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An Artisan’s Tomb in New Kingdom Egypt – The Metropolitan Museum of Art

https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/an-artisans-tomb-in-new-kingdom-egypt

Almost thirty-three centuries ago, a young man named Khonsu became a “servant in the Place of Truth”—a designation that identified members of the crew of artisans who carved and decorated the royal tombs of the New Kingdom.
vaulted, above-ground offering chapels that were topped by miniature, steep-sided pyramids

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Into the Centipede’s Jaws: Sumptuous Offerings from the Sacred Cenote at Chichén Itzá – The Metropolitan Museum of Art

https://www.metmuseum.org/perspectives/golden-kingdoms-sacred-cenote-chichen-itza

Assistant Curator James Doyle highlights luxury goods featured in Golden Kingdoms that were used in ritual offerings made to the Sacred Cenote at Chichén Itzá.
In fact, the city, with its iconic pyramids and temples covered in elaborate sculptural

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Guardian Figure – Middle Kingdom – The Metropolitan Museum of Art

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/543864

This beautifully crafted figure is constructed from 16 separate pieces of wood (14 of which are extant) attached with dowels, mortise and tenons, adhesive, and plaster. Starting at the top, the sections are as follows: crown; head, torso and right leg; left leg; wedge between left leg and body; right arm; left arm; left forearm; right forefoot; left forefoot; wedge between fore and back left foot; front kilt section; back kilt section; beard (now missing); crook in left hand; scepter? (now missing) in right hand; and base
The ensemble was discovered in 1914 in the area surrounding the pyramid of Senwosret

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