EditorialRam with lotus-shaped manger, Roman Period, A.D. 2nd century, From Egypt; Said to be from Fayum, Medinet el-Fayum (Krokodilopolis-Arsinoe), Faience, L. 17 cm.; H. 12 cm., This charming ram, with its almost prehensile muzzle, feeds from a lotus-form tro...
EditorialEgypt. Abydos. Temple of Seti I. New Kingdom. 19th Dynasty. Relief with original polychrome depicting The Pharaoh wearing the Blue Crown (Khepresh). At his side gods Horus (left) and Khnum (right). 1292-1189 BC.
EditorialEgypt. Abydos. Temple of Seti I. New Kingdom. 19th Dynasty. Relief with original polychrome, The Second Hypostyle Hall. The Pharaoh Seti I kneeling while he receives emblems from god Amun (wearing two vertical plumes on his head). God Khnum to the left...
EditorialEgypt. Abydos. Temple of Seti I. New Kingdom. 19th Dynasty. Relief with original polychrome depicting The Pharaoh wearing the Blue Crown (Khepresh). At his side gods Horus (left) and Khnum (right). 1292-1189 BC.
EditorialEgypt. Abydos. Temple of Seti I. New Kingdom. 19th Dynasty. Relief with original polychrome, The Second Hypostyle Hall. The Pharaoh Seti I kneeling while he receives emblems from god Amun (wearing two vertical plumes on his head). God Khnum to the left...
EditorialFaience amulet in the form of a hare, Late Dynastic?Hellenistic, 664?30 B.C., Egyptian, Clay, glazed, H.: 1 in. (2.5 cm), Gold and Silver, Amulets representing animals were attributed to a deity: a hawk for Ra, the Sun God, a lion for Sakhmi, the War G...
EditorialHorus amulet, Ptolemaic Period, 332?30 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, Ptolemaic vaulted graves (Birabi), Faience, H. 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.); W. 1.1 cm (7/16 in.); D. 1.4 cm (9/16 in.), The four small figures of Isis, Khnum, Horus, and Nepht...
EditorialFaience amulet of Thoth, Late Dynastic?Hellenistic, 664?30 B.C., Egyptian, Clay, glazed, H.: 1 15/16 in. (5 cm), Gold and Silver, Amulets representing animals were attributed to a deity: a hawk for Ra, the Sun God, a lion for Sakhmi, the War Goddess, a...
EditorialRam with lotus-shaped manger, Roman Period, A.D. 2nd century, From Egypt; Said to be from Fayum, Medinet el-Fayum (Krokodilopolis-Arsinoe), Faience, L. 17 cm.; H. 12 cm., This charming ram, with its almost prehensile muzzle, feeds from a lotus-form tro...
EditorialRelief of Ramesses IX, New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 20, ca. 1126?1108 B.C., From Egypt, Limestone, H. 45 cm (17 11/16 in); w. 57 cm (22 7/16 in), Ramesses IX is shown seated at left within a shrine, facing a hymn of praise in his honor. The inscript...
EditorialEgypt. Abydos. Temple of Seti I. New Kingdom. 19th Dynasty. Relief with original polychrome depicting The Pharaoh wearing the Blue Crown (Khepresh). At his side gods Horus (left) and Khnum (right). 1292-1189 BC.
EditorialEgypt. Abydos. Temple of Seti I. New Kingdom. 19th Dynasty. Relief with original polychrome, The Second Hypostyle Hall. The Pharaoh Seti I kneeling while he receives emblems from god Amun (wearing two vertical plumes on his head). God Khnum to the left...
EditorialDetail of the " Famine Stele" on Seheil Island, Egypt. Pharaoh Djozer (3rd Dynasty, 3rd mill. BCE) prays to the god Khnum, to end a seven-year drought and famine. The stele is one of more than 250 inscribed stones written during the Ptolemaic...
EditorialStatue of Ramses II,19th dynasty,around 1250 BCE. The pharaoh is shown wearing the two crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt; in his hands are the crook and the flail,which represent his power over his subjects; on his brow is the Uraeus,the cobra ready to a...