Egypt Collection (page 100)

Imhotep, Ancient Egyptian physician. Limestone relief. Imhotep is shown seated (right) together with surgical instruments (centre) and a birthing chair (left). Imhotep was something of a polymath

Great Pyramid of Cheops at Giza being used as an astronomical observatory. Illustration demonstrating Piazzi Smyths theory that a passage from the lower of the two subterranean chambers (A)

Great Pyramid of Cheops at Giza as an astronomical observatory. Diagram showing how the passage to the subterranean chamber (not shown) acted as an observing tube

Ralph Abercromby (1734-1801), Scottish general, 1801. Artist: John Kay
Ralph Abercromby (1734-1801), Scottish general, 1801. Abercromby served in the Seven Years War. He defeated the French at Alexandria (Aboukir Bay), on 21 March 1801, but died of his wounds

Ralph Abercromby (1734-1801), Scottish soldier. Artist: H Robinson
Ralph Abercromby (1734-1801), Scottish soldier. General Abercromby led the successful Anglo-Turkish force against the French at Aboukir Bay (Alexandria) on 21 March 1801

Roman period Egyptian mummy of a child, 3rd century
Roman period Egyptian mummy of a child, seven to ten years old, wrapped in a shroud with a full-length portrait of the boy holding laurel leaves. From the British Museums collection, 3rd century

Egyptian faience head of Bes
Roman period head from a large faience figure of the Egyptian god Bes, from the British Museums collection

Egyptian papyrus depicting taking the mummy to the necropolis, 13th century BC
Egyptian papyrus depicting taking the mummy to the necropolis, from the Book of the Dead of Hunefer, from the British Museums collection, 13th century BC

Faience head of the Egyptian goddess Hathor from Thebes, from the British Museums collection

Egyptian bronze of a cat and kittens, sacred to the goddess Bast, from the British Museums collection

Egyptian papyrus showing Ani as a swallow, 13th century BC
Egyptian papyrus showing Ani as a swallow, as a detail from the papyrus of Ani, from the British Museums collection, 13th century BC

Egyptian funerary stele of a Royal Priest and his wife
Limestone Egyptian funerary stele of a Royal Priest, Ani and his wife, Ant. They are sitting at an offering table. Probably from Saqquara, from the British Museums collection

Mummy of a cat, Abydos, Upper Egypt Roman Period, perhaps 1st century. Animals associated with deities were regularly mummified in the later periods of Egyptian history

Egyptian mummy of a cat, from the British Museums collection

Greek pendant with bust of Aphrodite
Greek gold pendant with bust of Aphrodite from Egypt, from the British Museums collection

Bronze head of the Egyptian god Ra, probably from the bow of a sacred boat. The solar disc has been broken off. From the British Museums collection

Egyptian papyrus depicting two soul-birds (Bas), 13th century BC
Egyptian papyrus depicting two soul-birds (Bas) from the papyrus of Ani, representing Ani and his wife. From the British Museums collection, 13th century BC

Gold pendant from the Aegina treasure, 17th century BC
Gold pendant from the Aegina treasure, showing a deity holding two water birds. It shows both Cretan and Egyptain influences, and was probably made in Crete

Egyptian depiction of the four canopic gods and the bull-god Apis, from the British Museums collection

Wooden model of a man ploughing with oxen, from Egypt, Middle Kingdom, c2040-1750 BC. This model was originally placed in a tomb. From the British Museums collection

An anchored felucca on the River Nile at sunset

Sunset on the River Nile, Egypt

Egyptian Painting of Captives on Feet of Mummy of a Pharaoh

Faience, Glass and Ivory Playing Pieces from Egyptian Tombs, circa 1500 BC. Held at the Louvre, Paris

Egyptian Statuette of King Seti I offering image of Maat, New Kingdom, c13th century BC. Silver and gold from a ceremonial boat

Statuette of supplicant kneeling. Held at the Louvre

Bronze Spirit of the Nile statuette with offering, Late Period, c664BC-323BC. Louvre

Taweret (or Theoris), Hippo Goddess.The function of this hippopotamus statuette, placed near the mummy, was therefore to prefigure rebirth in the afterlife through the power of imitation

Egyptian Surveyor with coiled rope for measuring, 1400 BC
Egyptian Surveyor with coiled rope for measuring, 1400BC. The Pharaohs surveyors used measurements based on body parts. It is thought the Egyptians introduced the earliest fully-developed base 10

Wood Model of Woman Grinding Corn, Egyptian Tomb Finding, c1900 BC. Middle Kingdom at British Museum

Wooden Model of Man fanning Fire, Egyptian Tomb Finding, c1900 BC. Middle Kingdom

Egyptian Faience Shabti-Figures from a Tomb. The ushabti (also called shabti or shawabti) was a funerary figurine used in Ancient Egypt

Wooden box for the game of Senet, Egyptian, c1300 BC. The box belonged to Imenmes, who is portrayed as the small figure on the right hand side.Imenmes (fl. c)

Painted Limestone figure, Egyptian, Old Kingdom, 2400BC-2000 BC. Egyptian Museum, Munich

Egyptian Scribe Old Kingdom, 2400BC-2000 BC. Painted limestone. Egyptian Museum, Munich

Palette with bull goring man, circa late 4th millennium BC. The Bull Palette is an ancient Egyptian palette in the corpus of iconographic cosmetic palettes that focus on topics from the Late

Egyptian Crocodile God of Fayum, Egypt, c1850BC. Sobek in Greek, Suchos and from Latin Suchus, was an ancient Egyptian deity with a complex and fluid nature

Queen Hatshepsut and her co-regent Pharaoh Thutmosis III, 18th Dynasty. c1503BC-1483 BC. Slab from the Temple of Hatshepsut within the Great Temple of Amun at Karnak, Egypt

Cat and Kittens
Cat and Kitten. Egyptian Museum, Berlin

Ploughing from an Egyptian Stele, 18th Dynasty, 1332BC-1323 BC. Horemheb ploughing land in the Fields of Aaru in order to gain eternal life. Relief from the Tomb of Horemheb

Mortuary Temple of Rameses III at Medianat Habu, Luxor, Egypt, 12th Century BC. The Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu is an important New Kingdom period structure in the West Bank of

Wrestlers, Temple of Rameses III at Medianat Habu, Luxor, Egypt, 12th Century BC. The Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu is an important New Kingdom period structure in the West Bank of

River Nile at sunset, Egypt

Bronze statuette of the infant Horus
Bronze statuette of the Romanised Egyptian god, the infant Horus, found in the river Thames in London. He has the wings of Cupid, the vine-wreath of Bacchus, the crescent of Luna

Page of the Koran from Egypt, 9th century
Page of the Koran, in squared kufic script, from Egypt, 9th century

Russian warships passing through the Suez Canal, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5
Russian warships, led by the Pobeida, passing through the Suez Canal, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5. From Le Pe; tit Journal, Paris, 17 January 1904

Electrum cup with repousse decoration, Idalion, Cyprus, c8th - 7th century BC
Electrum cup with repousse decoration, Idalion, Cyprus, Cypro-Archaic Period, c8th- c7th century BC. Now in The Louvre

Fragment of painted plaster from the tomb of Sebekhotep, from Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, c1400 BC. As a senior treasury official of the reign of Thutmose IV

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