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Temple of Isis on the Island of Philae, Egypt 1838 David Roberts Ancient Egyptian Art, Ancient History, Art History, Egyptian Temple, Architecture Antique, Ancient Egypt Architecture, Kairo, Egypt Art, Kemet

Ancient Egyptian Art

Ancient History

Egyptian Temple

Architecture Antique

Ancient Egypt Architecture

Temple of Isis on the Island of Philae, Egypt 1838 David Roberts

Ceiling of Sennefer's tomb~sometimes called the tomb of the vines, Valley of the Kings, Luxor - Egypt Ancient Artifacts, Ancient Cities, Papyrus, Ancient Egyptian Paintings, Karnak Temple, Valley Of The Kings

Ancient Artifacts

Ancient Egyptian Paintings

Valley Of The Kings

Ceiling of Sennefer's tomb~sometimes called the tomb of the vines, Valley of the Kings, Luxor - Egypt

The Coffin of Khenankhkonsu, 22nd Dynasty of Egypt (945-712 B.C.E.), discovered at Thebes. Ancient Art, Ancient Egypt, Egypt Mummy, Nile River, Thebes, Inhabit, Tomb, New Life, Deities

The Coffin of Khenankhkonsu, 22nd Dynasty of Egypt (945-712 B.C.E.), discovered at Thebes.

Cartonnage of Nespanetjerenpere. This Egyptian coffin dates to the Third Intermediate Period (ca. 945-718 BC), and is reportedly from Thebes. Cartonnage, a substance made of cloth or papyrus mixed with plaster and water, was used during the Third Intermediate Period to make an innermost case for the mummified body. The mummy was inserted and the covering was then painted with funerary scenes and inscriptions and placed in one or more coffins, which had been decorated in much the same way. Ancient Egyptian Artifacts, Ancient Aliens, Mummified Body, Visit Egypt

Ancient Egyptian Artifacts

Cartonnage of Nespanetjerenpere. This Egyptian coffin dates to the Third Intermediate Period (ca. 945-718 BC), and is reportedly from Thebes. Cartonnage, a substance made of cloth or papyrus mixed with plaster and water, was used during the Third Intermediate Period to make an innermost case for the mummified body. The mummy was inserted and the covering was then painted with funerary scenes and inscriptions and placed in one or more coffins, which had been decorated in much the same way.

Cartonnage of Nespanetjerenpere. This Egyptian coffin dates to the Third Intermediate Period (ca. 945-718 BC), and is reportedly from Thebes. Cartonnage, a substance made of cloth or papyrus mixed with plaster and water, was used during the Third Intermediate Period to make an innermost case for the mummified body. The mummy was inserted and the covering was then painted with funerary scenes and inscriptions and placed in one or more coffins, which had been decorated in much the same way.

Cartonnage of Nespanetjerenpere. This Egyptian coffin dates to the Third Intermediate Period (ca. 945-718 BC), and is reportedly from Thebes. Cartonnage, a substance made of cloth or papyrus mixed with plaster and water, was used during the Third Intermediate Period to make an innermost case for the mummified body. The mummy was inserted and the covering was then painted with funerary scenes and inscriptions and placed in one or more coffins, which had been decorated in much the same way.

Ca. 4000 year old pendants to protect people from drowning? Shown here are two golden ‘Nile catfish’ pendants from Egypt’s Middle Kingdom. The Walters provides the following description for the first example: This fish pendant represents a Synodontis Batensoda, more commonly known as the Nile catfish, a species of fish named for its black belly. Often worn at the end of a plait of hair, amulets like this one were used by children and young women to protect against drowning. Ancient Egyptian Jewelry, Egyptian Artifacts, Long Pearl Necklaces, Pearl Jewelry Necklace, Jewlery, Silver Jewelry, Egypt Museum, Egypt Jewelry, Viking Jewelry

Ancient Egyptian Jewelry

Egyptian Artifacts

Long Pearl Necklaces

Pearl Jewelry Necklace

Ca. 4000 year old pendants to protect people from drowning? Shown here are two golden ‘Nile catfish’ pendants from Egypt’s Middle Kingdom. The Walters provides the following description for the first example: This fish pendant represents a Synodontis Batensoda, more commonly known as the Nile catfish, a species of fish named for its black belly. Often worn at the end of a plait of hair, amulets like this one were used by children and young women to protect against drowning.

