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Statue of King Pepi I
The statue was excavated in 1897 from Hierakonopolis (Kom al-Ahmar). It is made of copper sheets that are connected with a kind of rivets and considered to be the oldest known life-size statue made of metal.
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, ca. 2332-2287 BC. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 33034
Photo: Kenneth Garrett
The statue was excavated in 1897 from Hierakonopolis (Kom al-Ahmar). It is made of copper sheets that are connected with a kind of rivets and considered to be the oldest known life-size statue made of metal.
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, ca. 2332-2287 BC. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 33034
Photo: Kenneth Garrett
~ Eye makeup container in the shape of a monkey with a cub.
Period: Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty; reign of Pepi I
Date: ca. 2354-2310 B.C.
Place of origin: Elephantine, Egypt
Medium: Calcite (figure), wood, painted black (lid)
Another post of my new favorite genre in art: Ancient Egyptian stone carving of mother monkeys.
Two Vases in the Shape of a Mother Monkey With Her Young
alabaster
Old Kingdom
6th dynasty ca. BCE 2289-2255 reigns of Pepi I and Merenre
on display in the Met, view online
@is-the-primate-vid-cute
Copper Statue of King Pepi I
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, ca. 2332-2287 BC. From Hierakonopolis (Kom al-Ahmar). Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 33035
Statue of King Pepi I with Horus Falcon
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, ca. 2338-2298 BC. Egyptian alabaster (calcite). Now in the Brooklyn Museum. 39.120
The Master of Fear -- or, God's Fragrance
The Master of Fear — or, God's Fragrance
In the archaic period of ancient Egypt, bodies were not mummified. The body was torn to pieces, the flesh was cut into small parts, the skeleton was dislocated. Once the skeleton was dismembered, the fragments were then gathered together to reconstitute it again, and given the position of an embryo – as evidenced by the bodies found in necropolises.
An inscription from Pepi the 1st, who ruled…
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