Early Dynastic Baboon Figurines by Sarah Preece
These are photographs of a set of baboon figurines in the British Museum taken by Sarah Preece. (Sarah is primarily a nature and potrait photographer so she loved these little figures. They are small, maybe just a couple of inches tall, maybe 3″.) The group dates to the 1st or 2nd Dynasty and were found [more…]
By Sarah Preece
Islamic items from Egypt in the Tareq Ragab Museum, Kuwait. By Barbara O’Neill
The Tareq Ragab Museum, Kuwait opened in 1980 primarily to house a vast private collection of Islamic art and calligraphy. Dar El Cid (Image 1) the exhibition hall of the museum is home to a rare, privately-owned set of David Roberts Lithographs of Egypt, Nubia and the Holy Land. While its focus is [more…]
Tomb of the Overseer of the Treasury Maya, Saqqara, by Kate Gingell
Editor’s Note: The team resp0nsible for the excavation and restoration of the tomb have provided an excellent summary of both Maya and his tomb on the Saqqara.nl website. In the administration of Tutankhamen, Maya was a contemporary of the General Horemheb, who later became Pharaoh, and both were involved in stabilising Egypt following the [more…]
By Kate Gingell
Tomb of Horemheb, Saqqara, by Kate Gingell
Editor’s Note We are most grateful to Kate Gingell for supplying us with a short series of photographs that she took at Saqqara. Her photos from the tomb of Horemheb are lovely. Horemheb was an important army general of the 18th Dynasty who became the last pharaoh of that dynasty, following Tutankhamen and [more…]
By Kate Gingell
Serabit el-Khadim by Francis Lankester
Editor’s note: Serabit el-Khadim, in south-west Sinai, was a turquoise and copper mine exploited from the Predynastic period onwards. Most of the surviving remains, including mining shafts and tunnels, inscriptions carved into the surrounding rocks, stelae and a temple complex date to the Middle and New Kingdoms. The main deity of the [more…]
Tombs at Djanet (Tanis) by Francis Lankester
A second set of photographs by Francis Lankester from Djanet, this time capturing the tombs at the site. [more…]
Djanet (Tanis) by Francis Lankester
Editor’s Comment: Our thanks to Francis, who wrote the article Who Is King Scorpion?, for the above set of photographs of Djanet ( – hold the cursor over the hieroglyphs to view them) , more commonly known by its Greek name Tanis. Located in the eastern Delta, Tanis was particularly important during the Third [more…]
Valley of the Kings from the Theban Hills by Heidi Kontkanen
A set of photographs of the Valley of the Kings near Luxor taken in December 2011. These days there is a photography ban in the Valley of the Kings so these were taken from the Theban Hills looking down into the valley. There is a second set to follow in a couple of weeks. There [more…]
Fatimid Rock Crystal in the V&A Museum, London
There are three items on display at present, although the V&A inventory implies that there are other similar objects on display in their collection. They can be found on the ground floor to the left of the central lobby in the Islamic Art section. Multiple views of the large rock crystal ewer have been provided [more…]
By Sarah Preece
Bust of Ptolemy I – British Museum
In addition to the usual variety of our photo albums, occasionally I like to add a small album of photos of a single item which can be used as a rescource for those writing about the topic. We know first hand how hard it can be to source images. So the images in this album [more…]
Illustrations from 1849
As a variation from photographs here are some illustrations from the Nineteenth Century: The British Museum. Egyptian Antiquities. Volume 1. Published by M.A.Nattali. 1849. p.259. By George Long. The book is now out of copyright and the scans are my own. The illustrations have a particular charm and elegance to them that readers may [more…]
By Andie
Early Predynastic objects at the Ashmolean
The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford (UK) has an excellent collection of Predynastic items. These photographs were taken before the refurbishment of the Egyptian collections, which will be opening next month, and represent a tiny proportion of the Predynastic items that were on display. It always impressed me that the Ashmolean was willing to display [more…]
Objects from Birmingham Museum by Stuart Tyler
Many thanks to Stuart for providing photographs from the Birmingham Museum collection. The Birmingham Museum website only offers a few highlights of their Egyptology collection, so it is a pleasure to be able to show a selection of other artefacts in their care. It is also good to be able to showcase some of the [more…]
By Stuart Tyler
Photos from the Glyptotek, Copenhagen, by Maria Arykova
Thanks very much to Maria Arykova for the latest set of 6 photos, taken at the Glyptotek Ny Carlsberg Museum in Copenhagen. Maria is studying studying Egyptology via an on-line Egyptology course at Manchester University, U.K.. I am envious – the Glyptotek is on my list of museums with Egyptology collections yet to visit. [more…]
The Tomb-Chapel of Nebamun by Andrea Byrnes
The Nebamun gallery at the British Museum re-opened in 2009 after an extensive project of restoration. The exhibit consists of a number of scenes from an Eighteenth Dynasty tomb-chapel in the Luxor area, the location now lost, purchased by the British Museum in the 1820s. Other smaller scenes were purchased by other museums. The painting [more…]
Photos of the Temple of Hathor at Dendera by James Whitfield
This is a small set of particularly fine photos by James, who has posted a number of other albums. The Ptolemaic Temple of Hathor at Dendera is sometimes overlooked by enthusiasts of the older Pharaonic temples, but it is remarkably rich and has a certain magic all of its own. It was built over [more…]
By Andie
Photos of the tomb of Senenmut (TT353) by Glyn Morris
Glyn took these photographs in 1990 and we are very grateful for this rare view of such an interesting site. Senenmut was a chief steward of Hatshepsut, and a particularly important member of her court. He supervised various architectural works for the female Pharaoh in and around Luxor, including the erection of her [more…]
By Andie
Photos of the Akhmenu by Glyn Morris
The Akhmenu, a temple within the Karnak temple complex, is a rectangular structure with a number of chapels and shrines to its rear, including a set of rooms dedicated to the deity Sokar. These photographs show the front, Festival Hall, component of the temple with its pillared hall. Consisting of a rectangular pillared [more…]
By Glyn Morris
Green Stilstone Head of Late Dynastic King
This is a short album comprising three photographs (© Kate Phizackerley) of a single item on display in the British Museum London. Rather than show multiple objects I have shown a front view, a left side profile and a front right quarter view to give a much better impression of the head. The British Musuem [more…]
Photos of Medinet Habu – Part II – by Heidi Kontkanen
Second and final part of a series of photographs of Medinet Habu by Heidi Kontkanen. You can also find more of Heidi’s photos on Flickr. (I have adjusted the colour cast of the coloured reliefs to bring out the colours a bit better. I’ve also cropped them to a variety of sizes so that the [more…]