papyri's Gallery

Two 18th dynasty alabaster kohl jars excavated by John Garstang at Abydos, Egypt.

Artifacts excavated at Abydos in Egypt. Two alabaster kohl jars from John Garstang's excavations and a small footed votive red pottery bowl. All date to the 18th Dynasty.

Artifacts excavated at Abydos in Egypt. Two alabaster kohl jars from John Garstang's excavations and a small footed votive red pottery bowl. All date to the 18th Dynasty.

Standing in front of a sphinx on display in the Lower Egyptian Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. This 13-ton sphinx is carved out of red granit and is…

Late 19th century view of the pyramids in Egypt.

Ushapti figurine, Egypt, XXVth Dynasty (767-656 BC)

Fragment of a letter written in Arabic on papyrus. Egypt, AD 709 - 714.
This document is from the administrative archive of Qurra ibn Sharîk, Umayyad Governor of Egypt.

Hieroglyphic text on papyrus. Egypt, 18th Dynasty, c. 1500 BC.

Letter written in Coptic on papyrus. Egypt, c. AD 750