Fayum Portraits: Discover Egypt’s stunning photos
The best-preserved paintings of antiquity are a realistic image of Ancient Egypt. They stare at you and seem to observe everything insistently. The Egyptian paintings known as the Fayum Portraits show ordinary people, probably upper-middle class. They belong to the...Read more
The sacred boat: Ships of the gods of ancient Egypt
A sacred boat, in Ancient Egypt, was a river boat used as a means of transportation at funerals and in the religious sphere, elevated to a symbol of ritual boats, as evidenced by the important iconographic and literary documentation preserved. Iconography, function,...Read more
Tutankhamun as the Lotus Bloom
The Head of Nefertem (also known as the Head from the Lotus Bloom or Tutankhamun as the Sun God) was found in the tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62) in the Valley of the Kings in West Thebes. It depicts the King as a child and dates from the 18th Dynasty (New Kingdom). The...Read more
What was life like for a priest in ancient Egypt?
The priesthood of Ancient Egypt was made up of a varied priestly body that was responsible for ensuring the worship of the numerous divinities of the Egyptian religion. Features In ancient Egypt, their divinities formed the Earth establishing a harmonious and fair...Read more