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This unique plaque was found near the temple of Dendera. It probably depicts the goddess Nut giving birth to the goddess Isis on the birth chair, while the goddesses of birth with the head of the cow supervise the delivering process.
Limestone
From Ptolemaic Period
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
Akhenaten was a progressive pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty, who introduced great changes to ancient Egyptian religion and art.
In this colossal statue, king Akhenaten has depicted wearing
a kilt that hangs below his swollen stomach. It is tied with a belt decorated with royal cartouches.
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
Ostracon shows a banquet scene with musical accompaniment. It was the layout for a tomb scene.
Ostraca (pieces of stone or pottery) were used for practice sketches before laying drawings on tomb and temple walls.
Limestone
New Kingdom, 19th dynasty
Luxor
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
This statue is one of three statues of king Merenptah which were recently found south of Mit Rahina the site of the ancient city of Memphis. The statue depicts the king standing in the company of Mut, the goddess of Thebes, the patron of kingship and the consort of the god Amun-Ra, the king of the gods.
Red granite
New Kingdom, 19th dynasty
Mit Rahina
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
Upon his arrival from the other world, the sun god purifies himself in the eastern horizon before his shining in Heaven, where the four gods Horus, the Lord of the North, Seth, the Lord of the South, Dewen-anwy, the Lord of the east, and Thoth, the Lord of the West, pour the water of life and power over him from the four corners of the universe.
This rare statue depicts king Amenhotep II, assimilated with the sun god in his shining in the moment of his purification on the horizon.
Alabaster
New Kingdom, 18th dynasty
Valley of the Kings, Thebes
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
Ostracon shows a man playing the double flute (aulos)
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
This statue is one of three statues of king Merenptah which were recently found south of Mit Rahina the site of the ancient city of Memphis. The statue depicts the king standing in the company of Mut, the goddess of Thebes, the patron of kingship and the consort of the god Amun-Ra, the king of the gods.
Red granite
New Kingdom, 19th dynasty
Mit Rahina
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
This funerary boat and some smaller items were found in the tomb of Amenhotep II.
Tomb of Amenhotep II, KV35
18th dynasty
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
Statues depict women grinding wheat on a plate to prepare flour.
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Cairo
Ra-Horakhty represented a doctrinal union between the heavenly kingship represented by the god Ra and the earthly kingship represented by the god Horus as an expression of the authority of the sun god when he dominated the two horizons and was manifested on the earth.
Granodiorite
New Kingdom, 19th dynasty
San al Hagar
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
Statue of Administrator of Amun temple, Hapi, reading from a papyrus roll.
Sandstone
New Kingdom, 19th dynasty, reigns of Seti I and Ramses II
Karnak temple
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
Sennedjem and his wife are sitting inside a pavilion in front of a senet board on which several red and white pieces are set. To the right is a table crowded with offerings, and several jars and plants are arranged underneath.
This painted wooden door, decorated on both sides, sealed the innermost chamber of Sennedjem's tomb.
New Kingdom, 19th dynasty
Tomb of Sennedjem TT1, Deir el-Medina
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
This statue is one of three statues of king Merenptah which were recently found south of Mit Rahina the site of the ancient city of Memphis. The statue depicts the king standing in the company of Mut, the goddess of Thebes, the patron of kingship and the consort of the god Amun-Ra, the king of the gods.
Red granite
New Kingdom, 19th dynasty
Mit Rahina
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
Bread was an essential part of the diet of the ancient Egyptians. It was usually made from emmer wheat, though barley could also be used. This statue depicts a woman protecting her face with her hand from the oven's heat while baking bread.
Limestone
Old Kingdom, late 4th dynasty
Provenance Giza
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Cairo
This statue is one of three statues of king Merenptah which were recently found south of Mit Rahina the site of the ancient city of Memphis. The statue depicts the king standing in the company of Mut, the goddess of Thebes, the patron of kingship and the consort of the god Amun-Ra, the king of the gods.
