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Ancient Egyptian Vase

The Old Gift Shop — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:49:18 +0000

Ancient Egyptian Vase

The Eye of Horus, Horus was the Ancient Egyptian sky god who was usually depicted as a falcon. Horus was an ancient sky god whose eyes were said to be the sun and the moon. However, he soon became strongly associated with the sun. The symbol was divided into six parts, representing the shattering of Horus eye into six pieces. Each piece was associated with one of the six senses and a specific fraction. Add this lovely Eye of Horus Vase into your home decor. Decorate any room with this stunning Egyptian vase.

Ancient Egyptian Sphinx

The Old Gift Shop — Fri, 28 May 2010 15:04:44 +0000

Sphinx

The Great Sphinx of Giza is a statue of a reclining sphinx. This Fine Art Museum Replica Egyptian Sphinx is quite an exquisite piece for a classical home or office interior design. Found in museums, this replica can be owned by anyone who loved Egyptian Art. Add this to your home decor or gift for someone. Egyptian Museum, Cairo. 18th Dynasty 1450 B.C. The word “Sphinx” used by the Greeks derives perhaps from the Egyptian Shesepankh “Living Statue”.

Egyptian Queen Nefertiti Bust

The Old Gift Shop — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:14:26 +0000

Egyptian Queen Nefertiti

Bust of Egyptian Queen Nefertiti. Nefertiti was the daughter of a high dignitary of the Pharaoh’s court. She was the wife of King Akhenaten who ruled from 1379 to 1362 b.c. She was an influential Queen, Nefertiti’s bust was taken out of Egypt to Berlin. Our beautiful museum reproduction egyptian art is intricately carved to capture every detail of the original artwork. Our Egyptian Art of Queen Nefertiti’s bust is quite an exquisite piece for a classical home or office interior design.

Ancient Egyptian Mummy – King Tut

The Old Gift Shop — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:42:46 +0000

: Egyptian King Tut Mummy Statue

The mummy of King Tutankhamun was found in a gold coffin placed inside two larger wooden coffins richly gilded and ornamented with semi-precious stones and glass. The three coffins were placed in a rectangular quartzite sarcophagus with a red granite lid. This reproduction of king tut represents the middle coffin.

Egyptian Bastet – Egyptian Art

The Old Gift Shop — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:17:36 +0000

: Ancient Egyptian Art – Egyptian Bastet Statue

Bastet was usually seen as a gentle protective goddess. However, she sometimes appeared with the head of a lioness to protect the king in battle. Bastet symbolized the moon in its function of making a woman fruitful, with swelling womb. She was also the Egyptian Goddess of pleasure, music, dancing and joy, and associated with the Eye of Ra, acting as the instrument of the Sun God’s vengeance. In Egypt the Bastet is an ancient solar and war goddess.

Ancient Egyptian Art – Eye of Horus Relief

The Old Gift Shop — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:20:55 +0000

: Ancient Egyptian Art – Eye of Horus

This Egyptian Eye of Horus relief decorative collectible is quite an exquisite piece for a classical home or office interior design. It is ideal for your ancient art and museum replica interior decor. The eye of Horus also called Oudjat or Wedjat, is the left lunar eye which originates from the struggle btween Horus and Seth. In this fight, Horus loses his left eye which is taken by Seth, but then Horus acquires spiritual sight, the eye of light. The eye was later healed by Thoth and returned to Horus and then called the Oudjat (the Whole One). It was a symbol of the power of the God of light, and therefore a popular amulet for protection and good luck.

Bastet Egyptian Art Stone Sculpture

The Old Gift Shop — Sat, 02 May 2009 16:51:20 +0000

: Bastet Egyptian Art Sculpture

This beautiful museum reproduction art is intricately carved to capture every detail of the original artwork. This Egyptian Art, Bastet Relief with stone finish is quite an exquisite piece for a classical home or office interior design. In the New Kingdom, the male cat was regarded as an incarnation of the Sun God and the female cat was equated with the solar eye. Feline figures may display a scarab, the symbol of the rising sun, engraved on the head or breast thus showing their solar significance. The domestic cat attained special significance as the sacred animal of the Goddess Bastet.

Gifts for Her – Egyptian Cleopatra Sculpture

The Old Gift Shop — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:24:15 +0000

: Egyptian Cleopatra Sculpture

Her name is Cleopatra, her name is synonomous with beauty, intrigue, power and tragedy. Cleopatra was born in 69 B.C. into Egypt’s Dynasty, a dynasty under the protection of Rome. She was the third daughter in line to her father Ptolemy XII. At the age of 18 she assumed the throne along with younger brother Ptolemy XIII as husband according to Egyptian custom. She was the only Ptolemic Pharoah to speak the Egyptian language. She also took on the Egyptian religion. She was very intelligent and was a shrewd politician with an extraordinary charisma. Cleopatra’s story is one of the most famous ever. Her death was the mark of the end of the Egyptian Monarchs. The Roman Emperors came into to rule in Egypt. The Ptolemies were Macedonian in decent, but ruled as Egyptians, as Pharaohs. Cleopatra was the last Pharaoh of Egypt. This fine art Bust of Cleopatra Queen of Egypt sculpture is quite an exquisite gift for her or for your interior decoration.

