About 3,300 years ago, in the early 13th century B.C., an Egyptian statue was made. It was carved from granite and contained ...

First, it argues that the Ptolemies invested energy in searching for Egyptian objects and gods’ statues in the Levant, which they distributed among the temples, though some may have been newly ...

Gilded statues of Isis and Osiris were taken from the Isis temple at Philae ... chief mourner of Osiris, the god of the dead, Isis played a central role in Egyptian, and later Nubian, concepts ...

probably at the temple of the creator god Ptah in the city of Memphis, made choices similar to Udjahorresnet’s in how he was depicted in his naophorous statue. He also wears Egyptian garments ...

Nearly 3,000 tourists and Egyptian visitors ... However, Ptah's statue stays in the shadow because he is considered the "God of Darkness." The main temple at Abu Simbel, commissioned by Ramses ...

The Roman-era temple of Esna, 60 kilometers south of Luxor in Egypt, is undergoing extensive restoration work in an Egyptian-German ... s wheel to the creator god Khnoum. Credit: University ...

Built to honor Amon-Re (ancient Egypt's sun god) and the female pharaoh ... this funerary temple features three tiers of porticos with statues, pillars and hieroglyphs. You'll also find two ...

The sun and the moon, in the timeless stone we'd carve. Great statues, such forms, we revere, we adore, The ancient Egyptian gods. Thoth was often shown with the head of a baboon or an ibis (a ...

Historic treasures housed in this museum include a statue of Tuthmosis III from the Karnak Temple Complex ... Luxor Museum's impressive collection of Egyptian artifacts. Several recent travelers ...