Statue of Horus the Child

 

Statue of Horus the Child

Horus the child, known as Harpocrates, of the Greco-Roman period is shown squatting on a small base. His right leg is bent under his body, while his left is erect in front of his chest.

He is naked, with the child lock on the right of his head. His right arm is beside his body and he is holding a rounded staff in his hand; the left arm is broken.

The child's body is painted in brown and cream, and the eyes and eyebrows are highlighted in black.

Roman Period.

EL-MINIYA

BIBLIOTHECA ALEXANDRINA ANTIQUETIES MUSEUM.

http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/record.aspx?id=14702

A red granite block depicting foreign towns captured

A red granite block depicting foreign towns captured during the reign of Ramesses II. They are: Iter (in Nubia), Meshwesh (a Libyan ethnic group), and Keshkesh (a town on southern coast of the Black Sea). Originally from Bubastis, 19th dynasty, circa 1250 BC. EA 1104.

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Clay Head Predynastic Period, Maadi Era,

 

Clay Head Predynastic Period, Maadi Era, 4th millennium BCE Western Delta, Merimde Beni Salama; JE 97472 One of the earliest human representations found in Egypt

 

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Donation Stela with Image of the God Heka

Donation Stela with Image of the God Heka ("Magic"), the Goddess Sakhmet and a Curse, ca. 945-715 B.C.E. Limestone, 15 1/2 x 7 5/16 x 4 15/16 in. (39.3 x 18.5 x 12.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 67.119. Creative Commons-BY. The stela shows the Chief of the Libu Titaru son of Didi (the one with the feather on his head), offering tho the two aforementioned deities. It is dated to the regnal year 15 (or 17) of pharaoh Shoshenq V of the 22nd Dynasty. Probably from Kom Firin, western Nile Delta.

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cow-goddess Hathor

This rare relief shows King Necho II facing the cow-goddess Hathor, who wears a vulture headdress topped by a sun-disk and cow horns. The inscription above the goddess may once have read, "I grant you every country in submission."

Relief with Hathor and pharaoh Necho II, from Kom el-Hisn. Walters Art Museum

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Naos of Amasis II at Tell El-Ruba (ancient Mendes)

 

Naos of Amasis II at Tell El-Ruba (ancient Mendes)

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Mosaic from Thmuis,

Mosaic from Thmuis, Egypt, created by the Hellenistic artist Sophilos (signature) about 200 BC, now in the Greco-Roman Museum in Alexandria, Egypt. The woman depicts the Ptolemaic Queen Berenike II (who ruled jointly with her husband Ptolemy III) as the personification of Alexandria. Dr. Joann Fletcher (Cleopatra the Great: The Woman Behind the Legend, New York: Harper, 2008, ISBN 978-0-06-058558-7, plates between pp. 246-247) writes that Queen Berenike II's headdress shows a ship's prow, while she sports an anchor-shaped brooch for her robes, symbols of her kingdom's naval prowess and successes in the Mediterranean Sea.

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