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25/10/2025

🪵👑 Wooden statue of Sa-Iset the Younger, an elite figure from the 19th Dynasty, Ancient Egypt 🇪🇬
Despite some damage, the finely modeled details remain, including the staff, the pleated garment with a complex waist knot, and the elaborate wig with lappets (side sections) and pointed ends—distinctive features popular during Dynasty XIX, particularly under Ramesses II.

24/10/2025

🪵 Statue of a Man (Model Figure)

Dating to the early 12th Dynasty (ca. 1990–1875 B.C.), this finely crafted wooden statue was discovered in Tomb 7 of Nakhti (?). 🏺✨ Likely part of a larger group of similar figures, it once formed part of a tomb model, intended to ensure the deceased’s comfort and prosperity in the afterlife.

24/10/2025

🗿 Statue of Senenmut with Princess Neferure
This black granite statue depicts Senenmut, the renowned architect and trusted official of Queen Hatshepsut, tenderly holding her daughter Princess Neferure 👑👧.

Period: New Kingdom, Eighteenth Dynasty ⏳

Material: Black granite 🪨

Collection: Chicago Field Museum
📷 Photo by Anne Snyder Payne

24/10/2025

🏔️ The Bamiyan Valley in Afghanistan was once home to a colossal 6th-century AD Buddha statue 🗿, a remarkable symbol of the region’s ancient heritage. Tragically, this cultural treasure was destroyed in 2001 by the Taliban, leaving behind an irreplaceable void in history 💔.

24/10/2025

🗿 Statuette of a Cloaked Figure — Ancient Egypt, Late 12th Dynasty, Middle Kingdom (ca. 1836–1759 BCE 🇪🇬)
Carved from limestone with traces of pigment 🎨, this evocative statuette represents a male figure wrapped in a full-length cloak, a sculptural form that emerged during the late Twelfth Dynasty.

23/10/2025

🎎 Terracotta Head of a Shamaness Princess
📅 Date: Yayoi Period, 1–200 AD
🇯🇵 Origin: Kingdom of Yamatai, Japan
⚱️ Material: Terracotta

23/10/2025

🗿 Statue of Minemheb
📅 Date: c. 1391–1353 BC
🇪🇬 Origin: Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty (1540–1296 BC), during the reign of Amenhotep III
⚒️ Material: Granodiorite
🏛️ A finely crafted statue showcasing the artistry and realism characteristic of the prosperous reign of Amenhotep III.

23/10/2025

Head of a Man 🗿
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6, 2323–2150 B.C.E.
Material: Wood 🪵
Height: 50.8 cm (20 in) 📏
Collection: RISD Museum, Providence, Rhode Island 🇺🇸

23/10/2025

🏺 Ritual or Medicinal Pottery Jar
This pottery vessel takes the form of a kneeling woman carrying a baby (head now missing) on her back 👩‍👦. A handle extends from the back of her head, and the surface is finished with a brown slip. Its design suggests a ritualistic or medicinal purpose, reflecting both artistry and symbolism in ancient ceramic craftsmanship ✨.

22/10/2025

Small Silver Bull Figurine 🐂✨
This Proto-Elamite silver figurine from Southwest Iran (ca. 3100–2900 BCE) depicts a bull clothed in a robe and holding a vessel, combining animal and human traits. Such anthropomorphic representations were common in Proto-Elamite art, possibly symbolizing natural forces or serving as characters in myths and fables, reflecting the culture’s rich symbolic and narrative traditions.

22/10/2025

Coffin Lid of Takait ⚰️👩‍🦱
Belonging to Takait, Priestess of Amun-Re 🔱.
Egypt, New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty (?), 13th century BC 📜🇪🇬.

22/10/2025

Alabaster Iconic Stele 🪨🖋️ depicting the face of a man 👤. Originating from the South Arabian Peninsula 🏺, dated to ca. 2nd century BCE – 1st century CE 📜.

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