Images

Limestone statue of the Egyptian god Ptah, Temple of Amun, Thebes, 18th-20th Dynasty, 1550-1070 BCE. Egyptian Museum, Turin.

A limestone sculpture depicting the god Amun (larger) and Tutankhamun, from the Temple of Amun, Thebes, 18th Dynasty, 1333-1323 BCE. Egyptian Museum, Turin.

A detail from the Book of the Dead of Tayesnakht from Thebes, Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 BCE. (Egyptian Museum, Turin)

A detail from the Book of the Dead of Tayesnakht from Thebes, Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 BCE. Pharaohs often wore two crowns to signify the unification of Lower and Upper Egypt. (Egyptian Museum, Turin)

A detail from the Book of the Dead of Tayesnakht from Thebes, Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 BCE. (Egyptian Museum, Turin)

A detail from the Book of the Dead of Aaneru from Thebes, Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, 1070-946 BCE. (Egyptian Museum, Turin)

A detail from the Book of the Dead of Aaneru from Thebes, Third Intermediate Period of Egypt, 21st Dynasty, 1070-946 BCE. Egyptian Museum, Turin.

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. From Deir-el-Demina, New Kingdom, XIX Dynasty, 1279-1213 BCE. (Egyptian Museum, Turin)

Two alabaster canopic jars of Ptakhotep. III Intermediate Period, XXI-XXIV Dynasty. (Egyptian Museum, Turin)

This basalt stela depicts a banquet scene and was found in Karaburclu (modern-day Sinjerli, Gaziantep, Turkey). Late Hittite period, 9th century BCE. (Istanbul Archeological Museums/Ancient Orient Museum, Istanbul, Turkey).