Statue of King Khafra

This statue depicts King Khafre( Khefren to the Greeks), the builder of the second largest aggregate at Giza. It was set up in the vale tabernacle of his aggregate complex. The king is majestically seated on a throne with all the confidence of a man who erected a mountain. The two sides of his throne are decorated with the sema- tawy, symbol of the concinnity of Upper and Lower Egypt, signifying his rule over the two halves of the country. Perched on the reverse of the throne, behind the king's head, the god Horus in the form of a falcon spreads his bodies around the king's head in a gesture of protection.  Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty, reign of Khafre(c. 2558 – 2532 BC)  

Medium Diorite  Provenance Giza

Currently on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo

Masks of Yuya and Thuya

Mask of Yuya

Mask of thuya 

The mummies  of Yuya and Thuya were discovered wearing these cartonnage masks covered with gold splint. Yuya was the father of Queen Tiye, woman

of king Amenhotep III, and hubby of Thuya. Yuya came from the city of Akhmim, where he presumably held estates and where he was a clerk of the Egyptian god Min, the principal god of the area. Thuya held important religious titles, in

addition to the title of the Royal Mother of the Great woman of the King.

New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reign of Amenhotep III(c. 1390 – 1352 BC) Medium

Cartonnage, gold Provenance Luxor, Valley of the lords, Tomb of Yuya and Tjuya( KV46

Currently on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo

 

 golden mask of King Tutankhamun

Funerary golden mask of King Tutankhamun

   

This golden mask is the most famous of all the artefacts of ancient Egypt, a true icon of the pharaonic civilization. It will be the last artefact to be transported to the new museum.

The king is portrayed with the nemes, white and blue stripped line headdress: a uraeus (holy cobra) and a vulture adorn his forehead and a false beard made from gold and glass paste. The king’s eyes are reproduced with quartz and obsidian. On his back, magical inscriptions are engraved taken from Chapter 151b of the Book of the Dead.