Red granite
New Kingdom, 19th dynasty
Mit Rahina
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
This piece of the mosaic was discovered in the al-Shatby quarter in 1892 and was used as a floor in the banqueting room (Triclinium) of a rich man's house in ancient Alexandria. This floor was decorated with floral motifs made of large pieces of coloured marble. It is one of the oldest known mosaic pieces in Egypt.
Marble
Ptolemaic Period
2nd century BC
Alexandria
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
Statue of Administrator of Amun temple, Hapi, reading from a papyrus roll.
The scribe's job was one of the most important in ancient Egypt, for he was the representative of culture, science, knowledge, and literature. In this regard, scribes are considered the main founders of its civilization.
The scribe's role was largely administrative, but also preserved Egypt's stories and oral traditions, just like writers today continue to fulfil the same role. The priesthood scribes in temples thus played a great part in the preservation of ancient texts through editing and revising religious, theological, ritual, medical, and magical texts.
God Thoth - represented as ibis-bird - was a patron of scribes in ancient Egypt.
Sandstone
New Kingdom, 19th dynasty, reigns of Seti I and Ramses II
Karnak temple
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
This painted wooden door is decorated on both sides. It sealed the innermost chamber of Sennedjem's tomb.
On the external face on a yellow background is a scene in two registers, with a hieroglyph representing the sky at the top.
In the upper register, Sennedjem, his wife Iyneferty and his daughter Irunefer are standing before Osiris and the goddess of justice Maat, to whom they are paying respectful homage.
In the lower register, the sons of Sennedjem are portrayed in the same pose before Ptah-Sokar-Osiris and Isis. Sennedjem and his eldest son have their hands raised in an act of adoration. The two women hold a vase with a long neck while the other six sons each hold a lotus flower with a long stem.
New Kingdom, 19th dynasty
Tomb of Sennedjem TT1, Deir el-Medina
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
The story of General Sinuhe is one of the masterpieces of the literary works of Ancient Egypt dating back to the reign of King Senusret I of the Middle Kingdom. Several copies of the story were discovered until the end of the New Kingdom as the students used to copy it in schools. It relates to a true story of the escape of the military commander, Sinuhe, to the Levant for fear for his life after the assassination of King Amenemhat I, and the events of the exciting life that he spent there despite his attachment to Egypt until King Senusret I authorized him to return after thirty years away from the homeland.
This ostracon records the prologue only and is considered the largest piece of ostraca from ancient Egypt.
Limestone
From Deir el-Medina
New Kingdom, 19th dynasty
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
Ra-Horakhty represented a doctrinal union between the heavenly kingship represented by the god Ra and the earthly kingship represented by the god Horus as an expression of the authority of the sun god when he dominated the two horizons and was manifested on the earth.
Granodiorite
New Kingdom, 19th dynasty
San al Hagar
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
The "Nine Bows" came to be represented under the feet of the pharaoh of Egypt. They were often portrayed upon his sandals, or on statuary, under his feet, as having dominion, not only over "Ancient Egypt", but also, "all the people of the foreign tribes".
Black granite statue of Thutmose III
New Kingdom, 18th dynasty
Karnak
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
#5395 - 2022 Day 281: Cairo Citadel of Saladin, seen through a modern sculture at NMEC, the Cairo Museum of Egyptian Civilisation.
This statue is one of three statues of king Merenptah which were recently found south of Mit Rahina the site of the ancient city of Memphis. The statue depicts the king standing in the company of Mut, the goddess of Thebes, the patron of kingship and the consort of the god Amun-Ra, the king of the gods.
Red granite
New Kingdom, 19th dynasty
Mit Rahina
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
Statue of Administrator of Amun temple, Hapi, reading from a papyrus roll.
