Plaque from a Foundation Deposit of Senwosret I

Plaque from a Foundation Deposit of Senwosret I

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Excavators from the Metropolitan Museum found intact three of the four foundation deposits under Senwosret I’s pyramid. They contained pottery and food offerings along with small rectangular tablets that commemorated the name of the king and his monument, which in this case was called “The pyramid: Senwosret is viewing the Two Lands.” The phrase seems to suggest a combined identity of pyramid and king that would protect the country.

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.