Still working on the British Museum!
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I just really like the aesthetics of hieroglyphics.
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“Portrait of a young man in waxl, egg, and oil” ~AD 80-120. That is some crazy pigment staying power.
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The Priests of Amun, c. 1070-925 BC.
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A Shabti.
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Sandals! I thought these were particularly neat.
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I liked the otherworldly quality to the face here.
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I think I wandered towards Rome now. This is a dragon, if you couldn’t tell.
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They labelled this as a “metal idol standard,” it would have been mounted on a pole or somesuch as a status symbol.
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This is a decorative pin that’s either a lion or a monster, they weren’t very specific. 9th-8th century BC.
I’ll stop there, then one last part to the final day!