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Wall painting from the tomb of Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum, two royal officials who have been identified as possibly brothers or a same-sex couple. Saqqara, Egypt, reign of Nyuserre Ini, late 25th century BCE.

Egyptian hieroglyphic inscription on wood, from the tomb of the general Horemheb. Saqqara, Egypt, c. 1300 BCE. Louvre Museum, Paris, France.

Polychrome relief of Kagemni in his own mastaba, Saqqara, Egypt. Kagemni was a vizier of pharaohs Djedkare Isesi and Unas (5th dynasty), and Teti (6th dynasty), 24th century BCE.

This limestone fragment shows carpenters making funeral furniture at a quayside. The block came from a wall of the dismantled mastaba tomb-chapel of Tepemankh (Djadjamankh). From Saqqara, Egypt. 5th...

Sisobek (Sasobek) assumes the guise and resurective powers of Osiris. He holds the djed (right) and tit (left), symbols of performance and life linked to Osiris and Isis. The winged sky goddess Nut enables his rebirth...

Kheredouankh is the mother of the deified architect Imhotep, designer of the pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara. This statue is made from bronze covered with gold, between 664-332 BCE, probably from the region of Memphis. Louvre Museum...

Gold death mask, possibly of Khaemweset (c. 1281 - c. 1225 BCE), son of Ramesses II, Crown Prince, high priest of Ptah at Memphis and famous restorer of Egyptian monuments. Saqqara tomb, Egypt. (Louvre Museum, Paris)

This limestone fragment depicts an offering scene. It was found inside the tomb of the high dignitary of Egypt Akhhethetep. From the mastaba (eternal house) of Akhhethetep, Saqqara (Sakkara), Egypt. Old Kingdom...

Limestone fragment of an inscription which mentions the name of the Egyptian pharaoh Senusret I (aka Sesostris I). From Saqqara (Sakkara), modern-day Egypt. Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, circa 1950 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian...

Mummy wrapping of a man named Djedher, son of Sekhmetnefret, inscribed in hieratic with funerary texts from the Egyptian Book of the Dead. From Saqqara, Egypt, Late Period of ancient Egypt, 4th...