Ancient Egyptian Lion Sculpture

Ancient Egyptian Lion Sculpture

This is one of a pair of lions. The sculpture is carved from red granite, with each lion measuring approximately 1.20 meters in height and 2.20 meters in length. The sculpture is from the Sulib Temple in Nubia, which was built by King Amenhotep III of the 18th Dynasty. Later in the third century AD, it was transferred to Gebel Barkal in Sudan by King Amanislo of the Meroe Kingdom. In the early 19th century, Lord Prudhoe took the lions from Gebel Barkal and handed them over to the British Museum in 1835.
The coffin of Pharaoh Amenhotep I of ancient Egypt

The coffin of Pharaoh Amenhotep I of ancient Egypt

This is the wooden coffin of Pharaoh Amenhotep I of the 18th Dynasty of ancient Egypt, currently housed in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. In 1881, this coffin was discovered in the royal mummy vault of DB320 tomb. However, this is an alternative coffin originally made for a priest named Djehutymose. The inscription in front of the coffin calls on the god Osiris Winnever to provide Amenhotep I with bread, beer, cattle, poultry, and all good and pure things.