Head of a king in the red crown

Head of a king in the red crown

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This statue is likely to be a king in the red crown rather than the goddess Neith in the red crown. The goddess does not seem to wear a uraeus on her brow. Features like the narrow tabs in front of the ears and the seams in the face suggest it may be datable to Dynasty 25 or a bit later.

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.