EditorialA personal monument titled “the eastside of south central los angeles hieroglyph prototype architecture (I)” by the artist Lauren Halsey on the rooftop of the Metropolitan Museum in New York, April 12, 2023. (Amir Hamja/The New York Times)
EditorialA personal monument titled “the eastside of south central los angeles hieroglyph prototype architecture (I)” by the artist Lauren Halsey on the rooftop of the Metropolitan Museum in New York, April 12, 2023. (Amir Hamja/The New York Times)
EditorialA personal monument titled “the eastside of south central los angeles hieroglyph prototype architecture (I)” by the artist Lauren Halsey on the rooftop of the Metropolitan Museum in New York, April 12, 2023. (Amir Hamja/The New York Times)
EditorialInlay depicting a falcon, Late Period?Ptolemaic Period, 4th century B.C., From Egypt; Possibly from Middle Egypt, Hermopolis (Ashmunein; Khemenu), Faience, H. 14.9 cm (5 7/8 in.); W. 1.3 cm (1/2 in.); L. 13.7 cm (5 3/8 in.), This tile represents the fa...
EditorialCowroid Set in a Ring Bezel, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early, ca. 1492?1473 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Hatnefer and Ramose (below TT 71), coffin III, burial 1b, hands, 1935?36, Gold, glassy faience, L. 1.5 cm (9/...
EditorialInlay Depicting 'Horus of Gold', Late Period?Ptolemaic Period, 4th century B.C., From Egypt; Possibly from Middle Egypt, Hermopolis (Ashmunein; Khemenu), Faience, H. 15.6 cm (6 1/8 in.); W. 1.2 cm (1/2 in.); L. 12.9 cm (5 1/16 in.), This inlay is a com...
EditorialAllegorical representation of Africa, showing a woman lying on a blanket on top of a lion and bushel of wheat, with hieroglyph-covered buildings and columns in the background. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri after an illustration ...
EditorialWedjatoog, rectangle, inscription, Mencheperre, god, amulet, hieroglyph, stone (gray), length: 2.3 cm, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, Thutmose III, Egypt.
Editorialscarab, Amon, inscription, The seal has the form of a natural beetle. The back is divided into head, pronotum and elytra with notched lines. The clypeus seems to have broken down. On both elytra a small triangle is shown adjacent to the pronotum. Under...