Egypt, Ancient
Valley of the Kings (Egypt)
Tombs
Corridor in the tomb of Tutankhamun, with paintings on the wall and people standing at the far end.
Steele, Lawrence E.
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Entrance to the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt. A metal grating is visible at the entrance.
View of path through Valley of the Kings, Egypt. A man with a donkey is walking on the path.
Temples
Columns
Walls and columns of the Hypostyle Hall at the Karnak Temple Complex at Luxor, Egypt. People can be seen standing in front of the hall.
View of path through Valley of the Kings, Egypt.
Large rock structures in desert, possibly part of the Valley of the Kings, Egypt.
Corridor in Tomb KV11, the burial place of Ramesses III. Located in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt.
View of rocks and cliff of the Valley of the Kings, Egypt.
Maps
Floor plans
Map of Tomb KV35, the burial place of Amenhotep II, a pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Located in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt.
Egypt
Path leading up to an opening in the side of a cliff.
Deir el-Bahri Site (Egypt)
Cliffs of Deir el-Bahari, Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut and Mortuary Temple of Mentuhotep II. In the foreground, there are three children, two standing with jars on their heads and one sitting on the ground.
Valley of the Queens (Egypt)
Mural painting and decoration
Wall paintings in the tomb of Nefertari (QV66), depicting the god Horus and Nefertari. Located in the Valley of the Queens.
Wall paintings in the Tomb of Nefertari (QV66), depicting the deities Serket, Isis, Khepri, Osiris (above entrance), Hathor and Horus. Located in the Valley of the Queens, Egypt.
Wall paintings in the Tomb of Khaemwaset (QV44) depicting the god Shu, Prince Khaemwaset, and Ramesses III. Located in the Valley of the Queens, Egypt.
Mummies
Sarcophagus and body of Amenhotep II, located in the Tomb of Amenhotep II (KV35), located in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes.
Vestibule and burial chamber of the tomb of Prince Khaemwaset (QV44) with paintings depicting scenes from the Book of the Dead. Located in the Valley of the Queens, Egypt.
Dirt road leading towards cliffs in Egypt.
Rock-cut tombs at the base of hills in Egypt.
Statues
Sculpture
Lion
Red granite statue of lion of Amenhotep III, from Jebel Barkal.
Models
Small wooden model of women spinning and weaving flax in a workshop. Found in the Tomb of Meketre (TT280), Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Egypt.
Man wearing a galibya, blazer, and turban stands between two columns.
Excavation of a tomb in Egypt with numerous men walking in the background.
Two wooden statues of female offering bearers holding ducks in their hands and baskets of jars and meat on their heads. Found in the Tomb of Meketre (TT280), Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Egypt.
Small wooden models depicting a cattle count overseen by Meketre and officials, and a model of a boat. Located in the Tomb of Meketre (TT280), Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Egypt.
Archaeology
Large number of men working on an excavation site in Egypt.
Hand-drawn sketched floorplan with 'Great Temple,' 'Dromos,' and 'Valley Temple' marked on it.
Wall paintings in the Tomb of Amenherkhepshef
Wall paintings in the Tomb of Amenherkhepshef (QV 55) depicting Prince Amenherkhepshef and the goddess Isis (right) and other figures. Located in the Valley of the Queens, Egypt.
Illustration of the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
Drawing
Detailed illustration of the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, located in Deir el-Bahari, Egypt.
Statue of the goddess Hathor as the divine cow, removed from the shrine of Hathor in Deir el-Bahari, Egypt.
Three men walking among the ruins of a hypostyle hall at Deir el-Bahari, Egypt. Mortuary temple in the background, likely that of Hatshepsut.
Statue of the goddess Hathor as the divine cow in a small shrine with painted walls, located in the Temple of Thutmose III, Deir el-Bahari, Egypt.
Northern colonnades on the middle terrace of the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, in Deir el-Bahari, Egypt. The cliffs of Deir el-Bahari are in the background.
Deir el-Bahari temple area and cliffs from the south east. On the left is the Temple of Mentuhotep II, Egypt.
