From the Temple of Mut, Karnak. Loaned by the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology. The noble animal wears a lappet wig, detailed broad collar, and a close-fitting dress ornamented by a rosette on each breast. A large sun disk with uraeus once surmounted her head to symbolize the warlike quality of the fiery sun and its devastating strength that destroyed enemies of Egypt. Albumen print by Zangaki.
Egyptian guides pose on a fallen block, awaiting visitors to the site.
Second Intermediate Period. From Kerma, Grave K-1085. Excavated by George A. Reisner, 1915. Loaned by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. The bed was probably webbed with rawhide straps to support the body.