Isis and Horus

Isis and Horus

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Isis with the child Horus on her lap was a frequent subject of small sculpture donated to temples. Wooden examples like this one are rarely preserved because of their susceptibility to ground conditions and white ants, but must have been very numerous. Isis' eyes were originally inlaid, and the tenon on top of her head would have fitted into a separate crown of probably gilded wood or metal.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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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.