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egyptian museum |
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The greatest collection of Egyptian antiquities is, without doubt, that of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. |
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tutankhamun |
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When Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun, he remarked that it was, "the day of days, the most wonderful that I have ever lived through, and certainly one whose like I can never hope to see again". |
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Tutankhamun's third, innermost sarcophagus.
Beaten from heavy gold sheet,
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The alabaster canopic chest from Tutankhamun's Tomb. Canopic Jars were the containers used to hold the internal organs that were removed from the body before mummification and embalmed seperately. The four heads used as stoppers for the compartments are Isis, Neith, Selkis and Nephthys. |
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Tuthankhamun's Gold Throne |
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A magnificient pectoral with the Sun god represented by both the scarab and the falcon which are fused as one.
Above the scarab is the bark of the Moon with the eye of
Horus representing the Moon, also shown as a crescent.
Composed of gold, lapis lazuli, calcite, turquoise, and glass.
It was found on the mummy of Tutankhamun. |
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Wood sandals with gold foil on stucco base, overlaid with marquetry veneer of bark and green leather |
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An ivory headrest from the tomb of Tutankhamun. Shu, the god of the air,
holds the curved head support. The two lions represent the mountains on the
eastern and western horizons between which the Sun rose and set. |
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other interesting objects |
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One of four complete schist triad sculptures of Menkaure (Mycerinus) of
the 4th Dynasty (three are in the Egyptian Museum, the other is in Boston).
On his left is the goddess Hathor, while on his right is a female figure who
personifies Diospolis Parva, one of the provinces of ancient Egypt. |
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The epytian army |
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Scarab
(the symbol of luck)
Ptolemaic era, 332-30 BC
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Tomb of Nakht, Dynasty XVIII 1450 B.C
According to the great quantity of musical instruments found in the tombs, music was a source of pleasure and relaxation for rich Egyptians. The main instrument was the harp, followed by the flute. In this representation of a painting in the tomb of Nakht (an astronomer of the God Amun during the kingdom of Amenhotep III) we see a flute player, A harp player and a youth playing the norva; the latter one being close to our banjo and made out of a turtle shell. The three instrumentalists are lightly dressed with transparent clothes and veils. They have incense sticks over the head to perfume the body and hair.
I have a copy of this picture on the papyrus. This gift from my good friend is always hanging on the wall in my room:)) |
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