Head of a King Wearing the Nemes

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Although his facial features have been altered and his name lost (origially it would have been inscribed on the base or the back of the completed figure), this royal head can be dated to the Late Period. It is carved from limestone and one can suppose it was painted in ancient times. The distinctive nemes headdress and the uraeus characterize it as a royal effigy.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.

Metropolitan Museum of Art