Search
Remove Ads
Advertisement
Search Results
Image
Saint Bacchus Fresco
An 11-12th century fresco of Saint Bacchus (d. 4th century). Monastery of Saint Moses the Abyssinian, Mar Musa or Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi, Nabk, Syria.
Image
Egyptian Doctor
Statue of a man. 12th Dynasty, about 1911-1870 BCE. Deir el-Bersheh, Egypt. The British Museum, (photo taken at The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia) This figure, with its short wig and long kilt, is thought to depict one of the earliest...
Image
Coffin Texts
Rectangular wooden inner coffin of Sen from Deir el-Bersha, Middle Kingdom of Egypt, 12th Dynasty, c. 1850 BCE.
The British Museum, London.
Image
Pyramidion of Ramose, Side View
The limestone Pyramidion of Ramose, from the top of the tomb of the 'Necropolis Scribe'. Scenes on all four sides depict the worship of the sun and the solar cycle. From Deir-el-Demina, New Kingdom, XIX Dynasty, 1279-1213 BCE. (Egyptian Museum...
Image
Winemaking, Tomb of Ipuy
Painting of winemaking, tempera on paper by Charles K. Wilkinson, after the original from the tomb of Ipuy, Deir el-Medina, Thebes, Egypt, c. 1279-1213 BCE.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Image
Mentuhotep II Relief
Limestone relief fragment of the Egyptian pharaoh Mentuhotep II. From the mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II at Deir El-Bahari, modern-day Egypt. Middle Kingdom, 11th Dynasty, 2030 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).
Image
Prenomen of Thutmose II
This is a detail of a large limestone relief (showing a boat trip) that came from the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari, Egypt. The throne name (prenomen) cartouche of the Egyptian pharaoh Thutmose II (regined 1493–1479 BCE...
Image
Pendua & Nefertari
A limestone statue of Pendua and his wife Nefertari. The couple embrace in an unsual depiction. Deir-el-Medina, New Kingdom, Dynasty XIX, 1292-1186 BCE. (Egyptian Museum, Turin)
Image
Mysterious Writing on a Tablet from Al-Balqa
This clay tablet is one of 12 tablets which were found near the temple of Tell Deir Alla in 1964. The inscriptions on the surface of the tablets are still unknown and this mysterious writing cannot be deciphered. Before 1200 BCE. From Al-Balqa...
Image
Coffins of Herit-ubekhet
Two sycamore wood coffins of Herit-ubekhet, a temple musician at Karnak. From Deir El-Bahari, Western Thebes, modern-day Egypt. 3rd intermediate period, 21st Dynasty, circa 1000 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).