Egyptian art

The Egyptian Hieroglyphs first appeared in writing around 3300 BC and developed continuously as a living language until the fourteenth century AD. Throughout those more than four millennia, the language underwent a profound evolution, such that between Middle Egyptian – the phase of the language in which the famous tale of sinuhe was written – …

This statuette depicts a man and a woman sitting side by side, supporting each other's back with their arms. The man is dressed in a modishly long tunic under a fringed sash-kilt and the woman wears a fashionable wrap-around dress knotted just below her breasts

deep greenish blue faience ring, New Kingdom, 18th-19th Dynasty, the table modeled with a large seated cat (Bastet) surrounded by smaller cats, intricately detailed; with lucite and patinated wire stand

Egypt: The Tomb of Horemheb, Valley of the Kings

In addition to presiding over the graves; one of Anubis's functions was to be the "road opener" of the North, as Wepwawet "Upuaut" was from the South

Mummification was not the final step in the quest for eternal life. The body would be placed in several cases and coffins, sometimes up to eight, before eventually being laid to rest.

TT255 Tomb of Roy, Royal Scribe and Steward of the House of Horemheb and Amun Dra Abu el-Naga; Valley of the Nobles; Luxor West Bank; Egypt Imen-m-ipet (Amenemipet) and his wife, the Mistress of House, the Chantress of Amun Mut(tu)y" before a table of offerings before the shrine of Nefertem and Maat.

Most of the Egyptian pharaohs are remembered because they were great conquering soldiers or because they built gigantic temples and tombs. Tutankhamun was neither a great soldier nor a great builder; however he is the best known of the pharaohs

The mummification process . Eternal life wasn’t just about preserving the spirit. The deceased’s body also had to preserved, as the Ancient Egyptians believed the soul (ba) and