Sandstone
New Kingdom, 19th dynasty, reigns of Seti I and Ramses II
Karnak temple
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
In this colossal statue, king Akhenaten is depicted in the typical style of the Amarna Period, with narrow slanting eyes, a long thin face, and thick lips.
A group of colossal statues of King Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV) are found in the Temple of the Aten at Karnak. These statues may represent the first time that Akhenaten’s new religious thoughts were translated into ancient Egyptian art and architecture.
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
A statue depicting a man grinding grain that would be used to make bread that was a mainstay of the Egyptian diet.
Wood
Old Kingdom, 6th dynasty
Provenance Saqqara
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Cairo
This tent was made between 1046-1037 BC for the funerary purification of Isetemkheb II who was the daughter of the army general and High priest of Amun Masaherta and the chantress of Amun Tayuheret and the granddaughter of the king Pinudjem I of the 21st dynasty.
Noteworthy, Isetemkheb II held the title of "the superior of the Harem of Min, Horus and Isis at Ipu (Akhmim)" and was one of several princesses who bore this name in the family.
Although the coffin of Isetemkheb II has not been discovered yet, the coffin of her cousin Princess Isetemkheb IV the superior of the chantresses of Amun and wife of king Pinudjem II was discovered in the Deir el-Bahri cache and displayed in the baldachin now.
Painted red, green and yellow leather
Deir el-Bahri Cache (TT 320)
21st dynasty
Reign of Pinudjem I
(JE 26276)
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
Psamtik: Overseer of Sealers.
National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC), Cairo; Inventory #JE38927
Senenmut served as a close advisor and architect for the ruler, Hatshepsut. He was trusted enough to be the tutor of Hatshepsut's daughter, Neferura, who is shown with Senenmut in this statue. Senenmut designed and oversaw the construction of Hatshepsut's memorial temple at Deir el-Bahri and other buildings in Karnak temple.
Granite
18th dynasty
Karnak temple
(JE 36923 & CG 42116)
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
Funerary equipment of Sennedjem
New Kingdom, 19th dynasty
Tomb of Sennedjem TT1, Deir el-Medina
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
I can't find any info for this fragment, but the style and facial features point to the Amarna period.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a very similar, a little bigger piece with the text: 'A talatat depicting Nefertiti making offerings beneath the rays of Aten' The block was probably from the Mansion of the Benben at Karnak.
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
The Naophorousor or Naos (Shrine) carrier statue is one of the prominent forms of late-period sculptures that emphasized the owner’s piety and connection to the gods.
This statue depicts the priest Psamtik-Seneb kneeling while carrying the naos of the god Atum, the procreator of all the gods and Lord of Heliopolis.
Limestone
Late Period
From Tanis
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
The sides of the throne are decorated with a baboon; on the right side, he is holding a cosmetic pot of kohl eyeliner.
A detail of the group statue depicting a nurse and four princes and princesses.
Painted limestone
18th dynasty, no provenance
(JE 98831)
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
The cow Hathor, one of a group of statues of the protective goddesses found in the tomb of King Amenhotep II.
They were responsible for protecting the body of the king in his afterlife journey.
Wood
18th dynasty, New Kingdom
Tomb of Amenhotep II, Valley of the Kings
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
Upon his arrival from the other world, the sun god purifies himself in the eastern horizon before his shining in Heaven, where the four gods Horus, the Lord of the North, Seth, the Lord of the South, Dewen-anwy, the Lord of the east, and Thoth, the Lord of the West, pour the water of life and power over him from the four corners of the universe.
This rare statue depicts king Amenhotep II, assimilated with the sun god in his shining in the moment of his purification on the horizon.
Alabaster
New Kingdom, 18th dynasty
Valley of the Kings, Thebes
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
Funerary equipment of Sennedjem
New Kingdom, 19th dynasty
Tomb of Sennedjem TT1, Deir el-Medina
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
Funerary equipment of Sennedjem
New Kingdom, 19th dynasty
Tomb of Sennedjem TT1, Deir el-Medina
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
The Senet is one of the oldest and most popular games among the Egyptians until the end of the Greco-Roman Period. It also had its religious symbolism through which the player could overcome the obstacles he faces in the other world which is very similar to the game "The Ladder and Serpent" in our modern age.
