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Amarna letters
archive, written on clay tablets, primarily consisting of diplomatic correspondence between the Egyptian administration and its representatives in Canaan and Amurru during the New Kingdom
Narmer Palette
Egyptian archaeological artifact
The so-called “Turin King List”, with a list of kings written on the verso and an administrative text on the recto
papyurs of the Egyptian Dynasty 19 (1292-1191 BCE), New Kingdom of Egypt, in the collection of Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy, from Thebes/Deir el-Medina (?)
Bust of Queen Nefertiti
Bust of Queen Nefertiti from the Amarna Period in the Neues Museum, Berlin
Saqqara Tablet
ancient stone engraving from the Ramesside Period of Egypt
Moscow Mathematical Papyrus
ancient Egyptian mathematical manuscript
Gospel of Peter
non-canonical gospel
Karnak king list
ancient Egyptian king list
Khufu ship
Intact vessel from Ancient Egypt
Buried Pyramid
ancient Egyptian step pyramid
Westcar Papyrus
ancient Egyptian text
The Seated Scribe
statue depicting a scribe with crossed legs and writing tools ready
Saqqara Bird
bird-shaped artifact made of sycamore wood
Dyskolos
Dyskolos (, , translated as The Grouch, The Misanthrope, The Curmudgeon, The Bad-tempered Man or Old Cantankerous) is an Ancient Greek comedy by Menander, the only one of his plays, and of the whole New Comedy, that has survived in nearly complete form. It was first presented at the Lenaian festival in Athens in 316 BCE, where it won Menander the first prize.
Papyrus Harris I
manuscript
The so-called “Goldmine Papyrus” with a map of the Wadi Hammamat on the recto and several texts (letters, administrative, and literary) on the verso
papyurs of the Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt (Egyptian New Kingdom), 1156–1150 BCE, in the collection of Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy (Cat.1879/+ Cat.1969 + Cat.1899)
Chester Beatty Papyri
biblical manuscript
Ipuwer Papyrus
ancient Egyptian hieratic papyrus made during the Nineteenth Dynasty
Egerton Gospel
manuscript
Weni the Elder
ancient Egyptian official of the 6th Dynasty
The Maxims of Ptahhotep
ancient Egyptian literary work
Tutankhamun's trumpets
oldest operational trumpets
The so-called “Turin Satirical-Erotic Papyrus”
papyurs of the Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt (Egyptian New Kingdom), 1190–1077 BCE, in the collection of Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy (Cat.2031)
Cave of Swimmers
cave with ancient rock art in Egypt
Abusir Papyri
Libyan Palette
ancient Egyptian palette
Nubhetepti-khered
Nubhetepti-khered was an ancient Egyptian ''king's daughter'' of the late 12th Dynasty or early 13th Dynasty in the late Middle Kingdom.
Abu Ballas
hill in Egypt
Tutankhamun's meteoric iron dagger blade
ancient Egyptian tomb artifact
Magdalen papyrus
manuscript
Pyramid of Seila
archaeological site in the Egyptian depression of el-Faiyum
Disk of de miki
ancient Egyptian stone artifact
Tarkhan dress
oldest surviving piece of clothing
Stele of Ankh-ef-en-Khonsu
Painted, wooden offering stele located in Cairo, Egypt
South Saqqara Stone
ancient Egyptian sarcophagus lid
Zeno of Caunus
ancient Greek public official and scribe
TT319
thumb|left|200px|Relief fragment from the tomb, showing a hairdresser
Colossal statue of Amenhotep III and Tiye
Colossal statue of Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye
Southern Mazghuna pyramid
building in Egypt
The Contendings of Horus and Seth
mythological story from the Twentieth dynasty of Ancient Egypt found in the Chester Beatty Papyri
Colossal red granite statue of Amenhotep III
Khafre Enthroned
funerary statue in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
Dramatic Ramesseum Papyrus
Mastaba of Ti
ancient Egyptian grave at the necropolis of Saqqara
MacGregor plaque
Egyptian Plaque
Letter of the Karaite elders of Ascalon
1100 communication in Judeo-Arabic about the First Crusade
Botanical garden of Thutmosis III
architectural structure
Statue of Horemheb and Amenia
ancient Egyptian statue
Darius the Great's Suez Inscriptions
Achaemenid inscriptions in Egypt
Head of Nefertem
statue
Anubis Shrine
part of the grave goods of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun
Heqanakht papyri
piece of Ancient Egyptian literature
Great Karnak Inscription
inscription in Karnak, Egypt
Sebek-khu Stele
ancient Eqyptian rock inscription
Sphinx of Memphis
stone sphinx located near the remains of Memphis, Egypt
Double Pyramid
smooth-sided pyramid
Lotus chalice
Artifact found in the tomb of Tutankhamun
Boston Green Head
4th-century BC Egyptian sculpture
Wilbour Papyrus
ancient Egyptian administrative texts
pyramidion of Amenemhat III
former capstone of the pyramid of Amenemhat III