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17/09/2026

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12/08/2026

Head of King Senwosret I

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02/08/2026

Sarcophagus of Djehutymose

This coarse-grained granite sarcophagus of Djehutymose was discovered in 1915 in a burial shaft at Tuna el-Gebel. Djehutymose served as the ‘Great Overseer of Cattle of Amun-Re in Upper and Lower Egypt’ and ‘Overseer of Works in the House of Thoth’ during Dynasty 19. On the lid, Djehutymose is shown in the shape of a mummy wearing a hair wig decorated with three garlands and a bouquet of lotus flowers. A broad collar and a pectoral adorn his chest and his hands are crossed on his chest in the Osiride form, clenching the ankh (life) and djed (stability). Below, the goddess Nut is kneeling with winged arms on the nwb sign (gold). Five transverse bands of text divide the lid into vignettes showing Djehutymose standing and kneeling before the Sons of Horus. At the foot end of the lid are two wedjat eyes and the goddesses Isis and Nephthys kneeling before the shen sign (eternity). Scenes of deities decorate the outer walls of the bottom of the sarcophagus, including the ibis-headed god Thoth who is depicted four times holding a standard with the heaven sign on top. His role is to open the sky to allow the four winds to enter the nose of the deceased. Interestingly, this sarcophagus was inscribed not only with spells from the Book of the Dead but also with excerpts from different spells from the Pyramid Texts not attested on other stone sarcophagi of that time.

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24/07/2026

Seated Statue of Goddess Sekhmet

Sekhmet, whose name means ‘she who is powerful’, was associated with fire and destruction, and also with protection of the king. King Amenhotep III placed sitting and standing statues of the goddess in his mortuary cult temple on the West Bank at Thebes. About 300 years later, some of the statues were transported across the River Nile to a temple of the goddess Mut at Karnak.

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16/06/2026

Pyramidion of an Obelisk of Queen Hatshepsut

This red granite pyramidion originally belonged to an obelisk erected by Queen Hatshepsut at the Temple of Amun-Re at Karnak. It was discovered in 1861 in the area behind King Thutmose III’s Hall of Festivals. It has been detached below its base and it includes a few centimeters of the shaft of the obelisk. The original representations showed the queen kneeling with her back to Amun-Re who blesses the crown on her head. Later, these were altered, probably by King Thutmose III, who replaced the figure of the queen with two altars and changed the gesture of the god who now holds the was scepter (prosperity) and the ankh sign (life). The first two columns of texts, which contained the queen's name, were also erased.

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10/06/2026

Sphinx of Amenemhat III

The granite sphinx of Amenemhat III was discovered at Tanis (today San al-Haggar). It shows Amenemhat III with a human face and a lion’s body, in other words, a perfect creature, as intelligent as a human being yet as strong as a lion.

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04/06/2026

Model of ancient Egyptian soldiers

This group model of ancient Egyptian soldiers was found in the tomb of Mesehti, a local governor of Asyut at the end of the First Intermediate Period and the beginning of the Middle Kingdom.

The group consists of forty soldiers arranged in ten lines. They are colored reddish brown, their strong tan indicating their continuous and elaborate open-air training. They have a tidy hair cut which covers their ears and a very short kilt to facilitate movement, and they carry lances and shields.

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03/06/2026

Ramesses II Seated Statue

This is one of a group of King Ramesses II Statues from the Eastern Delta thought to date from the beginning of his reign.
The inscriptions describe him as 'Ruler of Two Lands, Ruler of Joy'.

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02/06/2026

The Golden Burial Mask of Tutankhamun

This mask of solid gold is one of the most famous objects in the world. It was found placed over the head and shoulders of Tutankhamun’s mummified remains. The king is made to look like the god Osiris, ruler of the underworld, and the sun god Re whose body was made of gold and hair of lapis lazuli. At the same time, this is a perfect version of Tutankhamun’s face, recognisable from his coffins, statues and temple reliefs. An inscription on the back provides further protection by identifying parts of the mask with different gods ‘Your forehead is Anubis, your right eye is the night boat (of Re), your left eye is the day boat, your eyebrows are in the company of nine gods’.

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