TRINKETS & WARES

This stunning miniature is based on the sculpture found in King Tutankhamen’s tomb. Originally thought to be based on the jackals that roamed cemeteries at night, Anubis was the god of embalming rituals and adopted a human form with a dog’s...

This fine reproduction bronze is of a cat sacred to the Egyptian goddess of love, fertility and joy, Bast or Bastet. The worship of Bast dates from at least 4000 BC, reaching its height around 1500 BC when thousands of pilgrims poured into the temple at...

The cat was sacred to the Egyptian goddess of love, fertility and joy, Bast or Bastet. These cats were characteristically upright yet at rest, confident of their power and beauty. The worship of Bast dates from at least 4000BC, reaching its height around...

The Egyptians shared their environment with many different beasts, birds, fish and reptiles. These animals would appear on many objects including sculptures, jewellery and hieroglyphics. These animals were thought of as part of the ‘world...

Pharaohs and wealthy Egyptians were buried in ornamental coffins in decorated tombs with valuable objects such as statues and models of the Egyptian gods and animals. These included the cat god Bast and the scarab beetle god Khepri. Scrolls, called...

Coffins in Egyptian times were highly decorated with inscriptions and representations of gods, like Anubis, who would protect the dead person on the journey to the next world. The body would be mummified before it was placed into the wooden coffin, as it...

The ancient Egyptians believed in many different gods and goddesses. Each one with their own role to play in maintaining peace and harmony across the land. It was important to recognize and worship these gods and goddesses so that life could continue...

Horus was an Egyptian sky god in the form of a falcon whose right eye was the sun and his left eye the moon. According to myth, in a fight defeat Setekh of Ombos, Horus’ moon eye was damaged and healed by the god Thoth, but from then onwards the...

The Egyptian scarab is the image of a dung beetle and sacred to the sun god. Dung beetles lay eggs in a pellet which they roll along and the Egyptians regarded this action as an image of the sun and its course through the heavens, rolled by a gigantic...

The elephant is the largest animal that lives on land. They have tusks made from ivory and are the only animal to have a nose in the form of a trunk that they usa as a hand. There are two kinds of elephants, African elephants and Indian elephants, also...

The elephant is the largest animal that lives on land. They have tusks made from ivory and are the only animal to have a nose in the form of a trunk that they use as a hand. There are two kinds of elephants, African elephants and Indian elephants, also...

Elizabeth I was born in Greenwich in 1533. She was the daughter of Henry VIII and became queen of England in 1558. During her reign she had Mary Queen of Scots imprisoned for 19 years and then executed. Her navy sailed on great voyages of discovery and...