A painted limestone relief depicting Khabekhnet and his wife Sahte presenting offerings to the gods Ptah, Ptah-Sokar, and Isis. Several enthroned deit (cont.)

Such vessels have been found in Palestine as well as in Egypt. While their exact function is unknown, it has been suggested that they contained wine o (cont.)

This is made from steatite, a soft stone also known as soapstone. It is commonly referred to as a Horus stela or cippus. In ancient Egypt, a cippus wa (cont.)

W1013 is a rare object: a cartonnage coffin possibly dating to the Twenty-sixth Dynasty. It had been considered as fake as the hieroglyphs on the case (cont.)

Cartonnage death masks were painted or gilded since gold represents the flesh of the gods. Additionally, the hair is a dark blue colour since the hair (cont.)

This Twenty-first Dynasty coffin belonged to Iwesemhesetmut, who was a musician in the temple of Amun at Thebes. The coffin was probably excavated in (cont.)

The term ‘sarcophagus’ comes from the Greek, and literally means ‘flesh-eating’. It refers to a large stone container into which the wooden coffin (or (cont.)

Amenhotep Son of Hapu was born around 1430 BCE in Athribis (Lower Egypt) and became scribe and royal architect of the king. His titles include Command (cont.)

W379 is one of twenty shabtis in the Egypt Centre collection belonging to Ptahhotep, scribe of the divine offerings in the House of Amun. The figure h (cont.)

This small wooden bird has a human head, beard, and wears a broad collar. The wood is covered with gesso (plaster) and is brightly painted. Originally (cont.)

W164 is commonly referred to as a ‘reserve head’. Despite being life-sized, it was clearly not part of a larger statue as it is carefully smoothed off (cont.)

Theban tomb painting depicting a man seated on a chair sniffing a lotus blossom. Before him is a table contains various breads and cakes, meat, grapes (cont.)

W481 is a red pottery offering tray of a quasi-rectangular shape with two water channels. Depicted are the head of an ox, four pieces of bread, a trus (cont.)

Wooden funerary stela belonging to a priest at Edfu called Pasherienimhotep. The top register (lunette) depicts two jackals flanking a djed-pillar. Th (cont.)

Painted cartonnage mask for the mummy of a cat. In the Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Period (747–30 BCE), cats were specifically mummified in honour of t (cont.)