Whispers Of The Winds

04/05/2024

Statuette of Anubis facing a kneeling worshiper

Third Intermediate Period to Late Period, 25th-26th dynasty, ca. 747-525 BC.
From Temple of Amun, Karnak Cachette.
Now in the Walters Art Museum. 54.400

A bronze statuette of the anthropomorphic god Anubis facing a kneeling worshiper. He has the head of a jackal and the body of a human male. The piece has been cast in three sections and then joined. The eyes of Anubis are inlaid with gold and there are traces of gilding on the shoulders, wrists, ankles, neck, wig, and ears. The gilding was delicately applied to the eyes, eyebrows and muzzle, but in other areas it appears to have been applied in a more careless fashion.

The piece is well preserved in general but there is a break on the lower back corner of the base and there is some green and bright blue corrosion on the lower side of the base. A hieroglyphic inscription runs around the main base, the base of the Anubis figure and along the back pillar of the worshiper, identifying the dedicant as one Wdja-Hor-resnet, son of Ankh-pa-khered, who is asking for the blessings of the god Anubis.

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04/04/2024

Sunken relief sculpture and creativity of the ancient Egyptian artist!

- Ptah and Sekhmet from Ramesseum Temple.
- Luxor

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04/04/2024

Relief of Scribes at work

A fragment of a wall relief showing scribes intent on writing, probably under dictation, holding their tablets in their left hand and their pens in their right. The relief was part of a more elaborate composition from the memphite tomb of Horemheb at Saqqara.

New Kingdom, late 18th Dynasty, ca. 1336-1292 BC. Limestone, height: 24 cm, width: 31.5 cm. Now in the National Archaeological Museum of Florence. 2566

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04/04/2024

Bowl with crocodiles

Predynastic Period, Naqada I, ca. 4000-3500 BC.
Brown clay. Dimensions: height: 11 cm, diameter: 19.5 cm
Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 38284, CG 18804

This flared bowl with crocodiles and a flattened rim is typical of the pottery production of the early Predynastic Period. Generally characterized by the red coloring of the surfaces, decoration consists of geometric motifs or stylized plants or animals rendered by means of rapid brushstrokes in white paint.

On the outside of this particular vessel, however, there is an unusual applied decorative element, rare for this period. Clay models of four crocodiles have been attached diagonally to the exterior surface of the bowl, with their noses almost touching the rim.

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04/04/2024

Dagger of Princess Ita
Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, reign of Amenemhat II, ca. 1914-1879 BC.
From the Tomb of Princess Ita next to the pyramid of king Amenemhat II at Dahshur
Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 31069

In the tomb of Princess Ita, daughter of Amenemhat II, this dagger was found in her coffin, together with a collection of jewels that included bracelets, anklets, a necklace, and the remains of a belt.

The pommel is in the shape of a light crescent of lapis lazuli. The hilt is beaten gold and is inlaid with disks of lapis lazuli and green feldspar. The disks are inlaid with diagonal crosses of thin gold and between the disks are curvilinear squares inlaid with light brown carnelian.

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04/04/2024

Prince Rahotep
Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty, reign of king Sneferu c. 2575-2551 B.C.
From Mastaba of Rahotep and Nofret in Meidum.
Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. CG 3, 4
Photograph by Richard Mortel
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04/03/2024

A pillow, made of leather and grass, found in grave no. 4 at Oglakhty VI Burial Mound in Siberia. Tashtyk Culture, 3rd-4th century CE, now housed at the Hermitage Museum in Russia

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04/03/2024

04/03/2024

Tutmosis III

No estaba destinado a reinar. Tutmosis III sólo llegó al trono de Egipto porque su padre, el faraón Tutmosis II, y su Gran Esposa Real, la reina Hatshepsut, no habían tenido descendientes masculinos. De manera que fue él, hijo del faraón y de una esposa secundaria, quien acabó gobernando el país del Nilo. En este caso, el azar fue generoso con Egipto porque Tutmosis disponía de todas las cualidades necesarias para el buen gobernante y una más: su extraordinaria capacidad militar, que, sumada a un valor a toda prueba, le granjeó la lealtad del ejército más poderoso del Próximo Oriente. Al mando de estas tropas, Tutmosis III forjó un imperio que iba desde la actual Siria hasta la cuarta catarata del Nilo, en lo que hoy es Sudán. Con ello, los dominios del Egipto faraónico alcanzaron la máxima extensión de toda su historia.

El emperador egipcio Tutmosis III golpeando a sus enemigos. Relieve que representa al faraón golpeando a sus enemigos en la batalla de Meguido alrededor de 1457 a.C.
Templo de Karnak.

04/03/2024

Hanging Pillar. Lepakshi Temple, India. 35 ton, 20ft tall. There are 70 granite pillars but one doesn’t touch the floor leaving a thin space to pass clothes under it. Built between 1530 and 1545.

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04/03/2024

14-sided seal used by Dugu Xin, a prominent general of the Western Wei Dynasty of China. Each side served a different purpose, some for approving documents and some for writing letters.

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04/02/2024

The Trier Gold Hoard is a hoard of 2516 gold coins with a weight of 18.5 kg, found in Trier, Germany, in September 1993 during construction works, nearly 1800 years after it was hidden. It is described as the largest preserved Roman gold hoard worldwide.
Greater inspection revealed that it was not simply someone"s personal fortune but most likely an official treasury. The treasury had been carefully administered and had grown over time. The Hoard equated to the annual salary of around 130 Roman soldiers.
The aurei (gold coins) feature a total of 27 emperors, empresses and members of the imperial family, and some are still considered unique to this day. The gold coins were buried in a cellar during a civil war in 196 AD.

04/02/2024

About 200 years is the time difference between them, The Egyptian Museum was their only meeting place!

✨Mentuhotep II & Senusret III✨

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04/02/2024

The “bent” stones at the valley temple in Egypt

03/29/2024

In 1956, Venice drained and cleaned its famous canals to combat flooding and deterioration. Workers removed centuries of sediment, uncovering hidden treasures. This effort symbolized Venetian resilience and remains a testament to their commitment to protecting their city.

03/28/2024

Relief of Ramesses III, Medinet Habu.

03/28/2024

Antikythera Youth (330 BC), a bronze statue of a young man discovered in 1900 CE, by sponge-divers in area of ancient Antikythera shipwreck off island of Antikythera, Greece.

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03/28/2024

Death Mounted on a Lion" (1513 CE), Middle Franconia,

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03/27/2024

Coffin of Anonymous Singer of Amun | TIP | Dyn. XXI | Cachette of Bab el Gasus — at Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Firenze

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