Egypt
This video is about a 10" statue of an Egyptian nobleman of Egypt's Third Intermediatte Period named Neb-Sanu which is moving on its own in the Manchester museum.
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Egypt
A Spinning Statue
This video is about a 10" statue of an Egyptian nobleman of Egypt's Third Intermediatte Period named Neb-Sanu which is moving on its own in the Manchester museum.
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- Object Biography #6: The Crown From A Colossal Statue Of Ramesses Ii (acc. No. 1783)
Egypt at the Manchester Museum (Campbell Price) As Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her Diamond Jubilee, it seemed appropriate to highlight this magnificent fragment from a colossus of another monarch who celebrated 60 years on the throne. It comes from...
- The Ancient Nobles Of Armant
Archaeologists working at the temple of Montu at Armant have had good pickings recently with the discovery of five heads with crowns, said to be of Middle Kingdom period and now two statues of nobles though without their heads. The first is of an 18th...
- Seized Ramesside Statue
A pink granite statue of a priest from the Ramesside period which was recently seized by Cairo police has been found to be authentic. The 56cm tall statue also depicts Osiris, Isis and a priest including a hieroglyphic inscription....
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Two more late period bronzes stolen from the Egyptian Museum, Cairo have been discovered and will be returned. The statues include a statue of Osiris and a statue of the god Harpocrates. Two more statues have also been recovered of the same gods and will...
- Pieces Of Amenhotep And Tiye
Anyone who has ever visited the Cairo museum has seen and remembers well the colossal statue of Amenhotep III and his great wife Tiye. The statue is extremely rare in Egyptian art for it depicts Tiye on the same scale as king Amenhotep III. When originally...