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Bastet cat goddess statues, primarily from Egypt’s Late Period, depict the deity as a seated, slender domestic cat (or woman with a cat head), symbolizing protection, fertility, and grace. Often made of bronze using lost-wax casting, these figures show a digni...
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Key 16th-century Arabic books include the first-ever printed Arabic book, Kitab Salat al-Sawa'i (1514), along with scholarly works like Tuhfat al-Mujahidin and Tafsir al-Jalalayn. This era featured early European printing of Arabic texts (Medici Press) and tra...
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The Zulfiqar is a legendary, often bifurcated (two-pointed) sword in Islamic tradition, famously gifted by the Prophet Muhammad to his cousin and son-in-law, Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib
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The Cloisters Cross (also known as the Bury St Edmunds Cross) is a masterpiece of 12th-century Romanesque art. Carved from walrus ivory, this highly detailed altar or processional cross is intricately decorated with over 90 microcarved figures and nearly 100 L...
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The Ottoman helmet (or miğfer) is an iconic piece of armor renowned for its graceful, bulbous domed crown, tapered finial, and masterfully applied metalwork. Used throughout the 15th to 19th centuries by Ottoman cavalry and infantry, these masterpieces balance...
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Large ceramic-tiled cenotaph featuring intricate Islamic geometric patterns, floral motifs, and Arabic calligraphic inscriptions. Such monuments were commonly placed within mausoleums and religious complexes, serving as commemorative markers above burial sites...
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Anubis is the ancient Egyptian god of mummification, embalming, and the afterlife. Typically depicted as a jackal-headed man or a pure black canine, he was believed to protect the dead, guide souls to the underworld, and weigh their hearts against the feather ...
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Egyptian Museum
Bastet cat goddess statues, primarily from Egypt’s Late Period, depict the deity as a seated, slender domestic cat (or woman with a cat head), symboli...
Pharaonic collections emphasize kingship, ritual practice, and funerary beliefs across multiple dynasties.
Late Period to Ptolemaic Period (c. 664–30 BC)
600 BC
Egypt
Egyptian Museum
Key 16th-century Arabic books include the first-ever printed Arabic book, Kitab Salat al-Sawa'i (1514), along with scholarly works like Tuhfat al-Muja...
Islamic collections document urban religious life, manuscript traditions, and refined decorative craftsmanship.
1514
16th century
italy
Egyptian Museum
The Zulfiqar is a legendary, often bifurcated (two-pointed) sword in Islamic tradition, famously gifted by the Prophet Muhammad to his cousin and son-...
Islamic collections document urban religious life, manuscript traditions, and refined decorative craftsmanship.
Battle of Uhud
early 7th-century AD
Saudi arabia
Egyptian Museum
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Pharaonic collections emphasize kingship, ritual practice, and funerary beliefs across multiple dynasties.
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Egyptian Museum
The Cloisters Cross (also known as the Bury St Edmunds Cross) is a masterpiece of 12th-century Romanesque art. Carved from walrus ivory, this highly d...
Christian collections preserve Coptic devotional, liturgical, and monastic traditions across centuries.
ca. 1150–60
Romanesque period
New York City
Egyptian Museum
The Ottoman helmet (or miğfer) is an iconic piece of armor renowned for its graceful, bulbous domed crown, tapered finial, and masterfully applied met...
Islamic collections document urban religious life, manuscript traditions, and refined decorative craftsmanship.
4th to the early 20th century
17th-century
Turkey
Egyptian Museum
Large ceramic-tiled cenotaph featuring intricate Islamic geometric patterns, floral motifs, and Arabic calligraphic inscriptions. Such monuments were ...
Islamic collections document urban religious life, manuscript traditions, and refined decorative craftsmanship.
Late Medieval to Early Modern Islamic Period
15th–17th Century CE (estimated)
Iran
Egyptian Museum
Anubis is the ancient Egyptian god of mummification, embalming, and the afterlife. Typically depicted as a jackal-headed man or a pure black canine, h...
Pharaonic collections emphasize kingship, ritual practice, and funerary beliefs across multiple dynasties.
(c. 2613–2181 BCE)
2613–2181 BCE
Egypt