Hathor in the Mountains Reproduction of an illustration from Chapter 186 of the Book of the Dead, discovered in the burial of the Royal Scribe Ani from c. 1250 BC. Purchase Print About the Artwork Reproduction of an illustration from Chapter 186 of the Book of the Dead, discovered in the burial of the Royal Scribe Ani from c. 1250 BC. In this depiction, the goddess Hathor manifests in her sacred cow form, emerging from a thicket of papyrus amidst the pink cliffs of the Theban desert. Hathor, associated with music, dance, and fertility, was revered as a nurturing and protective deity in ancient Egyptian religion. The imagery symbolises Hathor's connection to the natural world and her role in guiding souls through the afterlife. Art Ref DP086 Read My Article Available to purchase as Giclée Print Greeting Card Object Record Object Type Papyrus Materials Date Period Dynasty 19 Findspot Theban Necropolis Dimensions Current Location British Museum Object Number People Depicted Deities Depicted Hathor Animals Depicted Cow Themes Love ancient Egypt? So do I. Sign up to be the first to hear about new artwork, behind-the-scenes insights, special offers, and the fascinating stories behind the pieces. No spam, just beautifully crafted content for fellow Egyptophiles. Email* Subscribe I want to subscribe to your mailing list.

Pharaoh Ramesses II as a Young Boy Reproduction of a carving of Pharaoh Ramesses II as a young boy, taken from the Seti's Great Temple of Abydos. Purchase Print About the Artwork Reproduction of a carving of Pharaoh Ramesses II as a young boy, taken from the Seti's Great Temple of Abydos. It shows Ramesses with an intricate wig and sidelock of hair, denoting his youth. Art Ref DP108 Read My Article Available to purchase as Giclée Print Object Record Object Type Wall Relief Materials Date Period Dynasty 19, New Kingdom Findspot Great Temple of Seti I, Abydos Dimensions Current Location Great Temple of Seti I, Abydos Object Number People Depicted Ramesses II Deities Depicted None Animals Depicted Themes Love ancient Egypt? So do I. Sign up to be the first to hear about new artwork, behind-the-scenes insights, special offers, and the fascinating stories behind the pieces. No spam, just beautifully crafted content for fellow Egyptophiles. Email* Subscribe I want to subscribe to your mailing list.

Antelope Hunt in the Desert Valley Panoramic Reproduction of a Naqada II period pottery jar showing a herd of antelope in the mountainous valleys of Egypt. Purchase Print About the Artwork Reproduction of a Naqada II period pottery jar showing a herd of antelope in the mountainous valleys of Egypt. This is taken from an unprovenanced jar in the Metropolitan Museum collection dating to around c. 3650-3300 BC. Art Ref DP095 Read My Article Available to purchase as Giclée Print Object Record Object Type Pottery Materials Date Period Naqada II Findspot Unprovenanced Dimensions Current Location Metropolitan Museum of Art Object Number People Depicted Deities Depicted None Animals Depicted Antelope Themes Love ancient Egypt? So do I. Sign up to be the first to hear about new artwork, behind-the-scenes insights, special offers, and the fascinating stories behind the pieces. No spam, just beautifully crafted content for fellow Egyptophiles. Email* Subscribe I want to subscribe to your mailing list.

Two Brothers: The Coffins of Nakhtankh and Khnumnakht Reproduction of the inner coffins belonging to brothers Khnumnakht (left) and Nakhtankh (right) who lived during Dynasty 12. Purchase Print About the Artwork Reproduction of the inner coffins belonging to brothers Khnumnakht (left) and Nakhtankh (right) who lived during Dynasty 12. Found in the Tomb of the Two Brothers, these coffins are adorned with vivid hieroglyphs, protective symbols, and intricate motifs, reflecting the brothers’ journey to the afterlife. Art Ref DP096 Read My Article Available to purchase as Giclée Print Greeting Card Object Record Object Type Coffin Materials Date Period Dynasty 12, Middle Kingdom Findspot Tomb of Two Brothers, Deir Rifeh Dimensions Current Location Manchester Museum Object Number People Depicted Khnumnakht, Nakhtankh Deities Depicted None Animals Depicted Themes Love ancient Egypt? So do I. Sign up to be the first to hear about new artwork, behind-the-scenes insights, special offers, and the fascinating stories behind the pieces. No spam, just beautifully crafted content for fellow Egyptophiles. Email* Subscribe I want to subscribe to your mailing list.

