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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...

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.

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...

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.

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)

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.

Anubis (also known as Inpu, Inpw, Anpu) is the Egyptian god of mummification, funerary rites, guardian of tombs, and guide to the afterlife as well as the patron god of lost souls and the helpless. He is one of the oldest gods of Egypt...

Thebes was the capital of Egypt during the period of the New Kingdom (c.1570-c.1069 BCE) and became an important center of worship of the god Amun (also known as Amon or Amen, a combination of the earlier gods Atum and Ra). Its...

Karnak is the modern-day name for the ancient site of the Temple of Amun at Thebes, Egypt. The Egyptians called the site Nesut-Towi, "Throne of the Two Lands", Ipet-Iset, "The Finest of Seats" as well as Ipt-Swt, "Selected Spot" also...

The King is shown in the pose, beard and robe of Osiris, the god of rebirth. This expressed a wish for eternal sed festivals: jubilees in which Amenhotep was to be rejuvenated. The King wears the double crown of Upper...