Egyptian antiquities
Nile civilization relics
Egyptian antiquities are ancient artifacts from Egypt—sculptures, jewelry, pottery, mummies, sarcophagi, papyri, and architectural fragments spanning pharaonic through Roman periods.
The term appears most often in contexts of museum collections, archaeology, and the contentious art market: The museum's Egyptian antiquities collection includes several pieces of disputed provenance.
Debates over repatriation center on whether Egyptian antiquities belong in Cairo or the institutions that acquired them.
- amuletsObjects worn for protection
- pyramidsApex-topped geometric solids
- burial chambersSpaces for interring remains
- tomb robbersThose who pillage burial sites
- scarabsBeetle-shaped charms
hieroglyphics · papyrus scrolls · obelisks · cartouches · Rosetta Stone · canopic jars · sphinxes · ankhs · funerary masks · stelae · causeways · Nile River · desert sands · Book of the Dead · sarcophagi · Tutankhamun · King Tut · temples
- LouvreMona Lisa, Venus de Milo, glass pyramid, Winged Victory, I. M. Pei
- Vatican treasuresSistine Chapel, School of Athens, Creation of Adam, Last Judgment, Vatican Museums
- Victorian Egyptpyramids, Sphinx, Nile, Cairo, Luxor
Egyptian antiquitiesNative American artifacts
Objects from original inhabitants
Egyptian antiquitiesforgeries
Fraudulent imitations of originals
fakes · counterfeits · replicas · reproductions · imitations
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