![Amenophis III at the entrance to the British Museum's Egyptian and Sudanese Galleries](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156627.q7k4DEAX.BritishMuseumFeb08072.jpg) Amenophis III at the entrance to the British Museum's Egyptian and Sudanese Galleries |
![Amenophis III, 9th Pharoah of the 18th Dynasty, son of Thutmose IV](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156630.ya64kD5c.BritishMuseumFeb08074.jpg) Amenophis III, 9th Pharoah of the 18th Dynasty, son of Thutmose IV |
![Amenophis III ruled Egypt 1386 to 1349 BC](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156632.gpDDPtpA.BritishMuseumFeb08076.jpg) Amenophis III ruled Egypt 1386 to 1349 BC |
![Statue of Senenmut and Neferura, 18th Dynasty, ca 1480 BC Karnak](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156634.WKMRYsWG.BritishMuseumFeb08078.jpg) Statue of Senenmut and Neferura, 18th Dynasty, ca 1480 BC Karnak |
![Tomb sculpture of Nenkheftka in painted limestone, ca 2200BC Deshasha](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156635.esVGOtbo.BritishMuseumFeb08080.jpg) Tomb sculpture of Nenkheftka in painted limestone, ca 2200BC Deshasha |
![Limestone tomb slab of Nihebsedpepy ca 2100 BC (1st intermediate period)](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156637.Vb8k9eHs.BritishMuseumFeb08082.jpg) Limestone tomb slab of Nihebsedpepy ca 2100 BC (1st intermediate period) |
![False door and architrave of Ptahshepses, 5th Dynasty, ca 2400 Saqqara](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156639.1k7Xpykz.BritishMuseumFeb08084.jpg) False door and architrave of Ptahshepses, 5th Dynasty, ca 2400 Saqqara |
![The panels on each side of the false door are inscribed with a biogrpahy of Ptashepses](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156641.TezoHSRk.BritishMuseumFeb08086.jpg) The panels on each side of the false door are inscribed with a biogrpahy of Ptashepses |
![Three black granite statues of King Sesostris III, 12th Dynasty ca 1850 BC, Deir el-Bahri](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156644.JjtDLyFN.BritishMuseumFeb08088.jpg) Three black granite statues of King Sesostris III, 12th Dynasty ca 1850 BC, Deir el-Bahri |
![Quartzite statue of Ankhrekhu, 12th Dynasty, ca 1850 BC](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156646.YB93UvuD.BritishMuseumFeb08094.jpg) Quartzite statue of Ankhrekhu, 12th Dynasty, ca 1850 BC |
![Red granite standing figure of an 18th Dynasty king, ca 1450 BC, Karnak](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156648.JRwRff6h.BritishMuseumFeb08099.jpg) Red granite standing figure of an 18th Dynasty king, ca 1450 BC, Karnak |
![Red granite standing figure of an 18th Dynasty king, ca 1450 BC, Karnak](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156649.8Le0lTkZ.BritishMuseumFeb08100.jpg) Red granite standing figure of an 18th Dynasty king, ca 1450 BC, Karnak |
![Red granite head of a colossal 18th Dynasty king, ca 1390, Thebes (Temple of Mut)](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156651.EEXaZs0g.BritishMuseumFeb08101.jpg) Red granite head of a colossal 18th Dynasty king, ca 1390, Thebes (Temple of Mut) |
![Limestone stela of Penbuwy in honor of the god Ptah, 19th Dynasty, ca 1200, Thebes (Deir el-Medina)](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156653.TqEWC0Qo.BritishMuseumFeb08104.jpg) Limestone stela of Penbuwy in honor of the god Ptah, 19th Dynasty, ca 1200, Thebes (Deir el-Medina) |
![Seated statues of Sakhmet, 18th Dynasty, ca 1400 BC, Thebes (Temple of Mut)](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156656.mDLF76CF.BritishMuseumFeb08107.jpg) Seated statues of Sakhmet, 18th Dynasty, ca 1400 BC, Thebes (Temple of Mut) |
![The lion-headed goddess Sakhmet, 18th Dynasty, ca 1400 BC, Thebes (Temple of Mut)](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156659.2vNZMkJ3.BritishMuseumFeb08108.jpg) The lion-headed goddess Sakhmet, 18th Dynasty, ca 1400 BC, Thebes (Temple of Mut) |
![Unfinished limestone dyad of man and wife, 18th Dynasty, ca 1350 BC](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156662.BvxVJ8Me.BritishMuseumFeb08111.jpg) Unfinished limestone dyad of man and wife, 18th Dynasty, ca 1350 BC |
![BritishMuseumFeb08 113.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156665.NxPc959R.BritishMuseumFeb08113.jpg) BritishMuseumFeb08 113.jpg |
![BritishMuseumFeb08 114.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156668.LhL1ipcl.BritishMuseumFeb08114.jpg) BritishMuseumFeb08 114.jpg |
