Photography

“...as my eyes grew accustomed to the light, details of the room within emerged slowly from the mist, strange animals, statues, and gold - everywhere the glint of gold. For the moment - an eternity it must have seemed to the others standing by - I was struck dumb with amazement, and when Lord Carnarvon, unable to stand the suspense any longer, inquired anxiously, 'Can you see anything?' it was all I could do to get out the words, 'Yes, wonderful things.”

HOWARD CARTER,

ON OPENING THE TOMB OF TUTANKHAMUN

Funerary Model of a Brewing and Baking Workshop, c. 2010 BC (Dynasty 12)

An ancient Egyptian funerary model discovered in the elaborately decorated Dynasty 12 tomb of Khety I in Beni Hasan

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Paintings from the Tomb-chapel of Nebamun, British Museum

Painted tomb of Nebamun These wall paintings are from an 18th Dynasty tomb chapel located in the Theban Necropolis located on the west...

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The Gayer-Anderson Cat, British Museum

The Gayer-Anderson Cat, Late Period The Gayer-Anderson cat is a Late Period hollow-cast bronze statue of the female cat deity Bastet...

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The Young Memnon, Ramesses II, British Museum

The Younger Memnon is one of a pair of colossal granite heads from the ancient Egyptian Ramesseum mortuary temple in Thebes. It depicts...

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Sarcophagus of Sasobek, British Museum

Detail of the sarcophagus of Sasobek showing the winged sky goddess Nut The finely carved lid of the sarcophagus of Sasobek, northern...

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Statue of Amun and King Taharqa, British Museum

Statue of Amun in the form of a ram protecting King Taharqa, 25th Dynasty At least three Ancient Egyptian statues of Amun in the form of...

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Statue of Prince Khaemwaset, British Museum

Statue of Prince Khaemwaset, the high priest of Ptah, 19th dynasty Khaemweset (also given as Khaemwaset, Khaemwise, Khaemuas, Setem...

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The Coffins of Nespawershefyt, Egyptian Official, 990-940 BC

The coffin and mummy board of Nespawershefyt (also known as Nes-Amun) dates from the Third Intermediate Period of Egypt, between 990-940...

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Treasures of Ancient Egypt from the Fitzwilliam Museum

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Hetepni, an Ancient Egyptian Tax Collector

Seated statue of Hetepni, chamberlain of the King, 2200 BC Hetepni was an accountant and tax collector in the revenue office of the king...

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King Khasekhemwy, Second Dynasty Pharoah

Khasekhemwy (ca. 2690 BC) was the final king of the Second dynasty of Ancient Egypt. This statue of him in the Ashmolean Museum is the...

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30th Dynasty Canopic Jars

These exceptional canopic jars from the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford belonged to Zenbastef’onkh, son of Harwoz and Nakhtubasteran. They...

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Wonderful Things Art

Reproduction Ancient Egyptian Artwork by Natalie Watson

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HOWARD CARTER,

ON OPENING THE TOMB OF TUTANKHAMUN

Funerary Model of a Brewing and Baking Workshop, c. 2010 BC (Dynasty 12)

Paintings from the Tomb-chapel of Nebamun, British Museum

The Gayer-Anderson Cat, British Museum

The Young Memnon, Ramesses II, British Museum

Sarcophagus of Sasobek, British Museum

Statue of Amun and King Taharqa, British Museum

Statue of Prince Khaemwaset, British Museum

The Coffins of Nespawershefyt, Egyptian Official, 990-940 BC

Treasures of Ancient Egypt from the Fitzwilliam Museum

Hetepni, an Ancient Egyptian Tax Collector

King Khasekhemwy, Second Dynasty Pharoah

30th Dynasty Canopic Jars