Inamun Making Offerings to Osiris Reproduction stone stela from Abydos made in c. 747-656 BC which enabled votive offerings to be given to the deceased spirit of a woman called Inamun Nayesnebu. Purchase Print About the Artwork Reproduction stone stela from Abydos made in c. 747-656 BC which enabled votive offerings to be given to the deceased spirit of a woman called Inamun Nayesnebu. Inamun stands beneath the text wearing a fine linen dress and her natural hair fastened with a band. Before her is an offering table laden with bread, fowl, oxen and lotus flowers, upon which she is pouring a libation from a small bottle. The offerings are being given to the mummified human-headed god Osiris, who holds a flail and a sceptre and is wearing his distinctive plumed headdress. Art Ref DP063 Read My Article Available to purchase as Giclée Print Greeting Card Object Record Object Type Stela Materials Date Period Dynasty 25 Findspot Abydos Dimensions Current Location Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery Object Number People Depicted Inamun Nayesnebu Deities Depicted Osiris Animals Depicted Snake, Bird Themes Love ancient Egypt? So do I. Sign up to be the first to hear about new artwork, behind-the-scenes insights, special offers, and the fascinating stories behind the pieces. No spam, just beautifully crafted content for fellow Egyptophiles. Email* Subscribe I want to subscribe to your mailing list.

The Scribe Nebqed with Funerary Offerings Reproduction of a vignette from the Book of the Dead created for the royal scribe Nebqed, scribe of Ma'at in the house of Ma'at during the reign of king Amenhotep III around 1400 BC. Purchase Print About the Artwork Reproduction of a vignette from the Book of the Dead created for the royal scribe Nebqed, scribe of Ma'at in the house of Ma'at during the reign of king Amenhotep III around 1400 BC. Nebqed can be seen wearing standing before a pile of funerary offerings, including bundles of lotus flowers, baskets of fruits and grain, bread, fowl and cuts of meat. He wears a wig with triangular stepped sides, a white linen robe, and a scribal palette tucked into his belt. Art Ref DP032 Read My Article Available to purchase as Giclée Print Object Record Object Type Papyrus Materials Date Period Dynasty 18 Findspot Theban Tomb TT319, Thebes, Theban Necropolis Dimensions Current Location Musée du Louvre Object Number People Depicted Nebqed Deities Depicted None Animals Depicted Cow Themes Love ancient Egypt? So do I. Sign up to be the first to hear about new artwork, behind-the-scenes insights, special offers, and the fascinating stories behind the pieces. No spam, just beautifully crafted content for fellow Egyptophiles. Email* Subscribe I want to subscribe to your mailing list.

A Festival on the River Nile, Naqada Pot Reproduction of a Naqada II period pottery jar in the Metropolitan Museum collection dating to around c. 3450 to 3330 BC. Purchase Print About the Artwork Reproduction of a Naqada II period pottery jar in the Metropolitan Museum collection dating to around c. 3450 to 3330 BC. It depicts three boats travelling in procession within the Nile Valley landscape, with desert ibex shown in close proximity to flying birds and mountains, as well as flamingos surrounded by water plants. The boats each hold a different set of figures accompanied by individual standards, acting a ceremony or ritual and being observed by groups of people on the land nearby. Art Ref DP021 Read My Article Available to purchase as Giclée Print Object Record Object Type Pottery Materials Date Period Naqada II Findspot Unprovenanced Dimensions Current Location Metropolitan Museum of Art Object Number People Depicted Deities Depicted None Animals Depicted Antelope, Ostrich, Bird Themes Love ancient Egypt? So do I. Sign up to be the first to hear about new artwork, behind-the-scenes insights, special offers, and the fascinating stories behind the pieces. No spam, just beautifully crafted content for fellow Egyptophiles. Email* Subscribe I want to subscribe to your mailing list.

