الجمعة، 3 فبراير 2012

Queen Nefertary playing the draught 
Scene depicting queen Nefertary, chief wife of Ramses II, playing the draught. Her name Nefertary means " the most beautiful of them ". This scene is a part of her tomb at the Valley of the Queens, West Bank Luxor.
New Kingdom, XIX th Dynasty.
Original: painted plaster.
Model: 75×72 cm

A Head of one of Akhenaten's daughters  A model of a head of one of king Akhenaten's daughters, the first to call for monotheism
New Kingdom: XVIII th Dynasty.
Original: Brown quartzite
Egyptian Museum
Model: 10X9X9 cm.

الأربعاء، 1 فبراير 2012

Anubis upon a Shrine 
This statue of the god Anubis was found in the tomb of king Tutankhamon in the form of a black jackal, resting upon a shrine. Anubis was a funerary god, he guides the dead in the next world and introduces the deceased into the tribunal of judges for the weighing of the heart.
New Kingdom
Egyptian Museum
Original: Gilded wood
Miniature Model: 25×15×9 cm

                                                                 The female brewer 
Statue of a female servant brewer, kneading the dough made of moistened bread in a strainer. The beer was produced by fermenting the barley bread in water, perhaps sprinkled with a little date liquor. Statues of servants were put in the tombs to continue their daily services for their masters in the next world .          Mastaba of Meresankh , Giza .
  Old kingdom, V th Dynasty .
Original : Painted limestone .
Egyptian Museum .
Model : 25X15X10 cm