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From the Getty museum describing the mummy portrait,"painted in encaustic wax and enlivened with gilding, every aspect of this Romano-Egyptian portrait identifies its owner as a person of substantial wealth and social position...The name Isidora (ICIΔOPA) is written in Greek in black paint on the right upper shoulder of the mummy wrappings Isidora wears a traditionally hued lavender mantle. Black clavi (woven stripes) with gilded trim extend vertically from the panel onto the linen of the shroud, expanding the portrait over the linen wrappings...Isidora's tightly braided Trajanic hairstyle is wrapped into a plaited bun secured by a gilded pin to the top of her head. A silver hair ornament (painted in several shades of gray) can be seen to the left. Surmounting her brow is a large, impressive golden wreath with a central design perhaps having religious significance. Curls frame her face and corkscrew locks drop in front of her ears in accordance with a style popular during the latter years of the first century AD." Photo by Robert Emond.

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A mummy portrait painted in encaustic wax of Isidora (ICIΔOPA as written in Greek on her shroud). Carbon dating of 43 BC – AD 122.

From Getty Villa 10/22/25.

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c.15cm-tall figurine in the shape of a sarcophagus, painted with hieroglyphs and a human face.

Shabti are ancient Egyptian funerary figurines, placed in tombs to act as servants for the deceased #EgyptologyWednesday

Sometimes, earlier shabti were reused in later burials, suggesting ancestral connections were important to burials' sacralisation.

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Two gold rings with carnelian intaglio, one of Artemis the other Tyche. Tyche the Goddess of good fortune is associated with the deified queen Arsinoe II (316-270 BC). Most likely worn by a woman of high rank with ties to the Ptolemaic royal court. Photo by Robert Emond.

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Ptolemaic jewelry 316-170 BC, at the Getty Villa photo taken on 12/22/25.. see alt for more info.

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Egypt recovers 7 smuggled antiquities from US - Egyptian Gazette Egypt has successfully secured the return of seven ancient artifacts that had been smuggled out of the country, with the cooperation of authorities in

I am very pleased these artefacts are heading back to Egypt, especially that spiffy Set amulet!

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Auibre Hor: His Ka by Aakheperure | Redbubble Auibre Hor (a minor King from Dynasty 13) has a lovely Ka statue made from timber and gold leaf in the Cairo Museum. Although damaged in the move to Tahrir Square, this statue is quite astonishing in ...

An early (2011) quirky reconstruction sketch in graphite of a beautiful Ka statue in the Cairo Museum topped my ancient Egypt themed sales for 2025. It's always really interesting to see which of my works captures people's imagination each year!

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