The Quest for Immortality

Coffin lid of Princess Isis-em-akhbit
Twenty-first Dynasty, reign of Psusennes II,

959-945 BCE

Painted wood, gold
Thebes, Cachette of Royal Mummies
The Egyptian Museum, Cairo

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Falcon collar of Princess Neferuptah Twelfth Dynasty, reign of Amenemhat III, 1831-1786 BCE Gold, carnelian, feldspar Hawara, Pyramid of Neferuptah, excavations of the Egyptian Antiquities Service, 1956 The Egyptian Museum, Cairo	Girdle of Mereret Twelfth Dynasty, reign of Senusret III, 1870-1831 BCE Gold Dahshur, Pyramid precinct of Senusret III, tomb of Mereret The Egyptian Museum, Cairo	Bracelet with the eye of Horus Twenty-second Dynasty, reign of Sheshonk I, 945- 924 BCE; and Sheshonk II, c. 890 BCE Gold, semiprecious stones Tanis, tomb of Sheshonk II The Egyptian Museum, Cairo



Ankh Mid-Eighteenth Dynasty, reign of Amenhotep II, c. 1427-1400 BCE Painted wood Tomb of Amenhotep II, Thebes The Egyptian Museum, Cairo	Canopic chest of Queen Nedjmet Late Twentieth Dynasty, c. 1087-1080 BCE Gilded and painted wood Deir el-Bahari Cache, Thebes, discovered in 1881 The Egyptian Museum, Cairo	Bronze cat Late Period- Ptolemaic Period, c. 664-30 BCE Bronze The Egyptian Museum, Cairo



Four canopic jars of Prince Hornakht Twenty-second Dynasty, reign of Osorkon II, 874-850 BCE Alabaster Tanis, tomb of Osorkon II The Egyptian Museum, Cairo	Finger stalls New Kingdom, 1550-1069 BCE Gold The Egyptian Museum, Cairo	Funerary mask of Wenudjebauendjed Twenty-first Dynasty, reign of Psusennes I, 1039-991 BCE Gold Tanis, Royal Tomb no. 3, chamber 4 The Egyptian Museum, Cairo



Double snake coffin Late Period, 664-332 BCE Bronze Provenance unknown The Egyptian Museum, Cairo	Isis with Horus child Late Period, c. 664-332 BCE Bronze Sakkara, Serapeum The Egyptian Museum, Cairo	Ushebti box of Yuya Eighteenth Dynasty, Reign of Amenhotep III, 1390-1352 BCE Painted wood Tomb of Yuya and Tuya, Valley of the Kings The Egyptian Museum, Cairo



Chair from tomb of Yuya and Tuya Eighteenth Dynasty, reign of Amenhotep III, 1390-1352 BCE Wood, gold Tomb of Yuya and Tuya, Valley of the Kings The Egyptian Museum, Cairo	Osiris resurrecting Twenty-sixth Dynasty, 664-525 BCE G neiss, with a headdress in electrum and gold From Horbeit The Egyptian Museum, Cairo	Colossal head of Ramesses II usurped from Senusret I Nineteenth Dynasty, reign of Ramesses II, 1279-1213 BCE Red granite Memphis The Egyptian Museum, Cairo



Sennefer and Sentnay Eighteenth Dynasty, reign of Amenhotep II and Thutmose IV, 1427-1390 BCE Granodiorite Karnak, Temple of Amun-Re The Egyptian Museum, Cairo

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