Egypt, Ancient
Statues
Ṣaqqārah (Egypt)--Antiquities
Wooden statue of Kaaper, an Egyptian scribe and priest who lived between the late 4th Dynasty and the early 5th Dynasty. The statue was found in his tomb in the Saqqara Necropolis, Egypt.
Steele, Lawrence E.
Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
Still image
Tombs
Hieroglyphics
Two wooden panels of the mastaba (tomb) of Hesy-Re in the Saqqara Necropolis, Egypt. One depicts man standing and one depicts man sitting. Both are surrounded by hieroglyphics.
Sculpture
Granite statue of Ankh, an Egyptian official from the 3rd Dynasty. Currently on display in the National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Granite statue from Ancient Egypt. The pose is typical of private statues of the era.
Granite statue of Ankh, a senior official from the 3rd dynasty. The statue is originally from Beit Khallaf, Egypt.
Head and chest of an ancient Egyptian statue on display among other pieces.
Egypt
A collection of artefacts in the Cairo Museum, Egypt, including three statues of people and one statue of a bird. A person can be seen in the background.
Bread
Ushabti figurine of a person kneading bread. Ushabtis were placed in tombs as part of ancient Egyptian funerals. This statue was found in Saqqara, Egypt.
Limestone statue of the Egyptian official Kaemked, from the 5th dynasty. Kaemked was a funerary priest and his kneeling pose was likely for worship. The statue was originally found in Saqqara, Egypt.
Statue depicting two people, likely a married couple. The pose is typical of such artefacts. Both figures have significant damage, both missing most of one arm, as well as cracks across the entire piece.
Wooden statue of Kaaper, an Egyptian scribe and priest who lived between the late 4th Dynasty and the early 5th Dynasty. The statue was found in his tomb in the Saqqara necropolis.
Relief (Art)
Carving (Decorative arts)
Relief image made in limestone depicting five individuals, with one seemingly sitting on the shoulders of another. Found in the grave of Horemheb, in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt.
Boats
A funeral boat discovered near the funerary complex of the 12th Dynasty pharaoh Senusret III, on display at the Egyptian Museum Cairo.
Statue of a man sitting down and a woman standing up beside him, likely a husband and wife.
Limestone statues of the mayor Nen-kheft-ka and his wife, Nefer-shemes, found in a rock-cut tomb at Deshasheh in Egypt.
Statue of Nekhesfta and his son Nekheftek
Painted limestone statue of the royal courtier, Nekhesfta and his son Nekheftek, from the Seventh Dynasty.
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.
Models
Model of an Egyptian wheat granary with small figurines working.
Sculpture of two women grinding wheat to prepare flour.
Clay sculpture of woman, possibly from Naqada I, an archaeological culture from prehistoric Egypt.
Bundle of sticks wrapped in twine on white fabric.
Limestone statue of a man from the late 5th to early 6th Dynasty. The head of the statue appears to be reattached.
Painted sandstone seated statue of Ancient Egyptian Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II of the 11th dynasty, Middle Kingdom, at the Egyptian Museum of Cairo.
Drawing
Drawing of many people transporting a large statue of a man on a sledge, surrounded by hieroglyphics.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
Dublin Horse Show
Nations Cup
Photograph of William Brown on Sandsablaze competing for the USA in the Nations Cup at the RDS Dublin Horse Show 1974.
Royal Dublin Society
1974
Photograph of Michael Matz on Balalaika competing for USA in the Equizole Stakes 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.
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 Denis Murphy on Tuscaloosa competing for the USA in the Shell Puissance at the RDS Dublin Horse Show 1974.
Photograph of Fiona Kinnear on Gralla, subsequently Irish Army Eventing champion, at the RDS Dublin Horse Show 1975.
1975
Relief engraving of the goddess Isis at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
Two images from different angles of ebony statue of a girl from the eighteenth dynasty.
Relief engraving of the goddess Isis in the Tomb of Seti II in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt.
Columns
Tall column with closed-bud capital surrounded by artefacts at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
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.
Sphinxes (Mythology) in art
Jewelry
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.
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.
Photograph of an unknown rider competing in the Shell Puissance at the RDS Dublin Horse Show 1975.
Photograph of Tommy Brennan on Best Man competing for Ireland in the MSD Equizole Stakes at the RDS Dublin Horse Show 1975.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Photograph of James Kernan on Spring Trout competing in the Nations Cup at the RDS Dublin Horse Show 1976.
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.
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.
Mummies
Decorated bed for mummy of Nedjemib, dating to the late Ptolemaic Period, in a glass case in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
Copper alloy hollow cast statue of the princess-priestess Takushit from the Third Intermediate Period, Late 25th Dynasty, c. 670 BC.
Busts
Head of a large seated figure made from granite, possibly of Amenemhat III.
Two images of plaster cast bust of a female with a headdress.
Sarcophagi
Sarcophagus engraved with hieroglyphics and depictions of people in the Egyptian Museum of Cairo.
Statue of female with hands held out in a glass case in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
Pottery
Three small statues of servants making pottery. The statues would have been placed in burial chambers of the upper classes in Egypt.
Seven photographs of boys participating in the Pony Games at the Dublin Horse Show 1977.
1977
Bust of Amenemhat III in costume of a priest from Fayum, Middle Kingdom.
Lion
Two drawings of statue of a lion from the temple precinct at Hierakonpolis, from the end of the Old Kingdom, c. 2700-2200 BC.
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.
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.
Bronze hypocephalus (a disc-shaped object placed under the head of a mummy).
Stele (Archaeology)
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.
Skeleton
Skull with two holes in it, propped up on a block.
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.
Tools
Drawing of four men holding tools including an axe and brush.
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.
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.
Statue of a pharaoh in a devotional attitude, possibly Hatshepsut.
Dirt pathway with three pieces of string across it.
Photo with a road in the foreground and the top of a pyramid in the background.
Egyptian landscape and a man leading a donkey through it.
Drawing of six potter's marks, including a cross, a branch, and a bug or lizard.
Raised relief of a pharaoh wearing khepresh (the blue crown), possibly Ramesses III.
Handwritten title slide that reads: With the Diggers in the Nile Valley
Photo of the desert with mountains in the background.
Deir el-Bahri Site (Egypt)
Deir el-Bahari temple area and cliffs from the south east. On the left is the Temple of Mentuhotep II, Egypt.
Temples
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.
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.
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, removed from the shrine of Hathor in Deir el-Bahari, Egypt.
Illustration of the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
Detailed illustration of the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, located in Deir el-Bahari, Egypt.
Wall paintings in the Tomb of Amenherkhepshef
Mural painting and decoration
Valley of the Queens (Egypt)
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.
Floor plans
Hand-drawn sketched floorplan with 'Great Temple,' 'Dromos,' and 'Valley Temple' marked on it.
Archaeology
Large number of men working on an excavation site in 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.
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.
Excavation of a tomb in Egypt with numerous men walking in the background.
Man wearing a galibya, blazer, and turban stands between two columns.
Small wooden model of women spinning and weaving flax in a workshop. Found in the Tomb of Meketre (TT280), Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Egypt.
Red granite statue of lion of Amenhotep III, from Jebel Barkal.
Rock-cut tombs at the base of hills in Egypt.
Dirt road leading towards cliffs in Egypt.
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.
Valley of the Kings (Egypt)
Sarcophagus and body of Amenhotep II, located in the Tomb of Amenhotep II (KV35), located in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes.