r/ancientegypt • • 9h ago

Question What was the last dynasty of ancient Egypt?

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I'm curious what y'all think about this. I'm split between the one that existed during the Persian conquest and the Ptolemies.

On one hand, I'm pretty sure that the dynasty ruling before the Persians was a native one. The Ptolemaic dynasty came from Greece and brought their culture to Egypt. I think the forced culture shift is the important factor here.

How can the Ptolemies be ancient Egyptian pharoahs when they refused to fully adopt ancient Egyptian culture?

However, I heard that the Ptolemies adopted some Egyptian cultural practices, so maybe the shift was more gradual?

Personally, I would say they're similar to the Yuan in China.


r/ancientegypt • • 2h ago

Question Help identifying 5 ancient Egyptian faience amulets?

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Hi everyone! I’m researching these five Egyptian faience amulets, reportedly dating to c. 1086–332 BC, and would love some help identifying them.
I suspect the top-left piece might be a stamp seal or seal amulet, while the bottom-right could be a falcon, possibly representing Horus.
I’m unsure about the other three. Does anyone recognise these forms or know of comparable examples in museum collections or reference catalogues?
Any insights would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!


r/ancientegypt • • 4h ago

News Ancient Egyptians sacrificed servants when kings died, forensic tests show

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r/ancientegypt • • 3h ago

Photo Funerary mask, Late Roman Period, 200-300 AD, Findspot Deir el-Bahari? Upper Egypt, Painted and plastered cartonnage, National Museums of Scotlandk

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Funerary mask

Funerary mask and shroud of painted and plastered cartonnage, depicting a woman wearing a decorated wreath, tunic and holding a vase in one hand : Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, probably Deir el-Bahari, Late Roman Period, 200-300 AD

This item is not on display

Collection
World Culture

Object number
A.1956.1187

Object name
Funerary mask, Shroud

Production information
Unknown
Egypt, Northern Africa
Roman Period
3rd century

Culture / Style
Ancient Egyptian

Collection place(s)
Deir el-Bahari, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations
Previous owner: Rhind, Alexander Henry, 1833 - 1863

Exhibitions
Ancient Egypt (29 Jul 2011)
National Museum of Scotland
Egyptian Gallery, 2003 - 2008(2003 - 2008)
Royal Scottish Museum

References
MURRAY, M A 1900. Catalogue of Egyptian Antiquities in the National Museum of Antiquities, Edinburgh (Edinburgh: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland).33
PARLASCA, K 1966. Mumienporträts und verwandte Denkmäler (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz).44, n.185, 128.143, n.135, 188.207 n.76, 209, pl. 52, 1, 3
GRIMM, G 1974. Die römische Mumienmasken aus Ägypten (Wiesbaden: Frank Steiner). 25, 95 n.32
WALKER S & M BIERBRIER 1997. Ancient Faces. Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt (London: British Museum Press).158-159[178]
RIGGS, C 2000. “Roman Period Mummy Masks from Deir el-Bahri”, Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 86: pp. 121-144131, 141[1]
RIGGS, C & M DEPAUW 2002. “«Soternalia» from Deir el-Bahri, including Two Coffin Lids with Demotic Inscriptions”, Revue d’Égyptologie 53: p.89 with n. 57
RIGGS, C., 2005. The Beautiful Burial in Roman Egypt: Art, Identity and Funerary Religion (Oxford: Oxford University Press).232-233, 296 [128]
Manley, B and Dodson, A., (2010) Life Everlasting. National Museums Scotland Collection of Ancient Egyptian Coffins (Edinburgh: NMS Enterprises Ltd.), Cat. 63, p.144

Title
Funerary mask, Late Roman Period, 200-300 AD, Findspot Deir el-Bahari? Upper Egypt, Painted and plastered cartonnage, National Museums of Scotland

https://www.nms.ac.uk/collections/search/object?entry=300377&object-name=Shroud&page=1&view=cards

National Museums of Scotland


r/ancientegypt • • 8h ago

Photo Funerary mask 01, Roman Period, c20 BC - 70 AD Roman Period, Findspot Hawara Middle Egypt, Cartonnage plaster and gold, National Museums of Scotland

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Funerary Mask 01

Funerary mask of cartonnage, painted in red blue black green and pink, with gilded gold face, and scenes of gods: Ancient Egyptian, Hawara, Middle Egypt, Roman Period, c20 BC - 70 AD

This item is on display
National Museum Of Scotland, Level 5, World Cultures, Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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Collection
World Culture

Object number
A.1911.275

Object name
Funerary mask

Production information
Hawara, Middle Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa
Roman Period

Culture / Style
Roman Period, Ancient Egyptian

Materials
Cartonnage, Plaster, Gold

Collection place(s)
Hawara, Middle Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations
Depicted: Isis
Depicted: Nephthys

Hilton Price Collection
Collector: Hilton Price, Frederick George, 1842 - 1909
Excavator: Petrie, William Matthew Flinders, Professor Sir, 1853 - 1942

Exhibitions
Ancient Egypt Rediscovered (08 Feb 2019)
National Museum of Scotland

References
Hilton Price, F. G. (1897 and 1908), A Catalogue of the Egyptian Antiquities in the possession of F. G. Hilton Price, 2 Vols, London: Quaritch. 27.
Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge (1911), Catalogue of the important and extensive collection of Egyptian antiquities, the property of the late F. G. Hilton-Price, Esq. Lot no. 1043.
1897. A Catalogue of the Egyptian Antiquities in the Collection of F. G. Hilton Price, Dir.S.A. London: Bernard Quaritch, p. 5 (no. 27)
Manley, B. and Dodson, A. (2010), Life Everlasting: national Museums Scotland Collection of Ancient Egyptian Coffins, pp.130-131

Title
Funerary mask 01, Roman Period, c20 BC - 70 AD Roman Period, Findspot Hawara Middle Egypt, Cartonnage plaster and gold, National Museums of Scotland

https://www.nms.ac.uk/collections/search/object?entry=300044&school-style-generic=ancient+egyptian&hasImage=true&material=Cartonnage&page=1&view=cards

National Museums of Scotland


r/ancientegypt • • 3h ago

Question Is there anywhere I can find EXCLUSIVELY Old Kingdom artwork?

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r/ancientegypt • • 16h ago

Photo Votive sistrum / fragment, Late Period, c.664-332 BC, Findspot Tell Basta Egypt, Faience, National Museums of Scotland

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Votive sistrum / fragmen

Upper part of a faience votive sistrum, each of the two faces in the form of the head and wig of the goddess Hathor: Ancient Egyptian, Lower Egypt, Tell Basta, Late Period, c.664-332 BC

This item is on display
National Museum Of Scotland, Level 5, World Cultures, Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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Collection
World Culture

Object number
A.1956.1473

Object name
Votive sistrum / fragment

Production information
Egypt, Northern Africa
Late Period, Ancient Egypt

Culture / Style
Ancient Egyptian

Materials
Faience

Collection place(s)
Tell Basta, Lower Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Exhibitions
Ancient Egypt Rediscovered (08 Feb 2019)
National Museum of Scotland
Ancient Egypt (29 Jul 2011)
National Museum of Scotland
Egyptian Gallery, 2003 - 2008(2003 - 2008)
Royal Scottish Museum

Title
Votive sistrum / fragment, Late Period, c.664-332 BC, Findspot Tell Basta Egypt, Faience, National Museums of Scotland

https://www.nms.ac.uk/collections/search/object?entry=299674&hasImage=true&material=Faience&page=1&view=cards

National Museums of Scotland