Egypt Museum

Ivory Kohl Container
New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, c. 1295–1185 B.C.
Possibly made at Thebes
Brooklyn Museum. Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund. 49.51

Carved from a single piece of ivory, this exquisite kohl container turns an object of everyday adornment into a tiny garden of abundance.

Upon one face, an elegantly dressed woman moves amongst blossoms, bear...

Pectoral with Sacred Bovine Head (Made of Cupreous Metal & Carnelian)
Late Period–Middle Ptolemaic Period, c. 664–200 B.C.
Met Museum. 59.83

Beneath a canopy of uraei supported by

Ostracon with sketch of a harpist
Late Period, Saite Period, 26th Dynasty, reign of Psamtik I, c. 664–610 B.C.
From Deir el-Bahari, Thebes
Me...

New Kingdom, Dynasty 19th–20th, Ramesside Period, c. 1300–1080 B.C.
From Deir el-Bahari, Thebes
Met Museum. 23.3.33

With only a few deft strokes of red and black ink, an Ancient Egyptian artist caught the elegant sweep of a horse in motion. Drawn upon a fragment of limest...

Painted sandstone raised relief of Bes
Ptolemaic Period, probably late 2nd–1st century B.C.
Temple of Hathor complex, Dendera

Bes was a household and protective deity associated especially with women, childbirth, children, sexuality, music and the warding-off of dangerous f...