Egyptian Art of Antiquity & Museums Photos

Original images of Egyptian antiquities in museums by category (with museums in see also section below). They are posted for educational purposes only. None of these objects are for sale.

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Predynastic Egyptian Objects prior to c3000 BCE Egyptian predynastic bone amulets of bull's head, comb with head of man & figure at Neues Museum. Berlin, Germany Egyptian predynastic ivory figures of women with child at Neues Museum. Berlin, Germany Egyptian predynastic ceramic vessel with giraffe decoration at Neues Museum. Berlin, Germany
Ancient Egyptian Portrait & Standing Statues Egyptian statue of Metjetji probably from Saqqara at Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, NY Ancient Egyptian column capital with face of goddess Bat from Bubastis at Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA Head from statue of daughter of Pharaoh Akhenaten of quartzite at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany
Egyptian Mummies & Sarcophagi Detail of Egyptian cartonnage of Nespanetjerenpare possibly from Thebes at Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, NY Upper part of coffin of Queen Sat-Djehuti from West Thebes at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany Ancient Egyptian mummy case of Tenetreti-Scherit at Kunsthistorisches Museum. Vienna, Austria
Egyptian Ushabti Figurines Ushebtis figures used to do work for departed in the afterlife at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany Egyptian Shawabti of Lady Sati probably from Saqqara at Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, NY Egyptian painted wooden model boat at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX
Egyptian Canopic Jars Egyptian canopic jars at Memorial Art Gallery. Rochester, NY Egyptian canopic chest from Saqqara at Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, NY Collection of ancient Egyptian mummies at Kunsthistorisches Museum. Vienna, Austria
Egyptian Stelae Painted wooden funerary stela from Egypt late 3rd intermediate period at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY Egyptian limestone scene of feeding calves originally from Amarna at Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, NY Ancient Egyptian relief of Cheti at Kunsthistorisches Museum. Vienna, Austria
Egyptian Hieroglyphs Detail of Egyptian Book of the Dead showing weighing of sole at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany Egyptian outer coffin of Pa-Debehu-Aset at Memorial Art Gallery. Rochester, NY Detail of Egyptian coffin of Pa-Debehu-Aset at Memorial Art Gallery. Rochester, NY
Egyptian Animal Figures Silver statue of god Horus as falcon wearing double crown at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany Egyptian faience hippo at Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, NY Egyptian Thoth, god of writing & knowledge as a baboon faience statue at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX
Egyptian Ibis Figures Egyptian ibis figure of bronze & onyx at Carnegie Museum of Art. Pittsburgh, PA Egyptian bronze & alabaster ibis mummy coffin at San Antonio Museum of Art. San Antonio, TX Egyptian wooden coffin painted with sacred ibis of Thoth at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX
Egyptian Jewelry Ancient Egyptian beaded broad collar at Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA Armband with standing goddess of gold & glass at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany Greek gold snake bracelet from Egypt at Getty Museum Villa. Malibu, CA
Egyptian Rattles, Mirrors & Metal Objects Bronze sistrum from Rome played by women in Egyptian temples at Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum. San Jose, CA Ancient Egyptian bronze caryatid mirror from Sudan Taharqa Temple at Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA Bronze furniture fragment in shape of duck at Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, NY
Egyptian Amulets & Scarabs Jackal amulets from New Kingdom at Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum. San Jose, CA Two winged scarabs associated with sun god at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany Funerary blue amulet of kneeling god with wings from Egypt early Ramesside period at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY
Ancient Egyptian Stone & Ceramic Vessels Glass chalice in shape of lotus with name of Pharaoh Thutmose III from Thebes at Museum Ägyptischer Kunst. Munich, Germany Egyptian glass lens-shaped flask at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY Roman glazed terracotta vase made in Egypt at Memorial Art Gallery. Rochester, NY
Ancient Glass Ancient Egyptian faience & glass palace inlays showing Nubian & Philistine slaves from Thebes at Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA Egyptian core-formed glass bottle at Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, NY Egyptian glass plaque head with row of prisoners at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY
Ancient Egyptian Furniture Egyptian wood & ivory chair at Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, NY Wooden headrests or pillows at Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum. San Jose, CA Cosmetic spoon carved as nude in wood at Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum. San Jose, CA
Egyptian Columns Papyrus-style columns at Temple of Karnak. Egypt Original two millennia old painted columns at Temple of Khnum in Esna. Egypt Ancient Egyptian papyrus bud column from Bubastis at Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA
Egyptian Fayum Burial Portraits Funerary Portrait of Young Girl from Roman Egypt at Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH Romano-Egyptian mummy portrait of woman from Ankyronpolis at Getty Museum Villa. Malibu, CA Egyptian funeral mask of boy with floral garland at Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, NY
Mosque Lamps Enameled & gilded glass mosque lamp from Egypt at Smithsonian Freer Gallery of Art. Washington, DC Glass mosque lamp from Egypt or Syria at Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, NY Glass mosque lamp probably from Egypt at Toledo Glass Pavilion. Toledo, OH
Egyptian Revival Architecture Grove Street Cemetery Entrance plus 1872 Gothic chapel with bee symbolizing released souls behind. New Haven, CT Carved granite Egyptian sphinx of Masonic Temple. Salt Lake City, UT Egyptian mural in ballroom of Fox Theatre. Atlanta, GA
Egyptian Revival Decorative Arts Egyptian Revival chair by Christopher Dresser made by Chubb & Sons or Thomas Knight of England at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland Silver & glass Egyptian-Revival centerpiece by Dominick & Haff at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL Arts & Crafts table runner with Egyptian revival scarab embroidery in Corbett House at Tucson Museum of Art. Tucson, AZ
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