#old kingdom

[blueiskewl]

AN EGYPTIAN PAINTED LIMESTONE RELIEF FRAGMENT OLD KINGDOM, 6TH DYNASTY, REIGN OF PEPI II, CIRCA 2278-2184 B.C.

Pepi II Neferkare (2284 BC – after 2247 BC, probably either c. 2216 or c. 2184 BC was a pharaoh of the Sixth Dynasty in Egypt's Old Kingdom who reigned from c. 2278 BC. His second name, Neferkare (Nefer-ka-Re), means "Beautiful is the Ka of Re". He succeeded to the throne at age six, after the death of Merenre I.

Pepi II's reign marked a sharp decline of the Old Kingdom. As the power of the nomarchs grew, the power of the pharaoh declined. With no dominant central power, local nobles began raiding each other's territories and the Old Kingdom came to an end within a couple of years after the close of Pepi II's reign.

[travalicious]

Lirael by Tommy Arnold

[artifacts-archive]

Tomb Wall Fragment Depicting Donkeys

Egyptian, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5 (about 2504–2347 BCE)

This fragment is part of a scene of donkeys being driven over grain to separate wheat from chaff- one that was used in many Egyptian tombs. The tomb’s owner selected the decoration for his or her tomb chamber from a selection of established themes, much as one might select wallpaper today.

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Bundle of Hair Extensions.

Date: ca. 2114-1502 B.C.

Period: Old Kingdom-early New Kingdom; 16th-18th Dynasty

Medium: Human hair, linen

▪︎ From the source: These hair extensions would have been placed in a tomb for use in the afterlife. In this world, Egyptians used extensions to make their wigs or natural hair thicker and more attractive, just as people do today. The reliefs in this case show hairdressers adding extensions like these to the hair or wig of Queen Neferu.

[rudjedet]

I feel we all need to see the 1,5 cm tall grasshopper from the mastaba tomb of Hetepherakhet again

[egypt-museum]

Relief depicting Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum

Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty, ca. 2498-2345 BC. Saqqara necropolis.

[dinahlanceart]

Does the walker choose the path or does the path choose the walker?

[clonerightsagenda]

I know the answer is "magic" but I still wonder how Old Kingdom necromancers and abhorsens don't get tissue damage from all that ice buildup. <- posts I acknowledge Nicholas Sayre would also make

[depressedraisin]

an average standing next to me performance in 25th century BC

this is a depiction of Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep, two egyptian men who served under the sixth pharaoh of the fifth dynasty with the title of 'overseer of the manicurists' from their tomb in saqqara, egypt. they are thought to be the oldest depiction of a gay couple in ancient history by some scholars- they were buried together, called 'royal confidants' and shown in poses usually common from married het couples. others, of course, said they were just bros

[lionofchaeronea]

A man brings a gazelle as an offering to the palace administrator Perneb. Scene (painted limestone) from Perneb's tomb at Saqqara, dating to ca. 2381-2323 BCE (5th Dynasty, Old Kingdom). Purchased from the Egyptian government in 1913 and now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC.

[trungles]

Old ink drawing of Lirael

[travalicious]

Sabriel - Tommy Arnold

[marzipanandminutiae]

Modern-day Old Kingdom teen going to school in in Ancelstierre, showing off her Shein haul that she literally cannot take home for the summer or it will all fall apart

[thewynne]

Not very heterosexual of you, Lirael.

[egypt-museum]

Wooden statue with inlaid eyes of the Priest and Scribe Ka'aper (known as Sheikh el-Beled)

Old Kingdom, Late 4th-5th Dynasty, c. 2500 B.C.

Mastaba of Ka-aper, Saqqara Necropolis.

Egyptian Museum, Cairo. CG 34

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