Wonderful Things Art

Reproduction of an illustration from a stone stela Cat 1592 (Turin N 50046) praising the healing power of the god Iah-Thoth.

Reproduction of a painting from the Tomb of Userhat showing the deceased meeting Nut, the goddess of the sycamore tree and receiving water.

A vignette from the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead representing the beginning of the sun’s daily journey through the sky.

The Papyrus of Ani dating from c. 1250 BC depicts the moment when a man was judged before the gods to enable entry to the afterlife.

In Egypt's Saqqara Necropolis a 5th Dynasty mastaba tomb contains a striking portrayal of two men in close embrace.

Reproduction of the Stela of Kay, showing the ancient Egyptian Head of the Desert Hunters with his five hunting dogs.

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

Wall painting from the tomb of Watetkhethor, daughter of king Teti, dating to Dynasty 6 (around 2290 BC)

Translaton of a scene from the ancient Egyptian Book of Gates featuring the creation god Atum repelling the serpent of chaos, Apep

Hathor, Lady of the West, is shown welcoming Pharoah Seti I into her domain.

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

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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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...

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