Shown here is a small wooden dish from ancient Egypt, dated to ca.1390-1352 BC, depicting a bound oryx Dremel Wood Carving, Old Best Friends, Ancient Pottery, Museum, Wooden Art, Art Display

Dremel Wood Carving

Old Best Friends

Ancient Pottery

Shown here is a small wooden dish from ancient Egypt, dated to ca.1390-1352 BC, depicting a bound oryx

Shown here is a small wooden dish from ancient Egypt, dated to ca.1390-1352 BC, depicting a bound oryx Amenhotep Iii, Artifact Art, Arte Tribal, Eastern Art, Animal Sculptures

Animal Sculptures

Shown here is a small wooden dish from ancient Egypt, dated to ca.1390-1352 BC, depicting a bound oryx

Ancient Egypt History, Ancient Egyptian, Afterlife, Sphinx, Archeologist, Daydream, Pyramids, Antiques, Puppets

Ancient Egypt History

Ancient Egyptian

Temple of Isis on the Island of Philae, Egypt 1838 David Roberts

Temple of Isis on the Island of Philae, Egypt 1838 David Roberts

Sandstone slab with head of Princess Sitamen, daughter of King Amenhotep III in relief with Mut headdress, and above part of her cartouche. Petrie Museum, London. African History, Women In History, Temples, Reign

African History

Women In History

Sandstone slab with head of Princess Sitamen, daughter of King Amenhotep III in relief with Mut headdress, and above part of her cartouche. Petrie Museum, London.

Mould Plaque for a Heron - Greek Egypt - 2nd-1st Century BC This mold depicts a heron, a bird associated with the sun, the annual flooding of the Nile, and the afterlife. The Walters Art Museum Historical Artifacts, La Galia, Ptolemaic Egypt, Ancient Paintings

Historical Artifacts

Ptolemaic Egypt

Ancient Paintings

Mould Plaque for a Heron - Greek Egypt - 2nd-1st Century BC This mold depicts a heron, a bird associated with the sun, the annual flooding of the Nile, and the afterlife. The Walters Art Museum

Egyptian Faience Lotiform Cup, c.945–715 BC, 22nd Dynasty ( The Met ) This cup, made of brilliantly glazed Egyptian faience, imitates the slender form of the flower and is decorated in relief with scenes depicting the plant’s marshy habitat. Such cups were funerary offerings made to be placed in tombs. Egyptian Things, Culture Art, Chalice

Egyptian Things

Egyptian Faience Lotiform Cup, c.945–715 BC, 22nd Dynasty ( The Met ) This cup, made of brilliantly glazed Egyptian faience, imitates the slender form of the flower and is decorated in relief with scenes depicting the plant’s marshy habitat. Such cups were funerary offerings made to be placed in tombs.

200-100 B.C., Alexandria, Egypt. Made from gold this diadem was likely worn by a noblewoman of the time. Golden Jewelry, Royal Jewelry, Crown Jewelry, Royal Crowns, Tiaras And Crowns, Modern Egypt, Ancient Jewelry, Byzantine Jewelry, Egyptian Jewelry

Tiaras And Crowns

Ancient Jewelry

Byzantine Jewelry

Egyptian Jewelry

200-100 B.C., Alexandria, Egypt. Made from gold this diadem was likely worn by a noblewoman of the time.

Scenes from the Tomb Chapel of Raemkai (Originally Built and Decorated for Neferirtenes) Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5, originally reigns of Neferirkare through Niuserre (ca. 2446-2389 BCE), usurped by Raemkai (with no changes to the scenes) before the beginning of the reign of Isesi (ca. 2381 BCE) Limestone, From Saqqara, north of the Step Pyramid Egypt Animals, Kemet Egypt, Step Pyramid, Archaeological Finds

Archaeological Finds

Scenes from the Tomb Chapel of Raemkai (Originally Built and Decorated for Neferirtenes) Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5, originally reigns of Neferirkare through Niuserre (ca. 2446-2389 BCE), usurped by Raemkai (with no changes to the scenes) before the beginning of the reign of Isesi (ca. 2381 BCE) Limestone, From Saqqara, north of the Step Pyramid

clasp of Princess Sathathor-This clasp takes the form of two lotus flowers, between them hangs an image of the Goddess Bat. It will originally have fitted to a necklace Ancient Jewels, Ancient Necklace, Deco Jewelry, Collar Necklace, Crystal Jewelry

