spiritsdancinginthenight:

Flooded Temple of Isis, Island of Philae, Aswan, Egypt, c. 1900-1920.

tail-feathers:

Six Geese a-Laying

Egyptian wall painting c. 2600 BC; copy made by Nina Davies

spiritsdancinginthenight:

Tomb of Amenemope, c. 1186-1069 B.C., Theban Necropolis.
Photograph by kairoinfo4u | flickr

“The statuary group in the niche consists of three male figures seated next to each other on a bench, which extends across the full width. The composition is of the same order of size as the statues found in the transverse chamber.
         The central figure represents a mummiform Osiris, identified by vertical texts on either side him. These read on one side: “Osiris Wennefer, the great god, ruler of eternity” on one side and as “Osiris-Sokar, lord of Shetyt” on the other. Osiris is wearing the atef-crown and probably once held the crook and flail in his hands, which are crossed over his chest. He is flanked on either side by Amenemope, whose images are no less imposing than his, each being only 20 cm smaller. They, too, are identified by texts above them, on the rear wall.”

- http://osirisnet.net/

ggrissom:

Section of a Temple Relief - Limestone, excavated at Tell El-Retaba, 1292-1190 BCE (Dynasty 19) - scene depicting Ramesses II slaying an Asiatic enemy. The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 3260 South St, Philadelphia, PA 19104..

theancientwayoflife:

~ Statuette of Wah.
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: 12th Dynasty
Reign: reign of Amenemhat I, early
Date: ca. 1981–1975 B.C.
Place of origin: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Southern Asasif, Tomb of Wah (MMA 1102), beside feet of mummy, MMA excavations, 1920
Medium: Cedar, plaster, paint, linen.

amntenofre:

the Goddess Bastet in Her form of sacred cat playing with Her kitten;
detail of a bronze statuette; 664-332 BCE. Now in the Louvre Museum…

amntenofre:

ram-headed sphinxes representing the God Amon-Ra, from the Forecourt (“the Court of King Sheshonq I”) of ‘Ipet-sut’ (“Karnak”), the highly sacred Precinct of Amon-Ra at ‘Uaset’-Thebes. Between the front paws of the sphinxes, statuettes of King Ramses II assimilated to the God Osiris

theancientwayoflife:

~ Funerary shroud.
Culture: Egyptian
Period: Roman Imperial Period
Date: A.D. mid 1st–late 1st century
Medium: Painted linen

pelusian:

The Pyramids of Giza, from a series of the ‘Seven Wonders of the World’ published in ‘Munchener Bilderbogen’, 1886

Ferdinand Knab (1834-1902)

spiritsdancinginthenight:

Statue of Thutmose III
18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, reign of Thutmose III, from the temple of Karnak.
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medjaichieftain:

Egyptian falcon mummy, at the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden national archaeological museum, Leiden, the Netherlands.