![Upper part of a colossal statue of Amenhotep III, 18th Dynasty, ca 1370 BC, Thebes](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156670.fYyKBL2f.BritishMuseumFeb08115.jpg) Upper part of a colossal statue of Amenhotep III, 18th Dynasty, ca 1370 BC, Thebes |
![Quartzite figure of a baboon, a manifistation of the god Thoth, 18th Dynasty, ca 1400 BC](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156673.X4d56kGf.BritishMuseumFeb08120.jpg) Quartzite figure of a baboon, a manifistation of the god Thoth, 18th Dynasty, ca 1400 BC |
![The Rosetta Stone, discovered in 1799 by the French near Alexandria](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156675.eLS70Ch2.BritishMuseumFeb08124.jpg) The Rosetta Stone, discovered in 1799 by the French near Alexandria |
![The Rosetta Stone's inscriptions in Greek, Demotic, and Hieroglyphics enabled scholars to decipher the ancient Egyptian writing](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156677.dPcvNuaD.BritishMuseumFeb08128.jpg) The Rosetta Stone's inscriptions in Greek, Demotic, and Hieroglyphics enabled scholars to decipher the ancient Egyptian writing |
![Upper part of a colossal statue of Ramesses II, 19th Dynasty, ca 1270 BC, Thebes](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156679.B7Q0TKqp.BritishMuseumFeb08132.jpg) Upper part of a colossal statue of Ramesses II, 19th Dynasty, ca 1270 BC, Thebes |
![Upper part of a colossal statue of Ramesses II, 19th Dynasty, ca 1270 BC, Thebes](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156682.5eHYN5ia.BritishMuseumFeb08135.jpg) Upper part of a colossal statue of Ramesses II, 19th Dynasty, ca 1270 BC, Thebes |
![Tour group in the British Museum's Egyptian galleries](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156681.EP6xgOFw.BritishMuseumFeb08133.jpg) Tour group in the British Museum's Egyptian galleries |
![Limestone figure of a Horus-falcon, Late Period (after 600 BC)](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156685.UpcLb3bW.BritishMuseumFeb08140.jpg) Limestone figure of a Horus-falcon, Late Period (after 600 BC) |
![Red breccia figure of the goddess Taweret in the form of a pregnant hippopotamus, Late Period (664-343 BC)](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156687.FKoFYzEH.BritishMuseumFeb08142.jpg) Red breccia figure of the goddess Taweret in the form of a pregnant hippopotamus, Late Period (664-343 BC) |
![Granite ram of Amun with King Taharqa, 25th Dynasty (690-664 BC) from Kawa in Nubia](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156689.4Rb3h9i1.BritishMuseumFeb08146.jpg) Granite ram of Amun with King Taharqa, 25th Dynasty (690-664 BC) from Kawa in Nubia |
![This statue symbolizes the god Amun's protection of King Taharqa](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156691.qUxUW2SH.BritishMuseumFeb08147.jpg) This statue symbolizes the god Amun's protection of King Taharqa |
![This is similar to the Avenue of the Sphinxes at Karnak](https://a4.pbase.com/u46/bmcmorrow/upload/35362168.london00004.JPG) This is similar to the Avenue of the Sphinxes at Karnak |
![Black granite head of Ramesses VI from the lid of the royal sarcophagus, 20th Dynasty, ca 1150 BC, Valley of the Kings](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156693.1AxEWp5r.BritishMuseumFeb08148.jpg) Black granite head of Ramesses VI from the lid of the royal sarcophagus, 20th Dynasty, ca 1150 BC, Valley of the Kings |
![Ramesses VI and Viceroy Kush Setau](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156697.PbKCPdwa.BritishMuseumFeb08152.jpg) Ramesses VI and Viceroy Kush Setau |
![Red granite sarcophagus lid of Viceroy Kush Setau, 19th Dynasty, ca 1230 BC, Thebes](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156695.oFOQGKci.BritishMuseumFeb08150.jpg) Red granite sarcophagus lid of Viceroy Kush Setau, 19th Dynasty, ca 1230 BC, Thebes |
![Black statue of the goddess Sakhmet, 18th Dynasty, ca 1350 BC](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156699.Cr5f0GZ6.BritishMuseumFeb08153.jpg) Black statue of the goddess Sakhmet, 18th Dynasty, ca 1350 BC |
![Sarcophagus of Hapmen, 26th Dynasty, ca 600 BC, with a frieze of major Egyptian deities](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156703.x4VrxN5v.BritishMuseumFeb08156.jpg) Sarcophagus of Hapmen, 26th Dynasty, ca 600 BC, with a frieze of major Egyptian deities |
![Part of the frieze of deities on the interior of the sarcophagus of Hapmen depicting Khnum, the ram-headed god, and Sakhmet](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156701.JH3WoFr6.BritishMuseumFeb08155.jpg) Part of the frieze of deities on the interior of the sarcophagus of Hapmen depicting Khnum, the ram-headed god, and Sakhmet |
