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A Concubine's Bedchamber

Beijing, Forbidden City, May 2011

Uploaded on Jan 30, 2012 | Map

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Mummy of a Little Boy

Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, August 2011

The mummy of a boy between one and a half and three years of age.

AMM 27c. Roman Period (1st Century CE). L. 80 cm.

Uploaded on Jan 27, 2012 | Map

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Yuanshi Tianzun

Beijing, Capital Museum, May 2011

Yuanshi Tianzun, the Primeval Lord of Heaven or Jade Purity, is one of the supreme deities of Taoism.

CM 821. Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Lead-glazed porcelain.

Uploaded on Jan 22, 2012 | Map

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Stela of Penrennu

Rotterdam, Kunsthal, January 2012

From the collection of the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden as part of the exhibition Mummies!

The owner of the stela (seen in the lower right) is identified as the Scribe of Divine Offerings of Amenemope, Penrennu. The deities are Amun-Re, Onuris-Shu and Mehyt in the upper part of the stela, and Osiris (in the form of the so-called Abydos Fetish) flanked by Isis and Horus in the lower left.

L.XI.5. New Kingdom, 19th or 20th Dynasty (13th - 11th Century BCE). Limestone. 52 x 34 cm.

Uploaded on Jan 21, 2012

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