Ancient Necklace

Collar Necklace

Crystal Jewelry

clasp of Princess Sathathor-This clasp takes the form of two lotus flowers, between them hangs an image of the Goddess Bat. It will originally have fitted to a necklace

Foto 8. Cuchara con muchacha. Imperio Nuevo. Museo del Louvre, París. Foto en E. DELANGE, Rites et beauté. Objects de toilette égyptiens au musée du Louvre, París, 1993, p. 44 Ancient Ruins, Ancient Times, Empire Romain

Foto 8. Cuchara con muchacha. Imperio Nuevo. Museo del Louvre, París. Foto en E. DELANGE, Rites et beauté. Objects de toilette égyptiens au musée du Louvre, París, 1993, p. 44

Seshat (Sesha, Sesheta) was the goddess of writing and record whose name means "the one who writes." She was the patroness of all types of writing. She was also the "mistress of the house of books" and that is why she watched on libraries temples which she had designed the plans.Elle also bore the title "mistress of the house architects "because it was closely linked to ritual cord (" pedj shes ") that was used to define the location of a temple at its foundation. Ancient Egyptian Goddess, Egyptian Mythology, Art Ancien, By Any Means Necessary, Ancient Civilizations

Ancient Egyptian Goddess

Egyptian Mythology

By Any Means Necessary

Ancient Civilizations

Seshat (Sesha, Sesheta) was the goddess of writing and record whose name means "the one who writes." She was the patroness of all types of writing. She was also the "mistress of the house of books" and that is why she watched on libraries temples which she had designed the plans.Elle also bore the title "mistress of the house architects "because it was closely linked to ritual cord (" pedj shes ") that was used to define the location of a temple at its foundation.

TERRIENSEUL

One of history’s first doctors, Hesire, was the “Chief of Tooth-Doctors and Doctors” at the court of the Old Kingdom pharaoh Djoser. Hesire, from his tomb at Saqqara, Egypt, Dynasty III, Wood. Egyptian Museum, Cairo. ca. 2650 BCE. European History, Ancient Greece, Cairo Egypt

European History

One of history’s first doctors, Hesire, was the “Chief of Tooth-Doctors and Doctors” at the court of the Old Kingdom pharaoh Djoser. Hesire, from his tomb at Saqqara, Egypt, Dynasty III, Wood. Egyptian Museum, Cairo. ca. 2650 BCE.

Capital of a large column in Esna, Egypt Old Egypt, Ancient Buildings, Egyptian Art, Egyptian Tattoo

Ancient Buildings

Egyptian Tattoo

Capital of a large column in Esna, Egypt

Cosmetic box in the shape of a composite capital Late Period - Ptolemaic Period American History

American History

Cosmetic box in the shape of a composite capital Late Period - Ptolemaic Period

Shrine facade Amarna to be seen in Egyptian Museum Cairo JE 65041 (Yvonne Buskens, contrib.) Egypt Vbs, Hotep, Sacred Science

Shrine facade Amarna to be seen in Egyptian Museum Cairo JE 65041 (Yvonne Buskens, contrib.)

Relief of the Ba (soul) of God Mandulis manifested as a legendary bird on the Ancient Egyptian Kalabsha Temple Egyptian Hieroglyphics, Egyptian Symbols

Egyptian Hieroglyphics

Egyptian Symbols

Relief of the Ba (soul) of God Mandulis manifested as a legendary bird on the Ancient Egyptian Kalabsha Temple

The Seokguram Buddha, inside the South Korean Bulguksa Temple complex, Silla Dynasty, 8th century AD Lotus Buddha, Art Buddha, Buddha Buddhism, Gautama Buddha, Buddha Image, Buddha Statue, Buddha Sculpture, Buddhist Temple, Buddhist Art

Buddha Buddhism

Buddha Sculpture

Buddhist Temple

The Seokguram Buddha, inside the South Korean Bulguksa Temple complex, Silla Dynasty, 8th century AD