Cairo Museum of Egyptian Antiquities Music: Mystical journey (harp performance)

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Cairo Museum of Egyptian

Antiquities

Music: Mystical journey (harp performance)

Sarcophagus

Sarcophagus

Funerary chamber of Tutankhamun

Bust of Pharaoh Akhenaten (1379-1362 BC)

Golden throne of Tutankhamun

Case holding the canopic jars of Tutankhamun

Akhenaten, Nefertiti and their daughters

Gold funerary mask of King Tutankhamen

second sarcophagus of King Tutankhamen

Inner coffin of King Tutankhamun

Golden statue of Horus

Anubis, the jackal-headed god associated with mummification.

Tutankhamun and his wife, Ankhesenpamon.

Boat for transportation on the Nile

Nubian soldiers

Amon and Mut the parents of the moon god Khonsu

Sphinx

Marble bust of a pharaoh.

Chair

Decorated case

Ivory boat

jarres canopes en albâtre

Gold panel

Alabaster perfume jar

Head of a falcon

Collar of worked gold

Gold vulture

Necklace of worked gold

Falcon

Gold lion

Tutankhamun and Menkaret ... Figure of the king wearing the red crown of Lower Egypt, wrapped in a shroud carried on the head of the goddess Menkaret.

Pharaoh

Wooden case with decorated ivory panels

Canopic jars were used during mummification to hold the internal organs.

Platform to hold offerings

Statue of Ramses II

Pharaoh Sesostris III

Statue of a vizir

Statue of Iai-ib and Khuaut. Giza; Fourth Dynasty (ca. 2575–2465 B.C.E.). Painted limestone;

Brasseuse found in the mastaba of Merseânkh

Seated scribe

A golden diadem fronted by the image of the God Serapis (from Dush)

Golden bracelet with an orange agate medallion dates back to the 2nd century A.D

Ceremonial axe of King Ahmosis

pair of gold ear rings

Bracelet of Ramsès II

A pectoral ornament with a scarab beetle

Twisted gold bracelet decorated with lions’ heads

diadem of the Princess Sat-Hathor-Yunet.

Statuette of the god Bes

Head-rest

Procession of servants

Hippopotamus

Chariot of Toutankhamon

Music : mystical-journey (harp)

Translation: Gerry Neufeld

Photographic credits : Alfred Molon and Antoine Kuipers

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