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A tombstone of the First Dynasty pharaoh Djet, reign c. 3000-2990 BCE. From Abydos, Egypt. (Louvre Museum, Paris)

Currently located in the Louvre Museum, this Funerary stela was found at Abydos. It is an example of an Egyptian Royal Serekh from the 1st Dynasty. This writing format indicated that the name inside the rectangular enclosure was a royal name...

A section of a relief from a chapel in the Temple of Seti, depicting Horus holding three joined gold vases. Abydos, Egypt. 19th Dynasty (1292-1186 BCE). (Image cropped from original)

Hypocephali are inscribed discs usually of plastered linen and less frequently of papyrus or bronze, which were placed beneath the heads of mummies in the Late/Ptolemaic Periods. The texts written on them were taken from spell 162 of the...

Limestone stela of Usekhu, the overseer of the cabinet. From Abydos, modern-day Egypt. Middle Kingdom, circa 11th to 12th Dynasty, circa 2000 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Ramesses the Great (also known as Ramesses II, as well as the shorter form of his name Ramses) was the third Pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt, and not only lived for 96 years but reigned for sixty-six of those years between 1279...

Mask from a complete cartonnage consisting of mask and three breast pieces. Excavated by the Egypt Exploration Society at Abydos. Ancient Egyptian, dating to the Ptolemaic period, 323-30 BCE. The gold colouring reflects the ancient Egyptian...