The collection of Nubian art-the largest and most important outside of Khartoum-includes Kerma pottery, colossal royal statues of Napatan kings, and exquisite jewels, as well as imports from Greece and Rome. Highlights include the painted cedar coffins of Governor Djehutynakht and his wife and the sarcophagus of Thutmose I from the Valley of the Kings.
The collection of Egyptian funerary art is equally rich, with coffins, sarcophagi, canopic jars, and figurines known as shawabtys. Reisner between 19.įeaturing the pair statue of King Menkaura (Mycerinus) and queen the triad of King Menkaura, the goddess Hathor, and the deified Hare nome the bust of Prince Ankhhaf and six “reserve heads,” the collection of Egyptian Old Kingdom masterpieces is the greatest outside of Cairo. The objects range in date from about 6500 BCE to 600 CE and were acquired mainly through excavations in Egypt and Sudan led by George A. With more than 65,000 works of art including sculpture, jewelry, coffins, mummies, coins, weapons, architecture, vases, carved gems, musical instruments, and mosaics, the Art of Ancient Egypt, Nubia, and the Near East department houses one of the world’s premiere encyclopedic collections of antiquities. Conservation and Collections Management.