Faience
New Kingdom, 19th dynasty
Deir el-Medina
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
The granite stela of king Qa'a
1st dynasty
Umm el-Qaʻāb Royal Necropolis, Tomb of Qa'a (Tomb Q)
Abydos
JE 31860 / CG 14631
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Cairo
The Surveyor Pen-Hery was responsible for measuring the agricultural areas and determining the state properties, temples and individuals, he appears holding a twisted rope topped by the head of the ram of the god Amun. Ropes were among the main tools for measuring and determining the borders and large areas of agricultural lands.
Granite
New Kingdom, 19th dynasty
Provenance Karnak
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Cairo
On either side of the symbol of joining sign is a row of kneeling Asiatic prisoners.
From the body of a chariot recovered from the tomb of Thutmose IV (KV43)
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
Three female statues carrying offerings and walking in a procession. They are wearing long, white, tight, wrap-around dresses with one shoulder strap. It shows the fashion of the time.
Painted wood
Old Kingdom, 6th dynasty, Reign of Pepi I
Provenance: Tomb of Niankh-Pepi Kem, Meir, Assiut
Textile Gallery at the NMEC
National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Cairo
The protective goddesses Wadjet, one of the first Egyptian deities and Nekhbet, the vulture goddess.
Statues of the protective goddesses were found in the tomb of King Amenhotep II. They were responsible for protecting the body of the king in his afterlife journey.
Wood
18th dynasty, New Kingdom
Tomb of Amenhotep II, Valley of the Kings
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
Statue of the sphinx, which has no history clearly. In the Ptolemaic period, it was common to place small sphinx statues in front of the temples to be used for protection and guarding.
Limestone
Ptolemaic Period
Kom Ombo
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
These schematic models of houses with modelled clay offerings were placed in tombs of the Late First Intermediate Period and the Middle Kingdom to be given to the soul of the deceased. It illustrates the domestic architecture of the time.
Pottery
Middle Kingdom, 12th dynasty
Middle Egypt
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
This granite statue of Tutankhamun was sculpted of granite and found in Karnak. It shows the king with a lock of hair (the sidelock of youth) at the side of his head and Uraeus, a cobra over his forehead. He is holding the djed pillar, the nekhekh flail and the heka crook; wearing the large pectoral and its counterpoise, all these emblems signify god Khonsu.
As a member of the Theban Triad worshipped at Karnak, Khonsu was the son of the god Amun and the goddess Mut. Khonsu was a moon god whose name means 'the wanderer'. This may relate to the nightly travel of the moon across the sky. Along with Thoth he marked the passage of time.
In addition, he was worshipped as the son of Sobek and Hathor at Kom Ombo, where he was associated with Horus and called Khonsu-Hor.
In art, Khonsu is typically depicted as a mummy with the symbol of childhood, a sidelock of hair, as well as the menat necklace with crook and flail. He has close links to other divine children such as Horus and Shu. He is sometimes shown wearing an eagle or falcon's head like Horus, with whom he is associated as a protector and healer, adorned with the sun disk and crescent moon.
Granite
18th dynasty
From the Temple of Khonsu at Karnak
(CG 38488)
NMEC 838
NMEC National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat Cairo
Niankpepy Kem was a significant individual holding many titles, including Overseer of Upper Egypt, Head of the Treasury, and Sole Counselor of the King. This rare wooden statue shows Niankhpepy Kem's elaborate clothing and accessories appropriate to his rank: a pleated kilt secured by an elaborate belt.
Painted wood, stucco
Old Kingdom, 6th dynasty
Meir, Asyut
Textile Gallery at the NMEC
The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Cairo