#ancient egpyt

[ltwilliammowett]

An egyptian cosmetic bottle in shape of a Fish, dated (1550-1292 BC) - 18th Dynasty - was found buried under floor of a house in el-Amarna, Nile region, Egypt.

Made of polychrome glass on blue, white, yellow and turquoise blue.

[world-of-mummies]

A beautiful close-up of an ancient Egyptian cat mummy - unfortunately without date, today it lies in Castle of Dukes of Pomerania, Darłowo, Poland.

By the way, cats were called Miu or Miut by the Egyptians - "he or she who mews" somehow very apt and also very cute.

[nemfrog]

A man stands atop the Sphinx. Egypt and its monuments. 1912.

Internet Archive

[thehereticpharaoh]

The solid gold innermost coffin of Tutankhamun, weighing 243 pounds (110.4 kilograms).

[triste-le-roy]

Image showing the Freemasonry seal of The Ancient and Primitive Rite of Memphis-Misraïm—depicting an Egyptian winged kneph—first designed in 1881 (various artists, late 20th century to early 21st century).

(via The Hedge Mason, Freemasonry, Pinterest, Nicolas Laos, & Arreos Masonico USA)

[thehereticpharaoh]

The finds, dating back to the New Kingdom (16th to 11th centuries BC), were made in the Draa Abul Naga necropolis on the west bank of the Nile in Luxor, famed for its temples and burial grounds.

[thehereticpharaoh]

A Swiss-French archaeological mission at the Saqqara necropolis, directed by Professor Philippe Collombert from the University of Geneva, has unearthed the upper part of an Old Kingdom obelisk that belonged to Queen Ankhnespepy II, the mother of King Pepy II (6th Dynasty, Old Kingdom, around 2350 BC).

[thehereticpharaoh]

A cat in a domestic setting—eating under a dining table—sometime after 1500 B.C.E.