure on the             
papyrus-shaped handle. "Minmesout", the embalmer's     
name, on the blade. New Kingdom (1554-1196 BCE)        
Bronze, L:24,5 cm                                      
N 2116
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Embalmer's knife with Anubis figure on the papyrus-shaped handle. "...

Chertihotep, estate manager.                           
Mantlestatue of crystaline sandstone                   
(18th BCE), 12th Dynasty, Egypt.                       
Inv. 15 701
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Chertihotep, estate manager. Mantlestatue of crystali...

Mer-ib and his wife in their chamber of sacrifice.     
Wall painting from Mer-ib's tomb in Abydos, Egypt.     
Painted limestone (around 2400 BCE),                   
5th Dynasty, Old Kingdom, Egypt.                       
Inv. 1107
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Mer-ib and his wife in their chamber of sacrifice. Wall painting from Mer-i...

Procession of gods from the funeral temple             
of Pharaoh Sahure (2552-2430 BCE).                     
Painted limestone (around 2350 BCE),                   
5th Dynasty, Old Kingdom, Egypt.                       
Inv. 21 784
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Procession of gods from the funeral temple of Pharaoh Sahure (2552-...

Upuat-Mose praying to Re-Harakhte (right)              
and Osiris (left).                                     
Limestone stele (about 1200 BCE),                      
19th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Egypt.                      
Inv. 7316
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Upuat-Mose praying to Re-Harakhte (right) and Osiris (left)....

The Goddess of the sycamore tree offers water to       
the dead Kamose who offers to Osiris, Horus, Isis, and 
Hathor. Upper register of Kamose's stele. Limestone    
(around 1200 BCE), 20th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Egypt.   
Inv. 7291
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The Goddess of the sycamore tree offers water to the dead Kamose who offe...

Coffin lid shows the two paths across the Underworld   
in red and black colour in the "Book of the Two Paths".
Painting on wood (around 1800 BCE), 12th Dynasty       
(1991-1784 BCE), 1st Intermediate Period, Egypt.       
Inv. 14 385
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Coffin lid shows the two paths across the Underworld in red and black colour...

Coffin lid of Sebek-O with so-called "coffin texts" to 
guarantee "eternal life, alike to that of the Gods".   
Painting on wood (around 1800 BCE), 12th Dynasty,      
1st Intermediate Period, Egypt.                        
Inv. 45
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Coffin lid of Sebek-O with so-called "coffin texts" to guarantee "eternal life,...

Stele of the Chief of Cabinet Sesostris. He and his    
wife and son sit on the left of the offering table.    
On the right other family members and slaves carrying  
the offerings. Painted limestone (1800 BCE), 12th      
Dynasty, 1st Intermediate Period, Egypt. - Inv. 1188
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Stele of the Chief of Cabinet Sesostris. He and his wife and son sit on the...