Plaque inscribed for Thutmose III

Plaque inscribed for Thutmose III

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

On one side of this plaque Thutmose III seen enthroned beneath a winged disk. On the other he is depicted as a sphinx striding over a captive.

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.