This is a small hand brush It is from Egypt but the exact location is unknown. The Egyptians used small brushes for cleaning and dusting. This one perhaps shows signs…

This is a domestic brush. It is from Egypt but the exact location is unknown. The Egyptians used brushes for sweeping floors and other surfaces, as domestic cleaning tools. This…

This is a coarsely woven basket. It is from Faiyum. The Egyptians made baskets in a range of sizes and shapes for different uses. This cone-shaped basket may have been…

This is an oval offering platter with raised sides. It is from Egypt but the exact location is unknown. Offering platters were placed at the mouth of the grave shaft…

This is a wooden table. It is from Kom Wesim or Rubaiyat. The three-legged design was the most practical for use on the uneven surfaces of a mud-brick or mat-covered…

This is a 'soul house' or funerary offering. It is from grave 44 at Deir Rifa. Offering trays made of clay were placed at the entrance to a shaft tomb.…

This is a tyet amulet in the form of the girdle of Isis. It is from Egypt but the exact location is unknown. The tyet was the symbol of the…

This is a votive statue of the goddess Bastet. We do not know where this object is from. Bastet was a cat goddess associated with motherly protection. Cats were associated…

This is an amulet of the goddess Heket in the form of a frog. It is from Egypt but the exact location is unknown. Heket was a goddess who took…

This is a fertility figure. It is from Grave B19 in Qurna, Thebes. In the Middle Kingdom, the Egyptians often placed small,stylized figures of naked women in the tombs of…