In ancient Egypt the papyrus plant was the symbol of Lower Egypt, the Delta area, where is grew widely. Nowadays, like much of the ancient Egyptian flora and fauna, it has retreated far to the south of the country and is now only grown in Egypt in special areas to
Shabtis are, after the sacred scarab beetle, the commonest of ancient Egyptian antiquities. Their name means, literally, ‘answerer’. These mummiform figures were buried in the tomb with the dead person and were intended to be able to stand in his place in the Afterworld and carry out any work that
On today’s Artemission blog we explore cuneiform tablets and cylinder seals. Cuneiform Script Cuneiform script is one of the earliest known systems of writing, distinguished by its wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets, made by means of a blunt reed for a stylus. The name cuneiform itself simply means “wedge shaped”,