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Entrance to Museum Ägyptischer Kunst (Museum of Egyptian Art) modeled after entrance to Egyptian tomb (2013) (Gabelsbergerstr. 35). Munich, Germany. Architect: Peter Böhm. | Central light well within Museum Ägyptischer Kunst lights subterranean galleries. Munich, Germany. | Central light well within Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Central light well within Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. |
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Facade of building shared by Museum Ägyptischer Kunst & University of Television & Film. Munich, Germany. | Facade of building shared by Museum Ägyptischer Kunst & University of Television & Film (2013) (Gabelsbergerstr. 35). Munich, Germany. Architect: Peter Böhm. | Facade of building shared by Museum Ägyptischer Kunst & University of Television & Film. Munich, Germany. | Facade of building shared by Museum Ägyptischer Kunst & University of Television & Film. Munich, Germany. |
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Entrance gallery at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Gallery at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Handle of vessel in shape of reclining gazelle of alabaster (c2950 BCE - early Dynasty 1) from East Delta at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Family group of Sabu, wife Meritites & son Iseb of painted limestone (5th Dynasty - c2400 BCE) at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. |
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Seated figure of physician Sesheshen-sa-Hathor of granite (12th Dynasty - c1880 BCE) from Ezbet Rushdi at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Upper half of seated figure of Pharaoh Amenemhat III of limestone (12th Dynasty - c1880 BCE) from Fayum? at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Maned sphinx of Pharaoh Amenemhat III of limestone (12th Dynasty - c1880 BCE) at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Head from sphinx of pharaoh Sesostris III of granite (12th Dynasty - c1870 BCE) at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. |
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Kneeling figure of Royal Scribe Rekhmire holding symbol of goddess Hathor of quartzite (18th Dynasty - c1400 BCE) from Koptos at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Striding figure of god Horus of granite (18th Dynasty - c1360 BCE) from West Thebes at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Block statue of High Priest of Amun Bakenkhonsu of limestone (18th Dynasty - c1320 BCE, altered c1220 BCE) from Thebes Karnack at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Head of statue of Thutmose IV with Blue Crown of steatite (18th Dynasty - c1380 BCE) from West Thebes at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. |
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Portrait heads of priest (Ptolemaic Dynasty - 323-30 BCE) & man (4th Dynasty - c2550 BCE) at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Cult statue of crocodile of copper (12th Dynasty - c1800 BCE) from Fayum? at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Kneeling figure of architect Senenmut holding symbol of goddess Hathor of granite (18th Dynasty - c1470 BCE) from Armant at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Head from statue of daughter of Pharaoh Akhenaten of quartzite (18th Dynasty - c1345 BCE) at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. |
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Seated figure of priest Neye & his mother Mutnofret of limestone (19th Dynasty - c1250 BCE) from West Thebes at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Four lids from canopic (viscera) jars of limestone (12th Dynasty - c1850 BCE) at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Coffins of Herit-Ubekhet (21st Dynasty - c1000 BCE) from West Thebes at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Stela of nomarch Sobeki of limestone (12th Dynasty - c1900 BCE) from Abydos at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. |
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Stela of Standard Bearer & Chief of Mercenaries Usi of limestone (18th Dynasty - c1380 BCE) from Memphis at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Stela of Hereditary Prince Sobeknakht of alabaster (18th Dynasty - c1380 BCE) from Amarna? at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Tomb relief of deceased seated with his wife before offering table of limestone (18th Dynasty - c1320 BCE) from Saqqara at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Collection of ancient Egyptian heads & figures at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. |
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Portrait head of man wearing lotus-bud diadem of granite (Ptolemaic-Roman Dynasty - 1stC BCE) from Dime? at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Standing figure of goddess Isis of granite (Ptolemaic-Roman Dynasty - 3rdC BCE) at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Egyptian-style Roman royal statue of marble ( c135) from Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Egyptian-style Roman statue of Antinous (a favorite of Emperor Hadrian) of marble ( c135) from Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. |
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Egyptian-style Roman Obelisk of Titus Sextius Africanus of rose granite ( c50) from Rome at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Upper half of seated King Ramses II holding crook & flail of sandstone (19th Dynasty - c1240 BCE) from Nubia at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Ceramic vessel in shape of hippopotamus (Predynastic Period - c3500 BCE) at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Unfinished head of rose granite (3rd Dynasty - 2700-2600 BCE) at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. |
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Mummy mask of young man (Roman - 150-200) at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Gallery at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Figure of servant grinding flour of Limestone (6th Dynasty - c2250 BCE) at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Funerary model of cattle (12th Dynasty - c1900 BCE) at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. |
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Upper part of coffin of Queen Sat-Djehuti (17th Dynasty - c1575 BCE) from West Thebes at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Cattle butchering scene relief on limestone (5-6th Dynasty - c2300 BCE) from Saqqara at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Ushebtis figures used to do work for departed in the afterlife at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Egyptian coffins (17th Dynasty - c1600 BCE) & (18th Dynasty - c1500 BCE) at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. |
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Egyptian coffins of Imenemwuya - Guardian of Barque of Amun (20th Dynasty - c1200 BCE) at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Egyptian coffins at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Engraved tablets & pectorals to mark mummies (ranging 1500 BCE-1stC CE) at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Egyptian amulets symbolizing deceased's souls (1500-500 BCE) at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. |