![Schist sarcophagus lid of the Vizier Sisebek, 26th Dynasty, ca 600 BC](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156709.SVs6jOCa.BritishMuseumFeb08162.jpg) Schist sarcophagus lid of the Vizier Sisebek, 26th Dynasty, ca 600 BC |
![Schist sarcophagus lid of the Vizier Sisebek, 26th Dynasty, ca 600 BC](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156705.KpcDLqL4.BritishMuseumFeb08159.jpg) Schist sarcophagus lid of the Vizier Sisebek, 26th Dynasty, ca 600 BC |
![Figure of the goddess Nut across the cover of the sarcophagus of Vizier Sisebek, ca 600 BC](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156707.whoAn3kb.BritishMuseumFeb08160.jpg) Figure of the goddess Nut across the cover of the sarcophagus of Vizier Sisebek, ca 600 BC |
![Red granite column with palm capital inscribed to Ramesses II and his son Merneptah, 19th Dynasty, ca 1250 BC Heracleopolis](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156711.3G23lSyv.BritishMuseumFeb08163.jpg) Red granite column with palm capital inscribed to Ramesses II and his son Merneptah, 19th Dynasty, ca 1250 BC Heracleopolis |
![BritishMuseumFeb08 168.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156713.FgDiBHtw.BritishMuseumFeb08168.jpg) BritishMuseumFeb08 168.jpg |
![Monumental granite scarab, an incarnation of the sun god Khepri, Ptolemaic Period, ca 200BC, Heliopolis-Temple of Re](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156715.TZrsteWr.BritishMuseumFeb08169.jpg) Monumental granite scarab, an incarnation of the sun god Khepri, Ptolemaic Period, ca 200BC, Heliopolis-Temple of Re |
![Main Egyptian gallery of the British Museum](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156717.tsgvYRxP.BritishMuseumFeb08171.jpg) Main Egyptian gallery of the British Museum |
![Limestone seated female sphinx, Roman Period, 2nd C. AD from Upper Egypt](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156718.fc8pRIhf.BritishMuseumFeb08172.jpg) Limestone seated female sphinx, Roman Period, 2nd C. AD from Upper Egypt |
![Basalt sarcophagus lid with a male figure, Late Dynastic Period ca 340 BC](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156720.wyISAURm.BritishMuseumFeb08175.jpg) Basalt sarcophagus lid with a male figure, Late Dynastic Period ca 340 BC |
![Figures of the god Bes each holding a knife to ward off evil, Ptolemaic Period (300-30 BC)](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156722.NPlQo6DL.BritishMuseumFeb08177.jpg) Figures of the god Bes each holding a knife to ward off evil, Ptolemaic Period (300-30 BC) |
![BritishMuseumFeb08 183.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/101156724.UkhOVKYl.BritishMuseumFeb08183.jpg) BritishMuseumFeb08 183.jpg |
![Quartzite head of Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III, 18th Dynasty ca 1400 BC](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/126237823.lsy5gSsf.LondonMar10161.jpg) Quartzite head of Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III, 18th Dynasty ca 1400 BC |
![Upper part of a colossal statue of Ramesses II, 19th Dynasty, ca 1270 BC, Thebes](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/126237824.T7x3UC1W.LondonMar10163.jpg) Upper part of a colossal statue of Ramesses II, 19th Dynasty, ca 1270 BC, Thebes |
![Upper part of a standing figure of black granite, Late Period, ca 560 BC](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/126237825.CUtJRHAK.LondonMar10303.jpg) Upper part of a standing figure of black granite, Late Period, ca 560 BC |
![The Gayer-Anderson Cat, ca 600 BC](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/126237826.Ig7WIAjU.LondonMar10305.jpg) The Gayer-Anderson Cat, ca 600 BC |
![The Gayer-Anderson Cat, ca 600 BC](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/126237827.XBUk8EIt.LondonMar10306.jpg) The Gayer-Anderson Cat, ca 600 BC |
![The Gayer-Anderson Cat, ca 600 BC](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/126237828.9GHsVtS2.LondonMar10308.jpg) The Gayer-Anderson Cat, ca 600 BC |
![Cast from tomb of King Merenptah, Valley of the Kings, 1213-1204 BC](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/126237829.qzHzEqwI.LondonMar10869.jpg) Cast from tomb of King Merenptah, Valley of the Kings, 1213-1204 BC |
![Cast from tomb of King Merenptah, Valley of the Kings, 1213-1204 BC](https://a4.pbase.com/o6/93/329493/1/126237830.1coUlsWx.LondonMar10870.jpg) Cast from tomb of King Merenptah, Valley of the Kings, 1213-1204 BC |