Photo of the desert with mountains in the background.
Handwritten title slide that reads: With the Diggers in the Nile Valley
Relief (Art)
Carving (Decorative arts)
Raised relief of a pharaoh wearing khepresh (the blue crown), possibly Ramesses III.
Drawing of six potter's marks, including a cross, a branch, and a bug or lizard.
Egyptian landscape and a man leading a donkey through it.
Photo with a road in the foreground and the top of a pyramid in the background.
Dirt pathway with three pieces of string across it.
Statue of a pharaoh in a devotional attitude, possibly Hatshepsut.
Handwritten numbered list of pharaohs and dates. Pharaohs listed are: Ahmes [Ahmose] I, Amenhotep I, Thothmes [Thutmose] I, Thothmes II, Hatasu [Hasheps], Thothmes III, Amenhotep II, Thothmes IV, Amenhotep III, Khuenaten [Akhenaten], Rasmenkhka, Tutankhamen, Ay, and Horemheb.
Column in the shape of a papyrus bundle in a museum. Surrounding the column are statues of Sekhmet and busts on stone blocks, with steles on shelves behind.
Tools
Drawing of four men holding tools including an axe and brush.
Detail of a larger statue of Thutmose IV and his mother Tiaa. Large crack runs below Thutmose's neck and through his chest. Found in Karnak, Egypt.
Skeleton
Skull with two holes in it, propped up on a block.
Stele (Archaeology)
Boats
Several statues and steles on display in the British Museum. In the foreground there is a statue of Mutemwia, wife of Thutmose IV and mother of Amenhotep III, on a boat. In the background there are two statues of Sekhmet, a bust, and numerous steles.
Bronze hypocephalus (a disc-shaped object placed under the head of a mummy).
Drawings
Illustration of a harper, based on a painting found in the Tomb of Ramesses III (Tomb KV11) in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt.
Statue of Pharaoh Amenemhat III as Hapi the Nile god, found in Tanis, the capital of the 21st Dynasty Kings. The statues wear wigs with two large braids and are holding fish.
Two drawings of statue of a lion from the temple precinct at Hierakonpolis, from the end of the Old Kingdom, c. 2700-2200 BC.
Busts
Bust of Amenemhat III in costume of a priest from Fayum, Middle Kingdom.
Dublin Horse Show
Seven photographs of boys participating in the Pony Games at the Dublin Horse Show 1977.
Royal Dublin Society
1977
Pottery
Three small statues of servants making pottery. The statues would have been placed in burial chambers of the upper classes in Egypt.
Statue of female with hands held out in a glass case in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
Sarcophagi
Hieroglyphics
Sarcophagus engraved with hieroglyphics and depictions of people in the Egyptian Museum of Cairo.
Two images of plaster cast bust of a female with a headdress.
Head of a large seated figure made from granite, possibly of Amenemhat III.
Copper alloy hollow cast statue of the princess-priestess Takushit from the Third Intermediate Period, Late 25th Dynasty, c. 670 BC.
Decorated bed for mummy of Nedjemib, dating to the late Ptolemaic Period, in a glass case in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
Two small sculptures on a podium. One statue is of a man with a rectangle projecting from his head and one is of a small animal.
Toys
Two drawings of wooden toys for children from Ancient Egypt. One drawing depicts three wooden dolls, and the other drawing depicts a man who could be moved by string and a crocodile.
Nations Cup
Photograph of James Kernan on Spring Trout competing in the Nations Cup at the RDS Dublin Horse Show 1976.
1976
Lt Col Raimondo d'Inzeo on Bellevue (Nations' Cup)
Photograph of Lt Col Raimondo d'Inzeo on Bellevue competing for Italy in the Nations' Cup at the RDS Dublin Horse Show 1976.
Lt Con Power on Coolronan (Nations' Cup)
Photograph of Lt Con Power on Coolronan competing for Ireland in the Nations' Cup at the RDS Dublin Horse Show 1976.