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Egyptian amulets of faience & glass (1500-500 BCE) at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Mummy portrait of old man (Roman times 2ndC CE) from El-Rubajat at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Mummy portrait of old woman (Roman times 1stC CE) from El-Rubajat at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Mummy with portrait of child (Roman times c80 CE) from Hawara at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. |
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Egyptian mummy masks (Roman times 1st-2ndC CE) at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Egyptian Book of the Dead on Papyrus (Ptolemaic Dynasty - 3rd-2ndC BCE) with movable computer screen at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Movable computer screen synchronized to explain each section of Egyptian Book of the Dead above at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Computer screen explains Egyptian Book of the Dead as it moves at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. |
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Detail of Egyptian Book of the Dead showing weighing of sole (Ptolemaic Dynasty - 3rd-2ndC BCE) at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Detail of Egyptian Book of the Dead showing weighing of sole explained on computer screen at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Three bronze shrews associated with sun god (700-400 BCE) at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Two winged scarabs associated with sun god (6th-2ndC BCE) at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. |
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Bronze family of Osiris (7th-2ndC BCE) at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Figures of local gods (14th-1stC BCE) displayed on map of Nile around upper Egypt at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Figures of local gods (14th-1stC BCE) displayed on map of Nile around delta of Lower Egypt at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Silver statue of god Horus as falcon wearing double crown (27th Dynasty - c500 BCE) at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. |
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Egyptian amulets of faience, steatite & stone (2000-100 BCE) at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Wood & bronze crouching ibis figure associated with Thoth, god of scribes (400-300s BCE) at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Bronze naos-style sistrum rattle (500-300s BCE) at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Faience arc-style sistrum rattle (500-300s BCE) at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. |
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Bronze situla water bucket (200s BCE) at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Granite statue of god Horus as falcon (200s BCE) from upper Egypt at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Egyptian gods worshiped in Rome at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Head of god Serapis (2ndC CE) from Alexandria? first introduced to Egypt by Alexander the Great at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. |
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Statue of Ganymede (3rdC CE) from Behnasa at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Coptic Christian reliefs of limestone (4th-5thC CE) from Deir Abu Hennis at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Coptic garments (4th-6thC CE) at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Coptic tomb stela for youth of limestone (4thC CE) from Antinoopolis at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. |
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Coptic tomb stela for boy with grapes & dog of limestone (4thC CE) from Antinoopolis at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Coptic terra sigillata ceramic plate with hares (3rd-6thC CE) at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Display on evolution of writing at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Coptic Christian relief of saint in sandstone (4th-6thC CE) from Deir Abu Hennis at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. |
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Faience figures of hippos & mouse (12th Dynasty - 2000-1800 BCE) at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Glass chalice in shape of lotus with name of Pharaoh Thutmose III (18th Dynasty - 1450 BCE) from Thebes at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Figures depicting scorned Nubian enemy of Egypt (1350-400 BCE) at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Neolithic ceramic incised bowls (5000-4000 BCE) found in Egypt at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. |
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Neolithic stone & ceramic female figures & objects (5000-4000 BCE) found in Egypt at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Tulip-shaped ceramic goblet (2200-1500 BCE) from Sudanese kingdom of Kerma at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Objects from Kingdom of Napata, a Nubian people who ruled Egypt (746-655 BCE) at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Jewelry from ancient Egypt at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. |
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Armband with mummiform gods of gold & glass at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Chain links with head of Hathor & Eyes of Horus of gold & glass at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Armband with standing goddess of gold & glass at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Armband with standing goddess of gold & glass at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. |
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Assyrian Tree of Life being pollinated by two winged genies (c870 BCE) from Nimrud NW Palace of Kings at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Assyrian two winged genies with various attributes (c870 BCE) from Nimrud NW Palace of Kings at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Assyrian two winged genie (c870 BCE) from Nimrud NW Palace of Kings at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Assyrian two winged genie (c870 BCE) from Nimrud NW Palace of Kings at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. |
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Assyrian two winged genie (c870 BCE) from Nimrud NW Palace of Kings at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Assyrian two winged genie (c870 BCE) from Nimrud NW Palace of Kings at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Assyrian two winged genie (c870 BCE) from Nimrud NW Palace of Kings at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. | Cuneiform detail of Assyrian two winged genie (c870 BCE) from Nimrud NW Palace of Kings at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. |
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Striding lion, sacred animal of goddess Ishtar (c580 BCE) from Babylon procession street at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany. |
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