April 18, 2013
centuriespast: The God Tutu as a Sphinx Tramping on Serpents Tutu, a latecomer to the Egyptian pantheon, first appeared during the Late Period (about 580 B.C.). He was usually shown as a lion with a human head. This image was derived from the royal sphinx, from which Tutu also received his nemes (royal headdress) and the uraeus cobra at his brow. Tutu’s tail ended in a snake head, and often, as here, he was shown treading on snakes. He was believed to control fate; people prayed to him for good fortune and also for food. Medium: Limestone, painted Dates: 1st century C.E. or later Period: Roman Period Brooklyn Museum

centuriespast:

The God Tutu as a Sphinx Tramping on Serpents

Tutu, a latecomer to the Egyptian pantheon, first appeared during the Late Period (about 580 B.C.). He was usually shown as a lion with a human head. This image was derived from the royal sphinx, from which Tutu also received his nemes (royal headdress) and the uraeus cobra at his brow. Tutu’s tail ended in a snake head, and often, as here, he was shown treading on snakes. He was believed to control fate; people prayed to him for good fortune and also for food.

  • Medium: Limestone, painted
  • Dates: 1st century C.E. or later
  • Period: Roman Period
  • Brooklyn Museum

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Filed under: Egypt 
April 18, 2013
endilletante: L’Egypte, collection Monde et voyages, Editions Larousse, 1975.

endilletante:

L’Egypte, collection Monde et voyages, Editions Larousse, 1975.

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(Notes: 505)
  
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March 28, 2013
the-faces-of-art: egyptian death mask from the 18th dynasty. (x)

the-faces-of-art:

egyptian death mask from the 18th dynasty. (x)

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(Notes: 53)
  
Filed under: Egypt mask 
February 26, 2013
centuriespast: Statuette: Isis Nursing Horus Late Period, 664-332 BC Louvre

centuriespast:

Statuette: Isis Nursing Horus

Late Period, 664-332 BC

Louvre

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Filed under: sculpture Egypt 
February 17, 2013
centuriespast: Group statue of Thoth-ibis and devotee on a base inscribed for Padihorsiese Date: ca. 700–500 B.C. Dynasty 26, Egypt The Metropolitan Museum of Art

centuriespast:

Group statue of Thoth-ibis and devotee on a base inscribed for Padihorsiese

Date: ca. 700–500 B.C.

Dynasty 26, Egypt

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Filed under: sculpture Egypt 
February 13, 2013

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October 14, 2012
thingswoolike: Shu, Kom Ombo, Egypt. (by © Libyan Soup)

thingswoolike:

Shu, Kom Ombo, Egypt. (by © Libyan Soup)

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(Notes: 327)
  
Filed under: Egypt relief 
October 11, 2012
anthropologyyy: Amenhotep IV - Akhenaten Museum of Ancient Egyptian Art Luxor

anthropologyyy:

Amenhotep IV - Akhenaten

Museum of Ancient Egyptian Art Luxor

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Filed under: Egypt 
August 31, 2012
ancientart: Ancient Egyptian sculpture from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

ancientart:

Ancient Egyptian sculpture from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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August 27, 2012

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Filed under: egypt 
August 16, 2012
scanzen: Maxime Du Camp: Westernmost colossus, Great Temple, Abu Simbel, 1850.source: J. Paul Getty Museum/Luna Commons

scanzen:

Maxime Du Camp: Westernmost colossus, Great Temple, Abu Simbel, 1850.

source: J. Paul Getty Museum/Luna Commons

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August 14, 2012
Francis Frith, Upper Egypt and Ethiopia (1863), albumen print/gold toning.

Francis Frith, Upper Egypt and Ethiopia (1863), albumen print/gold toning.

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Filed under: egypt relief 
August 13, 2012
yellowblog: ニュース - 文化 - 象形文字、サポテクのピラミッド - ナショナルジオグラフィック 公式日本語サイト

yellowblog:

ニュース - 文化 - 象形文字、サポテクのピラミッド - ナショナルジオグラフィック 公式日本語サイト

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Filed under: color egypt 
July 30, 2012
lotus-eyes: Finger Ring of King Akhenaten and Queen Nefertiti, Egypt, ca. 1353-1232 BCE The hieroglyphs on this ring may be read as an ideogram. The two seated figures are probably Akhenaten (left) and Nefertiti (right) as the deities Shu (air) and Tefnut (moisture). They were father and mother of the earth and sky, which are symbolically represented by the earth hieroglyph (below) and by the sun disk flanked by two sacred cobras (above).

lotus-eyes:

Finger Ring of King Akhenaten and Queen Nefertiti, Egypt, ca. 1353-1232 BCE

The hieroglyphs on this ring may be read as an ideogram. The two seated figures are probably Akhenaten (left) and Nefertiti (right) as the deities Shu (air) and Tefnut (moisture). They were father and mother of the earth and sky, which are symbolically represented by the earth hieroglyph (below) and by the sun disk flanked by two sacred cobras (above).

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(Notes: 72)
  
Filed under: egypt jewelry 
July 24, 2012
thelightandthedark: Bastet - Ancient Egyptian Goddess

thelightandthedark:

Bastet - Ancient Egyptian Goddess

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(Notes: 758)
  
Filed under: cat statue deity egypt 
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