Egypt Museum

Queen Tuya Leads a Procession
Royal Ontario Museum. 955.79.2

Queen Tuya (Mut-Tuya) was the wife of Seti I and the mother of

Painted Limestone Head of a Man
Height 33.3 cm; width 26.5 cm; depth 20 cm
Musée du Louvre. N 2289; AF 575

Known as the Salt Head, after the British collector and diplomat

Overseer Ushabti of Keny, c. 1295–1069 B.C.
Musée du Louvre. N 2706

This finely carved limestone funerary figure belonged to a man named Keny. Unlike ordinary ushabtis, which were intended magically to perform agricultural labour fo...

British Museum. EA30716

Among the most evocative wooden figures of Egypt’s Middle Kingdom are the

British Museum. EA683

Standing almost three metres tall, this imposing painted sandstone statue represents Amenhotep I, the second king ...