Sunday, November 17, 2013

Vatican Museum : The Egyptian Museum

The Egyptian collection contains finds from 19th and 20th century excavations in Egypt and those that were brought  back to Rome during the Imperial times.







This mummy dates back to 1000 BC
















Osiris



God Anubis 
the god of mummification who guided the dead to the underworld clad in a Roman toga









Queen Tuya wife of Sethi
mother of Ramses II





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