Eternal Egypt: Statue of Caracalla

A fine standing statue of the god Osiris who is shown wrapped in a long, fitted garment and wearing the White Crown of Upper Egypt and the sacred false beard. His crossed arms hold the usual two sacred insignia; the crook and the flail,...

This statue is the oldest known life-size statue in Egypt and depicts King Djoser himself. The king's deep-set eyes were once inlaid. He has a ceremonial false beard and wears a black wig topped by the royal Nemes headdress.

The statues represent the sacred triad of the city of Memphis, the capital of Egypt during the Old Kingdom, which is now known as Mit Rahina. They are depicted standing on a single high base and with a large dorsal pillar, which connects...

Among the animals that the ancient Egyptians respected and venerated, was the cat. They called it Bastet and it was the patron deity of the Memphite necropolis at Saqqara. The statue of Bastet shows the goddess in characteristic Egyptian...

The statue represents the goddess Mut in animal form as a vulture. She was usually depicted, on temple walls, as a woman wearing a long brightly colored dress and a vulture headdress surmounted by the Double Crown. This statue of the...

This statue represents Meres-ankh as a young lady standing with her legs together. She is dressed in a long transparent linen garment, the upper part of which is covered by a sort of bodice with sleeves. The statue is supported by a...

The small statue depicts a snake deity with a feather on its tail. The statue is placed on a standard, an object carried at the top of a pole and used as an emblem or to mark a rallying point in battle. The statue portrays Qebhut,...

The statue represents a man in a very special seated posture. There are a few hieroglyphic signs on the base beside the foot of the statue.

The statue, its head now missing, depicts a farmer, carrying on his back some goods to sell in the city market. The statue's trunk is sculpted in an extremely accurate and realistic manner.

The partly damaged statue of a young male figure was finely carved in a single piece and was at least partly painted. The facial features together with the local style of headdress suggest that the owner of this statue had Nubian ancestry.