Munshi Aziz Bhat Museum of Central Asian and Kargil Trade Artifacts, Kargil

04/08/2024

04/08/2024

Was Nikola Tesla the smartest person in the history of the world?

04/07/2024

Senet Game Board of Tutankhamun

King Tutankhamun was buried with no fewer than five senet game boxes. Senet was an ancient Egyptian board game popular with all classes.

Archaeological evidence reveals that senet was played by both royalty (as demonstrated by this elaborate ivory set) and commoners (crude boards scratched in rock). The course of the game was thought to parallel the course of the deceased through the underworld.

The ancient Egyptians believed in an afterlife, which means an existence after death. To reach the afterlife, a person who died had to perform certain rituals and pass many obstacles. In the New Kingdom, the game senet, which means “passing,” became associated with the journey to the afterlife.

From the Tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62), Valley of the Kings, West Thebes. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 62061

Photo: Sandro Vannini

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04/07/2024

It doesn’t look that exciting, but this linen is from the New Kingdom (ca. 1492–1473 B.C.)

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04/07/2024

The Great Royal Wife of Amenhotep III

✨ Queen Tiye ✨

- The Colossi of Memnon
- Temple of Amenhoteb III
- Luxor

📸 Egypt With Ahmed
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04/06/2024

Photo from 1974, when first extensive collection of Terracotta warriors was first discovered in Xi"an, Shaanxi, China.

Photo is remarkable because, it reveals original bright colors that were painted onto these life-size clay warriors more than 2000 years ago, before rapid deterioration.

Terracotta Warriors, guarded Tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, first ruler to unify China, from 221-207 BC. Discovered by chance in 1974 by local farmers digging a well.

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04/06/2024

Byzantine Woollen Tunic (6th Century AD) and Leather Shoes (5th-8th Century AD).

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04/05/2024

En cualquier punto geográfico de Egipto, encontramos arte y cultura.Es una civilización única en patrimonio.

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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04/04/2024

Mourners in The funerary chapel of Maya

New Kingdom Eighteenth Dynasty Deir el-Medina / chapel of Maya (TT 338)

discovered in 1906 by Ernesto Schiaparelli’s archaeological mission in the necropolis of Deir el-Medina

© MUSEO EGIZIO, Torino

04/02/2024

The great sphinx and The pyramid of kefren

04/02/2024

Closeup of a Terracotta soldier"s hairstyle. Qin dynasty, China, 221-206 BCE

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04/02/2024

the Outer coffin of Ahmose-Meritamun.

📸Heidi Kontkanen Photography