Maat, the Winged Goddess of Truth Reproduction of the Goddess Maat based on a painting in the tomb of Queen Nefertari in the Valley of the Queens. Purchase Print About the Artwork Reproduction of the Goddess Maat based on a painting in the tomb of Queen Nefertari in the Valley of the Queens. The Ancient Egyptians believed the balance of the universe was determined by the presence or absence of maat, which had the meaning of rightness, truth, justice and order. Without maat, there was isfet or chaos, and Maat wears an ostrich feather on her head, which could be used alone as the symbol for her name, and is often shown with protective wings. Art Ref DP061 Read My Article Available to purchase as Giclée Print Object Record Object Type Wall Relief Materials Date Period Dynasty 19 Findspot Tomb of Nefertari (QV66), Valley of the Queens Dimensions Current Location Tomb of Nefertari (QV66), Valley of the Queens Object Number People Depicted Nefertari Deities Depicted Maat Animals Depicted Themes Love ancient Egypt? So do I. Sign up to be the first to hear about new artwork, behind-the-scenes insights, special offers, and the fascinating stories behind the pieces. No spam, just beautifully crafted content for fellow Egyptophiles. Email* Subscribe I want to subscribe to your mailing list.

The Feast of Nebamun: Celebrating Guests Reproduction of a feasting scene from the 18th Dynasty tomb chapel of Nebamun in Thebes. Purchase Print About the Artwork Reproduction of a feasting scene from the 18th Dynasty tomb chapel of Nebamun in Thebes. The plastered walls of the scribe's tomb were richly and skilfully decorated with lively fresco paintings, depicting idealised views of Nebamun’s life and activities. An entire wall shows a banquet in his honour. Naked serving girls and servants wait on his friends, colleagues and relatives, who are entertained by musicians and dancers. Art Ref DP002 Read My Article Available to purchase as Giclée Print Object Record Object Type Wall Relief Materials Date Period Dynasty 18 Findspot Tomb-Chapel of Nebamun, Theban Necropolis Dimensions Current Location British Museum Object Number People Depicted Nebamun Deities Depicted None Animals Depicted Themes Love ancient Egypt? So do I. Sign up to be the first to hear about new artwork, behind-the-scenes insights, special offers, and the fascinating stories behind the pieces. No spam, just beautifully crafted content for fellow Egyptophiles. Email* Subscribe I want to subscribe to your mailing list.

Hathor and Opet (Spell 186, Book of the Dead) Reproduction of an illustration of Chapter 186 of the Book of the Dead buried with the Royal Scribe Ani c. 1250 BC. Purchase Print About the Artwork Reproduction of an illustration of Chapter 186 of the Book of the Dead buried with the Royal Scribe Ani c. 1250 BC. It shows two protective goddesses welcoming Ani to his final resting place, a white pyramidion-topped private tomb nestled within the pink cliffs of the Theban desert. The goddess Hathor can be seen in her cow form emerging from a thicket of papyrus and is joined by the benign hippopotamus goddess Opet. Art Ref DP052 Read My Article Available to purchase as Giclée Print Object Record Object Type Papyrus Materials Date Period Dynasty 19 Findspot Theban Necropolis Dimensions Current Location British Museum Object Number People Depicted Ani, Tutu Deities Depicted Hathor, Opet Animals Depicted Cow, Hippo Themes Love ancient Egypt? So do I. Sign up to be the first to hear about new artwork, behind-the-scenes insights, special offers, and the fascinating stories behind the pieces. No spam, just beautifully crafted content for fellow Egyptophiles. Email* Subscribe I want to subscribe to your mailing list.

