The Egyptian museum in Turin is one of the largest in the world. It started with the collection of general to Napoleon, Bernardino Dovretti, who assisted…
The tomb of Kha is the best surviving furnished non-royal tomb from ancient Egypt. Kha started as a scribe and rose to the rank of architect in the 14th century…
Decorated wooden coffer with pediment lid. The coffer depicts Kha and Merit. The young couple on the left may be their offspring. The coffer contained…
Inlaid coffer depicting on the lid 2 storeys of palm-form columns, separated by curtained bichrome vitreous paste openings. Wood, ivory, vitreous paste,…
The temple of Ellesija in Nubia, in present-day Sudan.
The small temple was cut in desert sandstone in the 15th century BC. The intent of the temple was to…
The small temple was cut in desert sandstone in the 15th century BC. The intent of the temple was to…
Inside the temple of Ellesija.
Bes, a minor deity of sleep, dance and joyful expression, who also protected children and women in childbirth.
King Ramesses II, 1279-1213 BC.
King Sety II, 1200-1194 BC.
Sarcophagus of Gemenefherbak, 7th century BC, a judge and prime minister.
Sarcophagus: back.
The king and God Amun: allegiance of the king to the God Amun. ca. 1300 BC.
Anthropoid coffin of a noblewoman, 946-712 BC.
Papyrus, fragment of the Book of the Dead. Judgement of the deceased in a chapel through the weighing of his soul.
Shawabti: funerary statuettes deposited in a tomb, to provide the deceased a substitute for agricultural work of the Afterworld.
Shawabti of Sety I. More than 700 of these were found in Sety I's tomb. 13th century BC.
