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Narmer Palette
One of the most important monuments of the 1st Dynasty is the slate palette of Narmer. On one side is the king wearing the crown of Upper Egypt, and on the reverse is a scene of the king, wearing the crown of Lower Egypt.
This palette was the first representation of the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt.
Price: £56.00 / $103.04
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Rosetta Stone
The discovery of the Rosetta Stone provided the crucial breakthrough in the translation of Egyptian hieroglyphs.
It contains the same text written in three different languages: hieroglyphs (script of the official and religious texts), Demotic (everyday Egyptian script), and Greek, which was already known at the time of the discovery.
Price: £35.00 / $64.40
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Ramesses II at the battle of Kadesh
Ramses II began his reign in 1301BC. He was a ferocious warrior, and used the loot from his campaigns to fund enormous building projects, such as the massive rock temple at Abu Simbel. It is said that Ramesses was the Pharaoh at the time of the Exodus, when Moses led the Jewish slaves out of Egypt.
This commemorative plate depicts Ramesses II at the battle of Kadesh in hist victory against the Hittites.
Price: £28.00 / $51.52
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Eye of Horus Holding a Wedjat Eye Amulet Vase - approx. 375 BC
The wedjat eye is one of the best known of Egyptian protective amulets and is said to emulate the markings on a lanner falcon - the bird associated with the god, Horus.
Price: £75.00 / $138.00
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Large Canoptic Jar - Duamutef
Price: £35.00 / $64.40
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Granary Vessel, 1279-1213 BC
This delicate hand-painted copy of a Granary Vessel was a common gravegood, most probably from someone who was involved in food distribution.
Price: £48.00 / $88.32
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Egyptian Sacred Vessel approx. 1985-1795 BC.
Boats were the most common type of funerary object found in tombs from the Middle Kingdom, from about 2040 - 1750 BC. Their use is thought to provide the dead person with the magical means of travelling along the waterways of the Underworld.
Price: £60.00 / $110.40
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Calyx from Chios
Hand painted replica Kalyx style urn from the island of Chios, from about 600 B.C. The deer depictions are representative of much of early Greek art, which featured natural scenes containing flora, fauna and marine animals.
Chios claims to be the birthplace of Homer, Hippocrates - the mathematician and friend of doctors, and Oenopides, a legendary king who was said to have brought wine-making to the island. The name, Oenopides, means "wine-faced" and he was reputed to be the son of Dionysus and Ariadne. Dionysus was the Greek god of wine and Ariadne was the fertility goddess of Crete, who was met by Theseus prior to him slaying the Minotaur in the Labyrinth.
The original is housed in the Wurzburg Museum in Germany.
Price: £198.00 / $364.32
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Bronze Cretan Bull
Bulls and bull-jumping featured widely in Minoan art in Crete, and possible formed a part of ritual activity, and there are many representations of this activity in Minoan art, including plaster casts, figurines and agate disks.
Price: £85.00 / $156.40
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Greek Theatre Tragedy Mask
The origins of the mask in tragedy theatre lies in its religious origins. Ancient Greek actors held a fear of losing their soul if they were seen acting out terrible deeds, along with the confusion between character and actor, and the representation of heroic "types" rather than individuals. Each mask had its own shape and colour to denote the character or emotion being depicted, and gave actors a superhuman, depersonalised, but very human appearance, suited to the heroic qualities of tales from by-gone ages.
Price: £12.00 / $22.08
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Terracotta Oil Lamp
The detailed craftsmanship on this terracotta piece is superb and each lamp has its own distinctive characteristics.
We suggest the lamp is used for decorative purposes only.
Price: £32.00 / $58.88
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