Editorial** WARNING: Contains Nudity ** Marilyn Monroe?s Pucci dress sells for $325k at auction that nets total $4million as Monroe and Hugh Hefner memorabilia goes under hammer
EditorialRound ornamental metal sheet, Gold, chased, gold, Total: Diameter: 4.2 cm, Robe ornamentation, Death, Burial, Early Imperial Period, The round ornamental metal sheet has six holes, which originally served to attach it to a robe. It is part of a find of...
EditorialScarab from Rennefer's Burial, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early, reign of Thutmose Iearly sole Thutmose III, ca. 15041447 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, Tomb of Neferkhawet, west chamber A, Burial of Rennefer (II), inside box 35.3.79, 193...
EditorialJar from Neferkhawet's Tomb, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early, reign of Thutmose Iearly sole Thutmose III, ca. 15041447 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, Tomb of Neferkhawet, east chamber, Burial of Ruiu (IV), inside coffin by head, 193435, ...
EditorialComforting the Dying Assisting the dying and burying the dead The works of mercy (series title), Round stained glass with the representation of assisting the dying. The performance takes place in a fantasized late Gothic interior. The dying person sits...
EditorialDish with the arms of the Van Reede from Oudtshoorn and Boessen's families, Porcelain dish, painted on the glaze in red, pink, green, brown, black and gold. On the flat the alliance weapon of the Van Reede van Oudtshoorn and Boesses families. On the le...
EditorialPlate of faience with the burial of Christ, Plate of earthenware, painted blue on tin glaze with the burial of Christ painted over the entire surface., anonymous, Delft, c. 1750 - c. 1775, d 22 cm.
EditorialPlate of faience with the burial of Christ, Plate of earthenware, painted blue on tin glaze with the burial of Christ painted over the entire surface., anonymous, Delft, c. 1750 - c. 1775, d 22 cm.
EditorialComforting the Dying Assisting the dying and burying the dead The works of mercy (series title), Round stained glass with the representation of assisting the dying. The performance takes place in a fantasized late Gothic interior. The dying person sits...
EditorialIncense burner Incense burner with a cover in the shape of a mountain, Incense burner (burial gift) of earthenware on three feet and the cover in the shape of a mountain covered with a green glaze. On the wall of the pot a band in relief with a mountai...
EditorialTerracotta lekythos (oil flask), Archaic, ca. 500 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm), Vases, Oil served in the preparation of the dead for burial and as a dedication at the tomb. The lekythos was, therefore, a character...
EditorialPlate with the Entombment, Plate with the burial of Jesus, Plate of faience with representations from the life of Christ after engravings by Hendrick Goltzius, Christ's entombment (possibly by angels), De Roos (attributed to), Delft, c. 1700 - c. 1725,...
EditorialScarab from Rennefer's Burial, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early, ca. 1504?1447 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, Tomb of Neferkhawet, west chamber A, Burial of Rennefer (II), 1934?35, Faience, L. 1.7 cm (11/16 in); w. 0.8 cm (5/16 in).
EditorialBeaded Bracelet from Baki's Burial, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early, ca. 1504?1447 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, Tomb of Neferkhawet, east chamber, Burial of Baki (III), 1934?35, Faience, Outer diam. 8.4 cm (3 5/16 in).
EditorialUnfinished Bead, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early, ca. 1504?1447 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, Tomb of Neferkhawet, east chamber, Burial of Amenemhat (V), inside coffin, basket, Faience, L. 410 cm (161 7/16 in.).
EditorialBeaded Bracelet from Baki's Burial, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early, ca. 1504?1447 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, Tomb of Neferkhawet, east chamber, Burial of Baki (III), 1934?35, Faience, Outer diam. 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in).
EditorialScarab from Rennefer's Burial, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early, ca. 1504?1447 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, Tomb of Neferkhawet, west chamber A, Burial of Rennefer (II), 1934?35, Faience, L. 1.7 cm (11/16 in); w. 0.8 cm (5/16 in).
EditorialScarab with the Throne Name of Thutmose I, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early, ca. 1504?1447 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, Tomb of Neferkhawet, west chamber A, Burial of Rennefer (II), Faience, L. 1.6 cm (5/8 in); w. 1.2 cm (1/2 in); h. 0....
EditorialUninscribed Scaraboid Bead, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early, ca. 1504?1447 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, Tomb of Neferkhawet, east chamber, Burial of Amenemhat (V), inside coffin, basket, Faience.
EditorialBasin, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6, ca. 2323?2150 B.C., From Egypt, Memphite Region, Saqqara, Teti Pyramid Cemetery, Tomb of Tjeteti, Egyptian Antiquities Service excavations, 1920?21, copper, H. 10 cm (3 15/16 in); greatest diam. 20 cm (7 7/8 in), Found in...
EditorialCypriote ring based juglet, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1500?1400 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, Tomb CC 37, Chamber B, burial 78, Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1907?11, Pottery, black ware, H. 14.5 (5 11/16 in); diam. 5.3 cm (2 1/16 i...
EditorialScarabs, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early, ca. 1492?1473 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Hatnefer and Ramose (below TT 71), coffin IV, burial 1, 1935?36, Glazed steatite, L. 1.1 cm (7/16 in.); W. 0.8 cm (5/16 in.); H. ...
EditorialPlaque in the Form of a Cartouche; two ankhs; ankh, two nefers, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early, ca. 1492?1473 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Hatnefer and Ramose (below TT 71), coffin IV, burial 1, 1935?36, Glazed st...
EditorialScarab, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early, ca. 1492?1473 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Hatnefer and Ramose (below TT 71), coffin IV, burial 1, 1935?36, Faience, L. 1.3 cm (1/2 in.); W. 0.9 cm (3/8 in.); H. 0.6 cm (1/4...
EditorialTerracotta lekythos (oil flask), Archaic, ca. 500 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm), Vases, Oil served in the preparation of the dead for burial and as a dedication at the tomb. The lekythos was, therefore, a character...