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Painter's Palette Inscribed with the Name of Amenhotep III | New Kingdom | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Painter's Palette Inscribed with the Name of Amenhotep III ca. 1390-1353 B.C.
Museo Egizio
Egyptian Museum in Turin, the 2nd largest collection of Egyptian art in the World, after El Cairo Museum
Artemidora, ca. 90-100 AD, Meir, Mummy; painted and gilded plaster and Applique, Metropolitan Museum of Arts, New York, 2009
Mummy of Artemidora from Meir Egypt 90-100 CE Painted and Gilded Plaster and Applique (5)
Mummy of Artemidora from Meir Egypt 90-100 CE Painted and Gilded Plaster and Applique (5)
Hathor is the mother goddess and goddess of love of ancient Egypt. She was worshipped c. 2700 BCE or possibly earlier, to c. 400 CE, in a cult that flourished in Ta-Netjer ('Land of God' – modern day Dendera, or Dendara) in Upper Egypt, as well as Thebes and Giza, and her priests included both men and women.
statuette of Amun cast in solid gold, a symbol of the sun, and of immortality; his braided beard signifies divinity. (Metropolitan Museum of Art)