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Child's sandals from Thebes, Egypt. New Kingdom of Egypt, c. 1550-1069 BCE. The British Museum, London. Photo taken at The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney. Sandals are often found in tombs. They are usually made of...

This funerary relief originally adorned the tomb in Egyptian Thebes of Inherkhau, a high official at the court of Ramesses III. It dates from 1184-1153 BCE or later, and it is made of limestone. Inherkhau kneels...

The monarchs and nobility were at the top of the social structure in ancient Egypt and were supposed to serve as role models for the rest of the people concerning the will of the gods and one’s proper...

Egyptian inlaid gold bracelets belonging to Prince Nimlot, one of the sons of Sheshonq I, the first king of the 22nd Dynasty. About 940 BCE. Said to be from Sa el-Haggar (Sais), Egypt. From The British Museum, (photo taken...

Coffin of a young child named Nefretiri. New Kingdom of Egypt, 19th Dynasty, 1220 BCE. State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich.

Recreation of an Egyptian war chariot from the Early New Kingdom. Based on historical wall paintings, the armor and chariot from Tutankhamun's (r. c.1336-c.1327 BCE) tomb, and illustrations by artist Angus McBride.

This ancient Egyptian plaque dates from the 13th-12th century BCE, and it is made of silver and other metals. (Collection of Jude and Michael Steinhardt, New York)

This granite statue depicts an ancient Egyptian politician from the city of Thebes. It was made around c. 800 BCE during the Third Intermediate Period of Egypt (c. 1069 BCE–c. 664 BCE). (Musée du Cinquantenaire...

Wooden figurine depicting an Egyptian couple (c. 1350-1300 BCE): Sementaoy, servant of the king, and his wife Rouiay, singer of Amon. Underneath the seat of the wife, a pet monkey is eating fruit (not visible...

This terracotta vase dates from the Predynastic period in ancient Egyptian history, c. 4500-3100 BCE. (Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, Stanford, California)