Egyptian Museum 2

Statue of King Akhenaten and his wife Kiya(?)
Although the statue is unfinished, it is on of the masterpieces of this period. It depicts King Akhenaten holding his second wife Kiya (?) on his knee. The king sits on a stool wearing the blue crown (Khepresh), while his wife wears a wig and has her head turned affectionately towards her husband. This statue portrays a moment that was represented only in the Amara period.

Baboon Statue
A limestone statue of a squatting baboon. Baboons were sacred to both the god Thoth and the sun god. They were associated with solar dieties because in nature baboons rise up and greet the sun with upraised arms and cries, which led the ancient Egyptians to believe that they were praising the sun god, Re.

Hawk
This giant Hawk is actually hollow and once contained raptor mummies. He was inscribed with texts, which are obscured under the heavy coating of sacred oils that were poured over the image on ritual occasions. Hawks, falcons, and eagles were all associated with different aspects of Re, the solar god.

Sacred Ram
This mummy belongs to a ram that was worshipped as the incarnation of the god Khnum at Elephantine. The head and foreparts are adorned in painted and gilded cartonnage, and it is crowned with a wooden area crown. Amulets were scattered over the body. It was completely eviscerated, and the body cavity was filled with linen. The condition of the skeleton indicates it died when it was very old.En savoir plus