Egyptian Art – Rosetta Stone Bookends

The Old Gift Shop — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:47:33 +0000

: Egyptian Art – Rosetta Stone Bookends

The Rosetta Stone (203 BC) is one of the British Museum’s proudest exhibits. Found at Rosetta now Rashid in the Nile Delta by Napoleon’s soldiers in 1799, it contained the key to the deciphering of hieroglyphics, the language of the ancient Egyptians. On the stone are three scripts: the bottom section is in Greek; the center in demoticv(popular script originated in 700-600 BC and widely used for the next thousand years); and the top in hieroglyphics. Rosetta Stone Bookends are an adaptation sculpted by our artists from this ancient masterpiece. This beautiful Egyptian fine art museum reproduction art is intricately carved to capture every detail of the original artwork.It is ideal for your ancient art and museum replica interior decor.

Ancient Egyptian Art – Egypt’s Falcon God Horus

The Old Gift Shop — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:24:57 +0000

: Egyptian God Horus

Horus is mostly a general term for a great number of falcon gods, some of which were worshipped all over Egypt. As Harsiesis, he is “Horus, he was conceived magically by Isis following the murder of his father, Osiris. The most popular story of The Egyptian God Horus is the one in which he grows to manhood to avenge the death of his father Osiris by battling against his cruel uncle Set. In many writings, he is said to continue to battle Set daily to ensure the safety of the world.

Ancient Egyptian Ankh Wall Art

The Old Gift Shop — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:12:15 +0000

: Egyptian Art – The Ankh

Only Egyptian Kings, Queens and Gods were allowed to carry this symbol. The ankh is the Egyptian sign of life and indicates that the King or God holding it has the power to give life or take it away from lesser mortals. The Ankh as a symbol of the life giving elements of air and water was often used by a God or Goddess who holds the ankh before the King’s nose, giving him the breath of life or as streams of water in the form of ankhs running over the King during ritual purification. The ancient original of this reproduction was a case cover for a mirror and it was part of the funerary treasures found in the tomb of King Tutankhamun.

Ancient Egyptian God of the Underworld

The Old Gift Shop — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:47:57 +0000

: Egyptian God of the Dead Anubis

Anubis, God of the Underworld, represented with a head of a jackal. The origin of this God lay in the fact that jackals could be heard howling in the desert to the west of the Nile at sunset-at the time when burials took place. This beautiful Anubis Trinket box is intricately carved to capture the fine detail of this Egyptian God of the Dead.

Egypt’s Pharaoh King Tutankhamun Wall Relief

The Old Gift Shop — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:17:04 +0000

: Egyptian King Tutankhamun Wall Relief

Tutankhamun was eight or nine years old when he became pharaoh and reigned for approximately ten years. In historical terms, Tutankhamun’s significance stems from his rejection of the radical religious innovations introduced by his predecessor Akhenaten. As King Tutankhamun began his reign at such an early age. His original name, Tutankhaten, means “Living Image of Aten”, while Tutankhamun means “Living Image of Amun”. This beautiful reproduction of King Tut being crowned is nicely painted with the egyptian text along the side of the wall relief. This wall relief makes a nice home or office decor.

Ancient Treasures Egyptian Bastet

The Old Gift Shop — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:04:10 +0000

: Egyptian Bastet Sculpture

This Egyptian Bastet in antique bronze finish is quite an exquisite piece for a classical home or office interior design. Based on an ancient artifact housed at the British Museum, London. 18th Dynasty 1200 B.C. Cats were sacred to Bastet, a sun goddess who represents the warm, life giving power of the sun. She was known as the goddess of joy and protector of women. She is usually represented as a lion or cat-headed figure. In the New Kingdom, the male cat was regarded as an incarnation of the Sun God and the female cat was equated with the solar eye. Feline figures may display a scarab, the symbol of the rising sun, engraved on the head or breast thus showing their solar significance. This beautiful museum reproduction art is intricately carved to capture every detail of the original artwork. This Egyptian Bastet in antique bronze finish is quite an exquisite piece for a classical home or office interior design. Hundreds of figures were set up as votive offerings in the temple of Bastet at Bubastis in order that the donor might share in the Goddess’s grace. Actual mummies of cats were buried by the thousands in special cemeteries in the area. Cats protected the temples from snakes. The ancient Egyptians held cats in the highest esteem and the penalties for injuring or killing a cat were very severe.

The Great Pyramids of Giza

The Old Gift Shop — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:43:28 +0000

: Egyptian Pyramid Crystal Landmark

The Egyptian pyramids are ancient pyramid shaped masonry structures located in Egypt. A view of the pyramids at Giza from the plateau to the south of the complex. From the Great Pyramid of Khufu, the Pyramid of Khafre and the Pyramid of Menkaure. The three smaller pyramids in the foreground are subsidiary structures associated with Menkaure’s pyramid. Most pyramids were built as tombs for the Pharaohs. The Great Sphinx of Giza is a statue of a reclining lion with a human head. It is the largest monolith statue in the world, standing 241 ft long, 20 ft wide, and 65 ft high. The Great Sphinx faces east and houses a small temple between its paws.