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Female dancer from Deir el-Medina

▫ This limestone ostracon (Museo Egizio. Cat. 7052) was discovered in the famous Worker's Village of Deir el-Medina. Dating from approximately, 1292–1076 B.C., this piece was created within the 19th or 20th Dynasty.

Deir el-Medina (Set Ma’at) was a workman’s village, which was state commissioned and owned. The artisans and architects who would design and build the tombs of the royals and elite would live there for many centuries with their families.

Statuette depicting a worshipping baboon,

New Kingdom, Ramesside, ca. 1279–1213 B.C.

Meta-siltstone,

H. 17.8 × W. 14.3 × D. 13 cm, 4.4 kg (7 × 5 5/8 × 5 1/8 in., 9.8 lb.)

🏛️ Abu Simbel Temple: Then and Now 🏛️

Abu Simbel Temple, one of Egypt's most magnificent monuments, was originally constructed by Pharaoh Ramses II in the 13th century BC.

This stunning temple features colossal statues of Ramses II, intricately carved into a mountainside, symbolizing his power and divine connection.

In the 1960s, to save it from the rising waters of the Aswan High Dam, the entire temple complex was relocated to a higher ground, a remarkable feat of modern engineering.

~ Mummy Board of Iineferty.

Period: New Kingdom, Ramesside; 19th Dynasty, Reign of Ramesses II

Date: ca. 1279–1213 B.C.

Place of origin: Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Medina, Tomb of Sennedjem (TT 1), Egyptian Antiquities Service/Maspero excavations, 1885–86

Queen Nefertari Kneeling in Adoration, Tomb of Nefertari - Met Museum Collection