Dynasty 2
Statue of a priest with the names of three Dynasty 2 kings on the shoulder
Plans of the tombs of king Hetepsekhemwy (left) and Ninetjer (right) at Saqqara
Stela of the king Raneb (or Nebre)
Serekhs of the last two kings of Dynasty 2: left: Peribsen center: Khasekhem right: Khasekhemwy
Tomb of Khasekhemwy at Abydos
Comparison of Early Dynastic private mastabas - above: Dynasty 1 below: Dynasty 2
Early offering stela
Early false doors
Old Kingdom
Old Kingdom royal cemeteries along the west bank of the Nile
Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara
Djoser running the heb-sed race - from the galleries beneath the Step Pyramid
Snefru's second pyramid, the Bent Pyramid (foreground), and third pyramid, the Red Pyramid (background), at Dahshur.
Left: Snefru's first pyramid at Meidum right: reconstruction of the mortuary chapel
Giza pyramids - left - Menkaure middle - Khafre right - Khufu
Left: corbelled ceiling typical of early Old Kingdom pyramids right: sarcophagus of Khufu in Great Pyramid
Boat buried as part of Khufu's funeral equipment
The Sphinx - constructed by Khafre
Dynasty 5 pyramids at Abusir
Sahure's pyramid at Abusir - typical of Dynasty 5 and 6 pyramids
Pyramid of Unas at Saqqara
Unas' burial chamber with Pyramid Texts
Plan of the cemeteries at Giza
Workmen's tombs at Giza
Late Old Kingdom mastabas - grander in scale and form
Offering stela of Wepemnofret
Private statues of the OK - left: a man (twice) and his wife right: Rahotep and Nofret from Meidum
Architect Hemiunu
Elite burial goods from the Old Kingdom
Painted geese in private tomb from Meidum
Inlaid decoration from private tomb at Meidum
Wood panel depicting Hesire, from his tomb at Saqqara
Mereruke and his wife, making sweet music
Ti fishing in the marshes
