Ancient Egypt

From the Predynastic Periodto the the Middle Kingdom

Hapi Uniting Upper and Lower Egypt

Nilometer

Hieroglyphs, Hieratic,and Demotic

Rosetta Stone

Hieroglyphs

Demotic

Greek

Religion

Ra or Re (Horus-Re), c. 1298-1235 BCE

Re as a Scarab14th c. BCE

Amun, 945-712 BCE

Scarab Inscribed with the Name Amun-Re, 1472-1458 BCE

Amun as a Ram, 767-656 BCE

Isis Nursing Horus, c. 330 BCE

Osiris, c. 1070-1066 BCE

Seth (Set) Slaying a Serpent521-486 BCE

Horus as a Crowned Falcon, 7th c. BCE

Wadjet (Horus Eye) Amuletc. 1070-664 BCE

Hathor with Sun Disk and Wadjetc. 1300 BCE

Hathor, c. 16th-13th c. BCE

Ptah, c. 945-600 BCE

Anubis, c. 330 BCE

Thoth as a Baboon, c. 1400 BCE

Thoth with Wadjet, c. 664-332 BCE

Thoth as an Ibis, 6th-5th c. BCE

Thoth Worshiped, c. 330 BCE

Thoth, 664-332 BCE

Bastet (Bast) as a Cat, 663-525 BCE

Apis, 7th-4th c. BCE

Apis, Sun Disk, and Uraeus, 6th c. BCE

Preparation for the Afterlife

Three Forms of the Spirit

Ba Bird Statue, 305-30 BCE

Wooden Ka Statue, 1785-1668 BCE

Akh (Hieroglyph)

Getting to the Afterworld

Pyramid Texts (Old Kingdom)

Coffin Texts (Middle Kingdom)

Coffin Eyes, 1981-1975 BCE

The Book of the Dead (New Kingdom)

Weighing of the Heart as Ammit Waits

Mummification

Mummy Mask

Sarcophagus

Canopic Jars

Cat Mummy and Sarcophagos305 BCE

Cat Mummy Mask

Ibis Mummy, 400 BCE-100 CE

Funerary Models

Shabti Box with Shabtis1279-1213 BCE

Man Plowing1981-1885 BCE

Birthing Cow, c. 2000 BCE

Cattle, c. 3000 BCE

Funerary Boat, 1981-1975 BCE

The Predynastic Period

c. 3500-3050 BCE

The Palette of Narmer

c. 3100 BCE

Mastaba Tomb of Pernebc. 2831-2323 BCE

The Old Kingdom

c. 2686-2181 BCE

Stepped Pyramid of King Zoser (Djoser)Saqqara, c. 2600 BCE

The Great Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu) at Giza

c. 2530 BCE

The Grand Gallery

The Royal Ship of Khufu

The Great Sphinx

c. 2500 BCE

Old Kingdom Sculpture

Pharaoh Chefren, c. 2500 BCE

Pharaoh Mycerinus and Queen Khamerernebty, c. 2490-2472 BCE

Seated Scribe, c. 2400 BCE

Old Kingdom Reliefs

Ti Watching a Hippopotamus Huntc. 2500-2400 BCE

Waterfowl in a Clapnet2020-2000 BCE

Birds in a Papyrus Thicket2020-2000 BCE

The Middle Kingdom

c. 2040-1786 BCE

Beni Hasan

c. 2100-1800 BCE

Asiatics (Canaanites?) Entering Egypt

Wrestlers

Birds in an Acacia Tree