Egyptian Museum

Egyptian third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty

museum in Cairo

second Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt

Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty

Fourth Egyptian Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty (c. 1493/1482 – 1479 BC)

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

fragment of a stele known as the Royal Annals of the Old Kingdom of Ancient Egypt

Tiye (c. 1398 BC – 1338 BC, also spelled Tye, Taia, Tiy and Tiyi) was the Great Royal Wife of the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III, mother of pharaoh Akhenaten and grandmother of pharaoh Tutankhamun; her parents were Yuya and Thuya. In 2010, DNA analysis confirmed her as the mummy known as "The Elder Lady" found in the tomb of Amenhotep II (KV35) in 1898.

Egyptian archaeological artifact

Egyptian egyptologist and archaeologist

pharaoh from the Seventeenth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt

memorial plaque by Merneptah who ruled Egypt between 1213 and 1203 BC

ancient stone engraving from the Ramesside Period of Egypt

French archaeologist and egyptologist (1821–1881)

gold mask of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun

Thuya (sometimes transliterated as Touiyou, Thuiu, Tuya, Tjuyu or Thuyu) was an Egyptian noblewoman and the mother of queen Tiye, and the wife of Yuya. She is the grandmother of Akhenaten, and great grandmother of Tutankhamun.

Yuya (sometimes Iouiya, or Yuaa, also known as Yaa, Ya, Yiya, Yayi, Yu, Yuyu, Yaya, Yiay, Yia, and Yuy) was a powerful ancient Egyptian courtier during the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt ( 1390 BC). He was married to Thuya, an Egyptian noblewoman associated with the royal family, who held high offices in the governmental and religious hierarchies. Their daughter, Tiye, became the Great Royal Wife of Amenhotep III. Yuya and Thuya are known to have had a son named Anen, who carried the titles "Chancellor of Lower Egypt", "Second Prophet of Amun", "Sm-priest of Heliopolis", and "Divine Father".

mummy identified as the mother of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun

museum in Cairo, Egypt

bird-shaped artifact made of sycamore wood

logbooks written ca. 2,500 BC, recording the daily activities of stone transportation from the Tura limestone quarry to and from Giza during the 4th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt

Nofret was a noblewoman and princess who lived in Ancient Egypt during the 4th dynasty of Egypt c. 2613 to 2494 BC. Nefert means "beautiful". Nofret is alternatively known as Nefert or Neferet.

The Egyptian dog 𓂝𓃀𓅱𓄿𓃡 Abuwtiyuw, also transcribed as Abutiu (died before 2280 BC), was one of the earliest documented domestic animals whose name is known. He is believed to have been a royal guard dog who lived in the Sixth Dynasty (2345–2181 BC), and received an elaborate ceremonial burial in the Giza Necropolis at the behest of a pharaoh whose name is unknown.

British egyptologist (1867–1935)

ancient Egyptian queen consort

thumb|Relief of Ashayet from her limestone sarcophagus Ashayet or Ashait () was an ancient Egyptian queen consort, a wife of Mentuhotep II in the 11th Dynasty. Her tomb (DBXI.17) and small decorated chapel were found in Mentuhotep II's Deir el-Bahari temple complex. The shrine and burial of Ashayet was found along with the tombs of four other women in their 20s, Henhenet, Kawit, Kemsit, Sadeh, and a young girl, Mayet. However, it is likely that there were three other additional shrines that were destroyed in the expansions of Mentuhotep II's burial complex. The nine shrines were built in the F

Henhenet ( 2046 BC - 2025 BC) was an ancient Egyptian queen consort, a lower ranking wife of King Mentuhotep II of the 11th dynasty. Her tomb (DBXI.11) and small decorated chapel were found in her husband's Deir el-Bahari temple complex, behind the main building, along with the tombs of five other ladies, Ashayet, Kawit, Kemsit, Sadeh and Mayet. Most of them were priestesses of Hathor, so it is possible that they were buried there as part of the goddess's cult, but it is also possible that they were the daughters of nobles the king wanted to keep an eye upon.

Menkhaure Snaaib was an Egyptian pharaoh during the Second Intermediate Period between the Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom at the end of the Middle Bronze Age.

ancient Egyptian palette

early copy of the New Testament in Greek

ancient Egyptian tomb artifact

ancient Egyptian stone artifact

Painted, wooden offering stele located in Cairo, Egypt

Egyptian Egyptologist

Colossal statue of Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye

early New Testament papyrus

funerary statue in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo

Kaemsekhem (born 2570 BC) was an ancient Egyptian nobleman and probably the son of Crown Prince Kawab and Hetepheres II. He later served as the director of the royal palace. He was buried in mastaba G 7660 in the Giza East Field, which is part of the Giza Necropolis.

part of the grave goods of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun

statue

Artifact found in the tomb of Tutankhamun

ancient Egyptian figurine

former capstone of the pyramid of Amenemhat III

English egyptologist (1888-1946)

Egyptian egyptologist and politician (born 1966)

statuette of ancient Egyptian king Neferefre

18th-century BC Egyptian statue

ancient Egyptian queen

ancient Egyptian shaft tomb at Giza

Italian egyptologist (1812-1887)

ancient Egyptian text

Altar image of Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and family

ancient Egyptian stele

British archaeologist and Egyptologist (1878–1948)

Cuneiform tablet

Egyptian politician

French artist (1860–1937)