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One of six panels from the Mastaba of Hesy-Ra at Saqqara

One of six panels from the Mastaba of Hesy-Ra at Saqqara, a high official of King Djoser who was Chief of Dentists and Physicians as well as holding other titles. Wood, height :115 cms. Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty, ca. 2686-2613 BC. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo

This image, also from Hapshepsut’s mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri, Egypt is in the Neues Museum in Berlin.

Pharoh in British Museum

Ancient Egyptian and Bantu Beadwork Designs

Relief study of King AkhenatonNew Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1340 BC

She brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son.

10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water. Exodus 2:10

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Museo Egizio in Turin, Italy. This is a collage of wooden statues from Egypt about 3900 years ago.

Moses: Israel and Egypt

Distinct from Egyptians 19 The midwives answered Pharaoh, “Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women; they are vigorous and give birth before the midwives arrive. (Exodus 1) 5 Then Pharaoh’s daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her female slave […]

Hair Texture in Ancient Egypt and Today

A Study of Hair Texture in Ancient Egypt afro-textured-art: “[image description: Model Domestic figure, Middle Kingdom. via Met Museum, the overlaying texts says “A Study of Hair Texture in Ancient…

Tutankhamun’s tomb contained 413 Ushabti figures

Tutankhamun’s tomb contained 413 Ushabti figures, intended to represent the king and to help him with certain duties in the afterlife. Some are very simple, but others, such as the one here, were carved from wood and are portraits of the king. The figure is shown as a wrapped mummy wearing a gilded crown and […]

Remnants of Ancient Egypt today

Ancient Egypt’s Identity

A 12th Dynasty king

A 12th Dynasty king in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen. Photo by Dr Runoko Rashidi

Mask of Ka-nefer-nefer

The Mask of Ka-nefer-nefer, stolen from Egypt and currently in the possession of the St. Louis Museum of Art

Style and Fashion

Amenemhat III

Amenemhat III (Reign: c. 1860–1814 BC) was a 12th dynasty pharaoh, whose reign is regarded as the golden age of the Middle Kingdom.

Ancient Egyptians

The tomb of Tutankhamun was cracked open in 1922

The tomb of Tutankhamun was cracked open in 1922 by archaeologist Howard Carter after lying undisturbed for over 3,000 years.

Amenemhet III

Queen of Egypt

Egypt under the reign of Amenhotep II Date: ca. 1427–1400 B.C.

Statue of Roy Chanting the Solar Hymn Written on His Stela Period: New Kingdom Dynasty: Dynasty 18 Reign: reign of Amenhotep II Date: ca. 1427–1400 B.C. Geography: Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes Medium: Limestone,

Relief Portrait of Akhenaten – Neues Museum, Berlin

The Doctor

The Doctor. Wooden statue from Saqqara, Egypt. Old Kingdom (5th Dynasty). Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt.

Physician and Scribe who lived during the Third dynasty of Egypt

Hesy-Re, relief on wood from his tomb in Saqqara. He was an official, physician (possibly the first known in history) and scribe who lived during the Third dynasty of Egypt, served under the pharaoh Djoser, and was buried in an elaborate tomb at Saqqara. He bore titles such as “Chief of Dentists and Physicians” and […]

Queen Tiye and husband Amenhotep III

Queen Tiye and husband Amenhotep III, Parents of Akhenaten and grandparents of Tutankhamun … dating from c.1370 BC … 18th Dynasty Egypt