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15/09/2026

18/08/2026

Nefertiti smiting on Royal Barge

▫ These remarkable talatat blocks preserve an Period scene in which stands within a kiosk aboard a royal barge, grasping and smiting a foreign enemy of Egypt.

The traditional smiting pose was one of the most potent images of Egyptian kingship, normally reserved for the pharaoh himself. Yet here Nefertiti unmistakably assumes that role, a striking indication of the extraordinary prominence she attained during the reign of .

Even the royal vessel proclaims her presence. The enormous oars of the barge are adorned with images of Nefertiti’s head, shown wearing her distinctive tall, double-plumed headdress. Beneath and around her, the rowers appear to include men of both Egyptian and Nubian origin.

The blocks were discovered at Hermopolis, although they had originally come from Akhetaten, modern el-Amarna, the revolutionary capital founded by Akhenaten.

Unfortunately, much of the composition has been lost. The remains of a second boat appear to preserve another smiting scene, perhaps originally showing Akhenaten himself. With the head and upper body of the principal figure missing, however, the identification cannot be certain. From what survives of the captive’s costume, the enemy being struck appears to have been represented as either Libyan or Asiatic.

Scenes such as this have played an important part in the long debate surrounding Nefertiti’s political position. Some scholars have proposed that she exercised power alongside Akhenaten as a co-regent, while others have suggested that she may even have ruled as pharaoh after his death, perhaps under another royal name.

None of these theories can presently be regarded as certain. What the surviving monuments do reveal, however, is something remarkable in itself: Nefertiti was represented with royal powers and imagery that went far beyond those normally granted to an Egyptian queen.

Now at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 63.260

27/07/2026

Limestone Statue of a Kneeling Priest (Possibly Prince Thutmose, the elder brother of Akhenaten & original heir)

New Kingdom, late 18th Dynasty, c. 1375–1355 B.C.

From Thebes, Upper Egypt

British Museum, EA21979

▫ This exquisitely crafted limestone statue depicts a kneeling priest, originally holding an offering table. The figure wears a short layered wig with a the side lock of youth upon the right side of his head. This style, is of course associated with a young age and princely status, but could also be identifying him as a priest, possibly of the god Ptah. He is adorned with traces of red-painted armlets, a leopard-skin garment across his back (another sign of priestly status), and faint remnants of a ‘gold of honour’ collar. The features are rendered with exceptional delicacy with elongated eyes outlined in black, typical of the style during the reign of Amenhotep III. He is a softly modelled face, and full lips and small sharply incised nose.

Although unnamed, the quality of the workmanship and stylistic parallels to royal sculpture of Amenhotep III’s reign have led scholars to propose that this may represent his eldest son, Prince Thutmose. The statue’s refined finish and unusual use of fine-grained limestone suggest it was produced by one of the royal ateliers.

19/07/2026

02/06/2026

A Matariya, sobborgo del Cairo dove sorgeva l'antica città di Eliopoli, la missione egiziana del Supreme Council of Antiquities ha individuato il primo

22/12/2025

19/10/2025

Fine della corsa.

Oggi è la fine di una storia lunga un secolo: per l'ultima volta sarà possibile ammirare la maschera funeraria di Tutankhamon nel The Egyptian Museum الصفحة الرسمية للمتحف المصري di piazza Tahrir. Da domani, infatti, gli ultimi oggetti del corredo funerario di Tutankhamon saranno trasferiti al Grand Egyptian Museum, la loro nuova casa.

La Galleria Tutankhamon verrà inaugurata il 1 novembre, in occasione dell'apertura ufficiale del museo, ma sarà visitabile dal pubblico a partire dal 4, anniversario della scoperta della KV62.

Quindi, per chi fosse in Egitto in questi giorni, sarà bene fare un giro al "vecchio" Museo Egizio, perché da domani una delle icone della storia egizia non sarà più visibile per circa due settimane.

Buona domenica e buon pranzo a tutti! 🤠🐪

18/10/2025

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