EditorialBa-bird, Ptolemaic Period, 332?30 BC or later, From Egypt, Wood, paint, gold leaf, H. 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.); W. 5.1 cm (2 in.); L. 9.3 cm (3 11/16 in.), The ba is an aspect of a person's non-physical being. After death, the ba was able to travel out from...
EditorialKneeling Female Figure, 2nd?4th century, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Nayarit, Nayarit (Chinesco), Ceramic, Height 11-1/2 in. (29.2 cm), Ceramics-Sculpture, Paired sculptures depicting male and female figures frequently occur among the burial goods of the shaf...
EditorialSeated Male Figure, 2nd?4th century, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Nayarit, Nayarit (Chinesco), Ceramic, Height 11-1/2 in. (29.2 cm), Ceramics-Sculpture, Paired sculptures depicting male and female figures frequently occur among the burial goods of the shaft to...
EditorialMummy of a cat, from Abydos, Upper Egypt Roman period, perhaps 1st century. Animals associated with deities were redularly mummified in later periods. The main concentration of cat burials was at sites with an association with a feline deity. It seems ...