This copper alloy statue depicts Osiris, the god of the dead. Copper alloy statues such as this were common during the First Millennium BC, when they (cont.)

This painted plaster on limestone relief depicts the workman Khabekhnet and his wife Sahte making offerings to Ptah, Ptah-Sokar, and Isis. Despite the (cont.)

This crudely carved wooden figure represents Anubis, the jackal god of mummification and protector of the dead. On this figure, Anubis is shown with a (cont.)

This limestone ostracon depicts a large figure of a cow, likely representing the goddess Hathor. Below this are four men with their arms raised in ado (cont.)

Pottery slipper coffins are among the oddest looking things ever used in ancient Egyptian burials. They are known from the New Kingdom onward in Egypt (cont.)

W1367b is one of two fragments of the inner granodiorite coffin of Amenhotep son of Hapu in the Egypt Centre. Amenhotep was the most famous official o (cont.)

This object is a back panel of a Ptah-Sokar-Osiris figure. The two columns of hieroglyphs contain a hymn addressed to Ptah-Sokar-Osiris, a composite d (cont.)

W1377 is a fragment of painted plaster depicting a male tomb owner seated before a table of offerings. Stylistically, this relief dates to the second (cont.)

Pottery offering trays such as this one date from the First Intermediate Period through the Middle Kingdom (2181–1650 BC). They were typically placed (cont.)

The contents of this bundle were unknown before it was X-rayed at the local Pets at Home store in 2012. The X-rays revealed it to be a mummified cobra (cont.)

W957 is a limestone stand for an offering table. The object is inscribed on two sides, one of which contains a dedication of offerings to Amun of the (cont.)

This stone figure of a man, which is quite rare, dates to the Predynastic Period. Since similar figures are usually carved from hippopotamus ivory, it (cont.)

W1366 is a so-called soldier stela, of a type common during the First Intermediate Period. The soldier, who is unnamed, holds a long bow in one hand a (cont.)

This wooden bed leg is one of two in the Egypt Centre, which clearly originate from the same object. The leg is painted with an image of the god Bes a (cont.)

This crudely carved stela contains a depiction of a woman shaking a sistrum before a squatting baboon. The presence of the disc and crescent moon on t (cont.)

W400 is a squat, round-based breccia bowl with lugs. The lugs have no holes through them, which may suggest that the vessel was unfinished, or its pur (cont.)

This relief depicts a seated man with his arms raised in adoration before the Apis Bull. Yet all is not quite as it seems. At some point in the object (cont.)

This copper alloy dagger is notable for the inclusion of the cartouche of mn-ḫpr-rꜥ (Thutmose III) at the base of the blade. Several examples of such (cont.)

Most funerary stelae from the Byzantine Period in Egypt show one or more creatures or symbols set within a framework of architectural elements represe (cont.)

At first glance, this relief many not look particularly special, but a careful analysis of the iconography and inscription indicates that it depicts t (cont.)