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Material Objects & Cultures Material objects convey volumes about the people who possessed them. Cultures and societies in every generation are in part classified - either correctly or incorrectly...

Setau, a viceroy of Nubia for Ramesses II, assumes the pose of Osiris, god of the afterlife. His crossed hands claps a djed (right) and tit (left), symbols of performance and life linked to Osiris and consort Isis. Below...

This amulet, in the form of a scarab beetle with a human face, was intended to ensure that the deceased passed safely through the judgment which would establish whether or not he was deserving eternal life. It is...

A sandstone relief panel from the Dashavatara temple, Deogarh, Madhya Pradesh, India. 6th century CE. Here Vishnu descends on Garuda, his eagle mount, in order to free the elephant Gajendra from a naga king and queen.