Vivid scenes of ancient life depicted by contemporary artists
The walls of the tombs in Egypt form a great picture gallery of the vanished life of that country and are invaluable to the historian. This fragment from the British Museum shows how vividly the domestic figures were realised.
The Colossus of Ramses II emerging from the earth
The Soul - back view
The Soul - front view
Statue of Rânofir
Ancient Egypt’s strange books and pictorial records, made of papyrus
Papyrus, a tall, graceful, sedgy plant, supplied the favourite writing material of the ancient world, and many priceless records of antiquity are preserved to us in papyri. The pith of the plant was pressed flat and thin and joined with others to form strips, on which records were written or painted. The above is a photograph of a piece of Egyptian papyrus, showing both hieroglyphics and picture-writing. The oldest piece of papyrus dates back to B.C. 3500.
Gold pectoral inlaid with enamel
The lady Touî, statuette in wood
Egyptian jewellery of the XIXTH dynasty
Pectoral of Ramses II
Statuette in wood
Bronze Cat
Pectoral in shape of a hawk with a ram’s head
Statuette in wood 2