Egypt

Gold ring depicting <n>King Akhenaten</n> and <n>Queen Nefertiti</n>, Egypt, <n>Amarna Period</n>, ca. 1353–1336 BC.

Silver <n>Libation Vessel of Manuwai</n> from the tomb of the three foreign wives of Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1425 B.C.

A stone carving of a scarab beetle, an ancient Egyptian amulet representing the god <n>Khepri</n>.

<n>The Great Sphinx of Giza</n> and <n>Pyramid of Khufu</n>, 1867. Photo by <n>Antonio Beato</n>.

An <n>Egyptian carnelian udjat eye amulet</n> from the Third Intermediate Period, circa 1069-747 B.C.

The <n>Great Sphinx</n> at Giza, from '<n>The eternal light of Egypt: a photographic journey</n>' by <n>Sarite Sanders</n>.

Cypriot <n>Stone votive relief of an eye</n> from the 4th century B.C. at <n>The Metropolitan Museum of Art</n>.

<n>Pyramid, Giza, Egypt, 1985</n>, a photograph by <n>Kenro Izu</n>.

The partially excavated <n>Great Sphinx of Giza</n>, c. 1870s. Photo by <n>Félix Bonfils</n>.

<n>Egyptian hieroglyphs</n> translating to 'I make my journey'.

The <n>Great Pyramids of Giza</n> photographed by <n>Quentin De Briey</n> for <n>WSJ. Magazine</n>.

The flooded entrance to the <n>Temple of Isis</n> at Philae, Egypt, photographed in the early 20th century.

The <n>Red Pyramid</n> in Dahshur, Egypt, photographed by <n>Zangaki</n> c. 1870-90.

Set of four <n>canopic jars</n> of Neferibresaneith, 664–525 B.C. Photo by <n>The Metropolitan Museum of Art</n>.

<n>Fragment of a Queen’s Face</n>, a <n>yellow jasper</n> sculpture from Egypt's <n>Amarna Period</n>, ca. 1353–1336 B.C.

A view of the <n>Pyramids of Giza</n> in Cairo, Egypt. Photo by <n>Karim Amr</n>.

<n>Relief on temple at Dendera</n> depicting <n>Cleopatra VII</n>. Photo by <n>Mikhail Kokhanchikov</n>.

<n>Pair of Clappers in Form of Human Hands</n>, ca. 1390-1352 B.C.E.

Concept art titled <n>Egyptian Sunrise</n> for the video game <n>Assassin's Creed Origins</n>.

Relief of the goddess <n>Isis</n> on the outer golden coffin of <n>King Tutankhamun</n>, 18th Dynasty.

The <n>Colossi of Memnon</n> in Luxor, Egypt, 1965. Photo by <n>Eliot Elisofon</n>.

Relief of <n>Ramesses III</n> hunting at the <n>Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu</n>. Photo by <n>Wim Swaan</n>.

The <n>Bent Pyramid of Sneferu</n> at Dahshur, Egypt.

Relief carving of the Egyptian god <n>Thoth</n> from a shrine of <n>Tutankhamun</n>.

Bas-relief from the <n>Chapel of Nefertem</n> at the <n>Temple of Seti I</n> in Abydos, Egypt.

The <n>Philae Temple Complex</n> in Aswan, partially submerged in the Nile flood before 1968.

<n>Maxime Du Camp</n>'s 1850 photograph of a colossal statue at the <n>Great Temple of Ramesses II</n> at <n>Abu Simbel</n>.

The <n>Nefertiti Bust</n>, sculpted by <n>Thutmose</n> c. 1345 BC. Photo by <n>Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft</n>, 1912.

<n>Pyramids, Soft Light with Two Camels, Egypt</n> by photographer <n>Jay Maisel</n>.

Bronze sculpture of the goddess <n>Sekhmet</n> from Egypt's Late Period, held at the <n>British Museum</n>.

Wooden statue of the <n>Anubis Shrine</n> from the tomb of Horemheb, photographed by <n>Harry Burton</n> in 1912.

Profile head sculpture in red jasper from the Amarna Period, now in the <n>Brooklyn Museum</n>.

Engraving of the <n>Dendera Zodiac</n> from <n>Description de l'Égypte</n> (1817), drawn by <n>Jean-Baptiste Cécile</n>.

Statue of <n>Pa-Maj</n>, a basalt torso from Egypt's Late Period at the <n>National Archaeological Museum of Naples</n>.