Egypt Collection (page 13)

Valley of the Kings, tomb of Rameses VI, 1186 - 1085 BC, wall painting showing contents of the Book of the Dead. Photograph by Lionel Coates Date: circa 1970

The Great Handel Festival at the Crystal Palace
This picture shows the last day of the Centenary Commemoration of the death of Handel. There was a performance of Israel in Egypt for which 26, 826 people attended

Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife and her daughters
Louise, Princess Royal of Great Britain, Duchess of Fife (1867-1931), third child and eldest daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, pictured with her two daughters, Alexandra

George Herbert 5th Earl Carnarvon C1922 Iln Import
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Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer (1841 - 1917), statesman and diplomat, notably in Egypt. Date: 1898

EGYPTIAN CEMETERY
Egyptian women tending graves in an Egyptian cemetert. Date: 1836

PORTUGUESE TAKE DIU 1509
A sea battle in the harbour of Diu, on the west coast of India, results in the death of Sultan Badur and Portuguese annexation. Inset : Nugno d'Acona who founds the colony. Date: 1509

CANOPIC JAR
Canopic jars, from the city of Canopis, are used to store the hearts or other organs of deceased people whose bodies have been mummified. Date: BCE

Tear Bottles 1930s
A young woman creating a tear bottle display, a mourning custom dating from Ancient Rome and Egypt, when mourners would bottle their tears for burial with their loved ones. early 1930s

ANTONY OF EGYPT, HERMIT
When Antony's parents die, he gives away his worldly goods and becomes a hermit in the desert near his home, where he is assailed by temptations but resists them all. Date: 251 - 356

EGYPTIAN EMBALMING
Joseph's dead body is embalmed by ancient Egyptians

Second Battle of Abukir : 5000 newly-landed British troops under Abercromby drive 2000 French from their positions, but with heavy losses from the French guns Date: 8 March 1801

BEFORE LEAVING EGYPT
Following the last plague - the death of the first-born - the Hebrews eat their last meal standing, dressed for travel, staff in hand... ready to leave Egypt

FUNERAL, ANCIENT EGYPT
The body is borne in a boat- like sarcophagus, while retainers accompany the procession bearing treasures which archeologists will be delighted to re-discover

EGYPTIAN MUMMIES Date: BC

EGYPTIAN SERVANT GIRLS
Two USHABTIS - half-sized figurines placed in a pharaoh's tomb ; these two represent female attendants carrying food and drink for their dead master Date: circa 1500 BC

PRESENTATION TO OSIRIS
Ani, recently dead, is taken to the Underworld where he is presented to Osiris

Anubis, god of the dead, with head of a jackel
Anubis, god of the dead, with the head of a jackel

ANUBIS/OSIRIS
Anubis, god of the dead with the head of a jackel, and a recently deceased mortal

BIBLE/PLAGUE/FIRST BORN
Death of the first born. Date: OT

RESPECTS DEAD PHARAOH
A courtier pays his respects to the dead Pharaoh, enclosed in his magnificent tomb, not yet pillaged, ravaged, vandalised and looted. Date: 1325 BC

IVY CARTER BEAUMONT known as Rosemary medium who recalled past life in Ancient Egypt Date: 1893 - 1961

Egypt: the bombardment of Alexandria by the British in 1882. Date: 1882

BOOK OF THE DEAD/37
Osiris-Seker within a shrine adored by Ani and his wife, Plate. The goddess Hathor as a hippopotamus crowned with the sun-disk and horns

BOOK OF THE DEAD/33
1. 4 cynocephali sit at pool of fire 2. Amulets placed on the mummy : Tat, Buckle, Heart and Head-rest 3. Portion of sepulchral chamber

BOOK OF THE DEAD/31
The Hail of the Two-fold Maat decorated with uraei and feathers symbolical of the Law. Within are the 42 judges of the dead, 33 shown here

BOOK OF THE DEAD/32
1. Hall of the Two-fold Maat showing the remaining 9 judges of the dead. (refer to plate 31) 2. 23 gods to wom are severally assigned various parts of the body

Book Dead 27 Religion Egypt Serpent Se Ta Crocodile
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Book Dead 24 Religion Egypt Eleven Powers Localities
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BOOK OF THE DEAD/23
Ani adoring the Powers of Localities, twenty of whom are depicted here

BOOK OF THE DEAD/20
Osiris with the sceptre, flail and hook, and Isis within a shrine

BOOK OF THE DEAD/21
Ani in the Solar Bark, adoring the Sun-god

BOOK OF THE DEAD/14
Nineteen of the gods of Localities from Chapter 18

BOOK OF THE DEAD/18
Various vignettes featuring Ani with is Shade and his Soul, adoring Osiris in the form of a ram and slaying a serpent

BOOK OF THE DEAD/30
Osiris and Isis within a shrine ; before them a lotus- flower on which stand the four children of Horus, genii of the dead

BOOK OF THE DEAD/PLATE 9
1. Eleven deities and the seven gods identified with the seven stars of the constellation of the Great Bear. 2. Souls of Ra and Osiris between two Tats

BOOK OF THE DEAD/PLATE 8
Various vignettes featuring the Eye of Horus. The last showing the four children of Horus and Ra

BOOK OF THE DEAD/19
1. Ani adoring the Sun-god in his Bark 2. Ani and his wife, Tutu

BOOK OF THE DEAD/13
The two pylons where the gods who preside over certain localities (23 shown here) reside

BOOK OF THE DEAD/PLATE 1
HYMN IN HONOUR OF THE SUN-GOD RA AT HIS RISING Ani with his wife, Tutu, before a table of offerings of meat, cakes, fruit, flowers, etc

EGYPTIAN PROCESSION
Continuation of funeral procession - priests officiate before a table of offerings while another reads the service from a papyrus

BOOK OF THE DEAD/22
An example of Egyptian hieroglyphics : the Sun-god in his Bark

EGYPTIAN FUNERAL
Funeral procession in Ancient Egypt. The mummy is on a boat-shaped hearse, the mourning wife kneels beside, a priest officiates in front and mourners follow behind

BOOK OF THE DEAD/36
1. The Hall in which are the four Rudders of Heaven and four triads of gods 2. Ani and Tutu before a table of offerings

BOOK OF THE DEAD/25
The Dove, the Golden hawk and the Divine Hawk, illustrating the chapters of the transformation of the deceased into those mythical forms of the Sun-god

BOOK OF THE DEAD PLATE 6
Continuation of funeral procession - priests now officiate before a table of offerings while another reads the funeral service from a papyrus

BOOK OF THE DEAD/10
1. Cat cuts off serpent head 2. Ani and his wife, Tutu, adoring the scarab-headed god Khepera on the Solar Bark 3. The god Atum in Solar Bark 4. Couchant lion on pedestal

BOOK OF THE DEAD/17
1. Ani adores triad of Gods 2. Ani with writing pallet 3. Soul of Ani visiting his mummified body 4. "the soul of a person may not be inprisoned"

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