The Pharaoh Seti with Horus, Thoth and the Two Ladies Reproduction of a wall relief from a chapel in the Temple of Seti I, dating to Dynasty 19 (around 1290–1279 BC). Purchase Print About the Artwork Reproduction of a relief from a chapel in the Temple of Seti I, dating to Dynasty 19 (around 1290–1279 BC). The king sits between the Two Ladies, the vulture goddess Nekhbet of Upper Egypt, and the cobra goddess Wadjet, her counterpart in Lower Egypt, surrounded by symbols relating to the concept of unity. The ritual unification of the Two Lands is also symbolised by the sema-tawi symbol, combining a knotted papyrus plant representing Upper Egypt and a reed plant representing Lower Egypt. Art Ref DP027 Read My Article Available to purchase as Giclée Print Object Record Object Type Wall Relief Materials Date Period Dynasty 19 Findspot Great Temple of Seti I, Abydos Dimensions Current Location Great Temple of Seti I, Abydos Object Number People Depicted Seti I Deities Depicted Horus, Thoth (Djhutey), Nekhbet, Wadjet Animals Depicted Ibis, Falcon Themes Love ancient Egypt? So do I. Sign up to be the first to hear about new artwork, behind-the-scenes insights, special offers, and the fascinating stories behind the pieces. No spam, just beautifully crafted content for fellow Egyptophiles. Email* Subscribe I want to subscribe to your mailing list.

The Winged Goddess Maat Reproduction of a wall painting of the winged goddess Maat from the Tomb of Siptah (KV47), dating to c. 1197–1191 BC (Dynasty 19). Purchase Print About the Artwork KV47 is the burial place of pharaoh Siptah Akhenre Setepenre, who ruled c. 1197-1191 BC during Dynasty 19. As with most tombs in the Valley of the Kings, it was largely unfinished and undecorated when the king died, but the outer corridors were plastered and decorated to a high standard. This artwork, found in Corridor B of the tomb, depicts the winged goddess Maat, the divine embodiment of order, truth, justice, and balance. She is shown kneeling on a basket, her wings spread wide in a gesture of divine protection around the royal cartouches of Siptah, flanked by the shen ring, a symbol of eternity and unending protection. This composition is rich in both symbolism and language. The image of Maat is not only a religious figure but also a hieroglyphic representation of her own name. In ancient Egyptian writing, the name Maat was spelled using a combination of symbols: the ostrich feather she wears on her head (the primary symbol of the concept), a seated or kneeling woman (indicating a goddess), and often a basket beneath her, which is the hieroglyph “nb,” meaning “all” or “lord.” When shown together, as in this artwork, these elements function both as a depiction of the goddess and as a hieroglyphic spelling of her name. It is a striking example of how ancient Egyptian art and writing were deeply intertwined, blending image, word, and meaning into a single sacred form. Maat was essential to the Egyptian worldview: her presence upheld the stability of the universe and society, while her absence brought isfet - chaos, injustice, and imbalance. She also played a central role in the afterlife, where the heart of the deceased was weighed against her feather in the judgment of the soul. This image, then, does more than adorn the tomb: it invokes Maat’s power to protect the king’s name, affirm his moral worth, and preserve cosmic order into eternity. Art Ref DP117 Read My Article Available to purchase as Giclée Print Object Record Object Type Wall Painting Materials Limestone, Pigment, Plaster Date c. 1197–1191 BC Period Dynasty 19, New Kingdom Findspot Tomb of Siptah (KV47), Valley of the Kings, Thebes Dimensions Current Location Tomb of Siptah (KV47), Valley of the Kings, Thebes Object Number People Depicted None Deities Depicted Maat Animals Depicted None Themes Deities Love ancient Egypt? So do I. Sign up to be the first to hear about new artwork, behind-the-scenes insights, special offers, and the fascinating stories behind the pieces. No spam, just beautifully crafted content for fellow Egyptophiles. Email* Subscribe I want to subscribe to your mailing list.