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Anubis Tending to a Mummy
A relief depicting the god Anubis attending to the mummy of a worker, identified as either Amennakht or Nebenmaat. The relief, and the tomb it is in, date to the reign of Ramesses II (1279-1213 BCE). From the necropolis at Deir el-Medina...
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Sennedjem in the Afterlife
A wall-painting from the tomb of Sennedjem, an Egyptian craftsman, depicting the deceased blissfully ploughing his fields in the afterlife. Deir el-Medina, near Thebes, c. 1200 BCE.
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Thutmose III
Statue of Thutmose III
Calcite. Deir el-Medina. New Kingdom of Egypt, 18th Dynasty (1504-1452 BCE).
Photo taken at the King Tut Exhibit in Seattle, 2012.
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Painting of Osiris, Tomb of Sennedjem
A wall painting depicting the god Osiris. Osiris is depicted holding a flail and crook, symbols of kingship. The Eye of Horus beside Osiris also symbolizes protection and royalty. From the Tomb of Sennedjem. 19th Dynasty (1292-1186 BCE...
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Egyptian Painting of a Cat Killing a Serpent
A facsimile of a painting from the Tomb of Sennedjem, in Deir el-Medina. The painting depicts a cat killing a serpent and is associated with a sequence in the Egyptian Book of the Dead. The original painting was made c. 1295-1213 BCE. The...
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Uthman's Tomb
The grave of Uthman ibn Affan (r. 644-656 CE) in al-Baqi (a graveyard near Medina). The tomb was destroyed in the 19th Century CE by the Saudi regime.
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Sennedjem, Iyneferti & The Lady of the Sycamore
A wall-painting from the tomb of Sennedjem, an Egyptian craftsman, depicting the deceased and his wife Iyneferti receiving bounty from The Lady of the Sycamore, a tree goddess, who provided shade and comfort opened the door for the departed...
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Tombstone of Caliph Umar
Tombstone of Caliph Umar (634 - 644 CE) of the Rashidun Caliphate, in Al-Masjid al-Nabawi, Medina. The grave of Umar can be seen from the first window on the right.
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Khonsemhab and the Ghost
Ancient Egyptian ostracon with the beginning of a ghost story. Terracotta from Deir el-Medina, 19-20th Dynasty, New Kingdom of Egypt, found by Schiaparelli in 1905.
Museo Egizio, Turin.
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Bernal Díaz del Castillo
A modern bust of the Spanish conquistador and chronicler Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492 - c. 1580). Díaz wrote a famous account, The Conquest of New Spain. The bust is in the town of Medina del Campo in Spain, the birthplace of Díaz.
