Mamluk Lamps
A group of glass lamps decorated with multi-colored enamel, which were designated for lighting in religious establishments during the Mamluk Period. These lamps are distinguished by its floral decorations and inscriptions in the Naskh script, which depend mostly on the Ayat al-Nur. These lamps were lit by means of a wick of cotton or linen placed inside a glass container containing clean oil, usually olive oil. This group of lamps belongs to the Sultan Hassan School, Al-Nasir Muhammad Ibn Qalawun School, and Al-Zahir Barqua School.
[Mamluk Period - 8th century AH - 14th century AD / Glass]
Dush Treasure
This treasure was found in 1989 inside a pottery vessel that was hidden in the walls of a Roman fort that includes a temple of the gods Serapis, Isis, and Harpocrates in Dush, Kharga Oasis. The treasure includes a golden wreath with the image of the god Serapis at its center, two bracelets, and two gold necklaces made of 187 golden plaques.
[Roman period, AD 2nd century]
Coffin of Nedjemankh
Nedjemankh was a priest of the god "Heryshef" at the city of Ahnas. His coffin is made of gilded cartonnage with inlaid eyes and covered with scenes as well as funerary hymns from the Book of the Dead had made it considered to be one of the masterpieces of coffins from the Ptolemaic Period.
[Repatriated from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York / Ptolemaic Period (305 - 30 BC) / Gilded stucco]
آختى
كان رع حور أختى يمثل إتحاداً عقائدياً ما بين الإله رع رب ملكية السماء والإله حورس رب ملكية الأرض كتعبير عن سلطة إله الشمس حين يسيطر على الأفقين ويتجلى على الأرض فيجتمعان فى كيان واحد.
الدولة الحديثة، الأسرة التاسعة عشر (١١٨٦-١٢٩٥ ق.م)/ صان الحجر / جرانوديوريت
Ra-Horakhty
Ra-Horakhty represented a doctrinal union between the heavenly kingship represented by the god Ra and the earthly kingship represented in the god Horus as an expression of
on the earth.The authority of the sun god when he dominated the two horizons and was manifested
[New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty (1295 - 1186 BC) / San al Hagar / Granodiorite]
Cippus of Horus
The oldest of cippi (sing. Cippus) of Horus is dated back to the Late Period, and became popular during the Ptolemaic Period, where Horus the son of Isis is depicted on as a naked child with a side lock, standing on two crocodiles and holding a group of snakes, scorpions, deer and lions, which represent symbols of evil. These cippi were placed in temples and homes and registered on them the spells of Isis that repel evil and prevent the bites of scorpions and snakes. Usually, priests poured water that flowed over it while reciting Isis spells, then gathered in a small basin at the feet of Horus, and drank after that in order to ward off evil.
[Ptolemaic Period / Alexandria / Green Schist]
The vizier Paser
Paser lived during the reign of Seti I, where he held the title of the sole companion of the king and held many positions as the royal palace advisor, the governor of the city "Thebes", and who receives the tribute of the foreign lands for the king. Then, during the reign of Ramses Il, he became a judge, a seal bearer and deputy of the king in Nubia where he supervised the construction works of the temple of Abu Simbel. He also assumed the position of high priest and overseer of the Karnak temple until his death in the 25th year of the reign of Ramses I. Paser appears in this statue carrying an altar topped by the head of a ram, the symbol of Amun Ra Lord of Karnak
[New Kingdom - 19* Dynasty - reign of Ramesses I (1279-1213 BC) / Karak / Black Granite]
Purification with water
Upon his arrival from the other world, the sun god purifies himself in eastern horizon before his shining in Heaven, where the four-gods "Horus", the Lord of the North, "Seth", the Lord of the South, "Dewen-anwy", the Lord of the East, and "Thoth", the Lord of the West, pour the water of life and power over him from the four corners of the universe. This rare statue depicts king Amenhotep Il, assimilated with the sun god in his shining in the moment of his purification on the horizon.
[New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty (1550 - 1295 BC) / Valley of the Kings - Thebes / Alabaster]
The Coffin of Lady Isis
This coffin was discovered in the tomb of Sennedjem among several coffins of the family members. It belongs to Lady Isis, wife of the artisan Khabekhent, son of the Sennedjem. The outer cover depicts Isis in a loose robe carrying the sacred ivy leaves, and the coffin is surrounded by the four sons of Horus to protect her body.
[New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty (1295 - 1186 BC) / Deir el-Madina, Thebes / Wood - Pigment]
Sarcophagus of Kha'y
Kha'y was one of the most important statesmen during the New Kingdom. His anthropoid sarcophagus registered his positions as he was a fan bearer to the right of the king and the chief overseer of the southern foreign countries.
[New kingdom. 19th Dynasty / Black Granite]
The inner coffin of Sennedjem is made in anthropoid form, where his mummy was placed inside. The inner cover depicts Sennedjem in in his worldly clothes as he wears a long kilt of white linen. The coffin is decorated with funerary scenes of the protective goddesses from the Book of the Dead, while Sennedjem receiving provisions from the Tree Goddess.
[New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty (1295 - 1186 BC) / Deir el-Madina, Thebes / Wood - Pigment]

The Protective Goddesses
A group of statues of the protective goddesses that were found in the tomb of King Amenhotep II, they were responsible for protecting the body of the king in his afterlife journey, they are "Wadjet", depicted as a cobra, "Nekhbet" the vulture, "Meretseger" in the form of the winged Cobra, and the cows "Mehet-Weret" and "Hathor" goddesses of heaven. These goddesses are known to be among the oldest who were worshiped in ancient Egypt.
[New Kingdom - 18th Dynasty (1550 - 1295 BC) / Valley of the Kings - Thebes / Wood]
Dated visited 7th March 2025