The Lion of Chaeronea

Ancient Egyptian ostracon depicting a pharaoh, the blue war crown (khepresh) atop his head and his face covered with stubble (a traditional sign of mourning). The image is thought to depict the 19th Dynasty pharaoh Seti I (r. ca. 1294-1279 BCE). Another, less experienced artist has also used the ostracon to practice drawing hands. Now in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.

Ancient Egyptian heart amulet (gold and green schist) of one Manhata. Artist unknown; ca. 1479-1425 BCE (reign of Thutmose III, 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom). From the Tomb of the Three Foreign Wives of Thutmose III at Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Thebes; now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Partial statue of the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Thutmose III (r. 1479-1425 BCE). Found at Deir el-Bahri; now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Photo credit: Prof. Mortel/Wikimedia Commons.

Ancient Egyptian mud coffin containing a wooden ushabti. Artist unknown; ca. 1580-1479 BCE (17th-18th Dynasty, late Second Intermediate Period or early New Kingdom). Found at Thebes; now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Ancient Egyptian faience amulet in the form of a cartouche of Nebmaatre, throne name of Amenhotep III "the Great" (r. ca. 1390-1352 BCE). Found in Amenhotep's tomb (WV 22) in the Valley of the Kings; now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Ushabti (painted limestone) of one Khabekhnet. Artist unknown; 1279-1213 BCE (reign of Ramesses II, 19th Dynasty, New Kingdom). Found in the tomb of Sennedjem at Deir el-Medina; now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Sculpture of a member of the Egyptian royal family. Artist unknown; 18th Dynasty, Amarna Period. Now in the Neues Museum, Berlin. Photo credit: Gary Todd.

Ivory bracer of the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Thutmose IV. Thutmose is shown subduing an Asiatic enemy while a falcon-headed deity looks on. Artist unknown; 1397-1388 BCE. Found at Amarna*; now in the Neues Museum, Berlin. Photo credit: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP/Wikimedia Commons.

*It is unknown how the bracer ended up at Akhenaten's capital.

Ancient Egyptian male bust (granodiorite) of an official. Originally the man would have been shown together with his wife. Artist unknown; ca. 1300-1290 BCE (18th or 19th Dynasty, New Kingdom). Probably from the official's tomb at Saqqara; now in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. Photo credit: Walters Art Museum.

Anthropoid coffin (wood, paint, and stucco) of Prince Amenemhat. Artist unknown; ca. 1186-945 BCE (20th or 21st Dynasty, late New Kingdom/Third Intermediate Period). From Amenemhat's tomb in the Meketre Valley near Thebes; now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Ancient Egyptian canopic jar (limestone with paint) depicting Imsety, one of Horus' four sons and a human-headed deity who protected the deceased's liver. Artist unknown; 1550-1070 BCE (18th-20th Dynasty, New Kingdom). Possibly from Abydos; now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Ancient Egyptian jar (calcite, filled with cedar resin), bearing the cartouche of the 18th Dynasty female pharaoh Hatshepsut (r. ca. 1479-1458 BCE). Found near Hatshepsut's mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahari; now in the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London. Photo credit: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP/Wikimedia Commons.

Detail from the faience shabti of Queen Tia. Artist unknown; ca. 1295-1186 BCE (19th Dynasty, New Kingdom). Found at Medinet Habu; now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Birth and throne cartouches (painted plaster) of the 19th Dynasty pharaoh Menmaatre Seti I (r. 1290-1279 BCE), originally painted on a pillar of Seti's tomb in the Valley of the Kings (KV17). Now in the Neues Museum, Berlin. Photo credit: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP/Wikimedia Commons.

Limestone stela of Seba, scribe of the treasury of the god Ptah. Seba is shown with an offering table, adoring the enthroned god Osiris, who is flanked by Isis and Nephthys. Artist unknown; ca. 1250 BCE (19th Dynasty, New Kingdom). Now in the Neues Museum, Berlin. Photo credit: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP/Wikimedia Commons.

Ancient Egyptian statuette (serpentinite) of a scribe seated on the floor with a papyrus roll spread across his knees. Artist unknown; ca. 1360 BCE (Amarna period, 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom). From Amarna; now in the Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin. Photo credit: ArchaiOptix/Wikimedia Commons.

Ushabti (limestone, originally painted) of Takai. Artist unknown; late 18th or early 19th Dynasty, New Kingdom. Now in the Cleveland Museum of Art.