Photograph of Col. E.V. Campion and Capt. Con Power competing for Ireland in the Jameson Whiskey Stakes at the RDS Dublin Horse Show 1976.
Photograph of Comdt Ned Campion on Lough Sheelin competing for Ireland in the The Wylie Trophy International Fault and Out at the RDS Dublin Horse Show 1976.
Photograph of Tommy Brennan on Best Man competing for Ireland in the MSD Equizole Stakes at the RDS Dublin Horse Show 1975.
1975
Photograph of an unknown rider competing in the Shell Puissance at the RDS Dublin Horse Show 1975.
Stone seated statue in front of a stone wall. A man in a suit and carrying an umbrella looks at the statue and an Egyptian child leans against the statue.
Circle marked with millennia from 10,000 BC to 0 AD. Civilisations such as Egypt, Babylon- Early Minoan and Knossos, Crete, are written on the circle.
Jewelry
Sphinxes (Mythology) in art
The head of statue of Tiaa, wife of Amenhotep II, the seventh ruler of the 18th dynasty. The side of statue of Tiaa's son Thutmose IV is visible next to her.
Tall column with closed-bud capital surrounded by artefacts at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
Relief engraving of the goddess Isis in the Tomb of Seti II in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt.
Two images from different angles of ebony statue of a girl from the eighteenth dynasty.
Relief engraving of the goddess Isis at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
Photograph of Fiona Kinnear on Gralla, subsequently Irish Army Eventing champion, at the RDS Dublin Horse Show 1975.
Photograph of Denis Murphy on Tuscaloosa competing for the USA in the Shell Puissance at the RDS Dublin Horse Show 1974.
1974
Comdt. Raimondo d'Inzeo on Bellevue and Capt. Larry Kiely on Inis Cara
Photograph of Comdt. Raimondo d'Inzeo on Bellevue for Italy and Capt. Larry Kiely on Inis Cara for Ireland after tying for first place in the Shell Puissance at the RDS Dublin Horse Show 1974.
Photograph of Paul Schockemohle on Abadir competing for Germany in the Thibonzole Stakes at the RDS Dublin Horse Show 1974.
Photograph of Michael Matz on Balalaika competing for USA in the Equizole Stakes at the RDS Dublin Horse Show 1974.
Photograph of William Brown on Sandsablaze competing for the USA in the Nations Cup at the RDS Dublin Horse Show 1974.
Model of a porter carrying a satchel on his back and a basket in his arms from the burial of Ny-ankh-pepi Kem, Meir, Egypt.
Models of man hoeing and woman brewing beer
Model of two people from the burial of Ny-ankh-pepi Kem, Meir, Egypt. The man is hoeing and the woman is standing in front of two beer jars.
Models of man baking bread and man grilling a goose
Model of two men from the burial of Ny-ankh-pepi Kem, Meir, Egypt. One man is baking bread and the other man is grilling a goose while fanning a fire.
Model of three women wearing long white dresses, carrying offerings and walking in procession. The models were found in the burial of Ny-ankh-Pepi Kem, Meir, Egypt, and date to the 6th Dynasty, Old Kingdom.
Models of people grinding grain and making beer
Two models from the burial of Ny-ankh-pepi Kem, Meir, Egypt. One model depicts two people, one person grinding grains and the other tending a fire. The other model depicts a person with beer vessels.
Drawing of many people transporting a large statue of a man on a sledge, surrounded by hieroglyphics.
Painted sandstone seated statue of Ancient Egyptian Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II of the 11th dynasty, Middle Kingdom, at the Egyptian Museum of Cairo.
Limestone statue of a man from the late 5th to early 6th Dynasty. The head of the statue appears to be reattached.
Bundle of sticks wrapped in twine on white fabric.
Clay sculpture of woman, possibly from Naqada I, an archaeological culture from prehistoric Egypt.
Sculpture of two women grinding wheat to prepare flour.
Model of an Egyptian wheat granary with small figurines working.
Three images of large bronze statue of King Pepi I, holding staff in left hand, and smaller bronze statue of his son and successor King Merenre II.