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“...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

Mar 18, 2020
1 min

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 shown with an inlaid silver sun-disc and wedjet (Eye of Horus) pectoral on the chest and golden earrings and nose-rings. Bastet was believed to be the daughter of the sun-god Ra, due to the fierce nature of cats Bastet is often depicted as a protector of the Pharaoh. Her worship appears to be native to Bubastis in the Nile River delta but she al

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The Young Memnon, Ramesses II, British Museum

Natalie Watson

Mar 17, 2020
2 min

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 the 19th Dynasty Pharaoh Ramesses II wearing the Nemes head-dress and a circlet of uraei. The back pillar is inscribed with vertical registers of hieroglyphs giving the name and titles of the king and part of a dedication to Amun-Ra. It was excavated in 1815 by Giovanni Belzoni under the direction of the British Consul General Henry Salt, who

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Statue of Amun and King Taharqa, British Museum

Natalie Watson

Mar 15, 2020
1 min

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 a ram protecting King Taharqa were displayed at the Temple of Amun at Kawa in Nubia. Construction of the stone temple was started in 683 BC by Taharqa, who was pharaoh of the 25th Dynasty of Egypt and qore (king) of the Kingdom of Kush in present-day Sudan. The ram is one of the animals sacred to Amun, and several temples dedicated to Amun f

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Statue of Prince Khaemwaset, British Museum

Natalie Watson

Mar 14, 2020
1 min

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 Khaemwaset, c. 1281-c.1225 BCE) was the fourth son of Ramesses II (1279-1213 BCE) and his queen Isetnefret. He was High Priest of Ptah at Memphis during his father’s reign, presided over the burial of the Apis Bull, oversaw the construction of the Serapeum at Saqqara, and was named Crown Prince by Ramesses II. Details Date created: 1260 BCE Physi

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King Khasekhemwy, Second Dynasty Pharoah

Natalie Watson

Nov 10, 2014
1 min

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 oldest example of royal statuary from Egypt. It shows him wearing the White Crown of Upper Egypt. Save #egypt #Photography #Museum #AncientEgypt #archaeology #statue

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Wonderful Things Art

Reproduction Ancient Egyptian Artwork by Natalie Watson

natalie@wonderfulthingsart.com

HOWARD CARTER,

ON OPENING THE TOMB OF TUTANKHAMUN

The Gayer-Anderson Cat, British Museum

The Young Memnon, Ramesses II, British Museum

Statue of Amun and King Taharqa, British Museum

Statue of Prince Khaemwaset, British Museum

King Khasekhemwy, Second Dynasty Pharoah