A necklace of golden flies—a traditional reward for valor on the battlefield Materials: Gold, silver, bronze Current location: Luxor Museum, Luxor Owner: Queen Ahhotep, wife of King Taa of Thebes and mother of Ahmose I.

Necklace with Scarab, Nefertum, and Heart (ib) Amulets This necklace contains a miniature pendant in the form of the god Nefertem.

Plaque of a Ram Stone Relief plaque depicting a Ram, representation of god Amun, or of Banebdjedet, the ram god of Mendes. Ptolemaic Period, ca. 305-30 BC. Now in the Art Institute of Chicago.

Stele Dedicated by Pendua to Meretseger. The ‘Servant in the Place of Truth’, Pendua, and Shedsuani, in the pose of worshipping the cobra-goddess Meretseger 'She who loves Silence.

Pyramidion of Ramose The limestone Pyramidion of Ramose, from the top of the tomb of the ‘Necropolis Scribe.

Bowl with Gazelle Leg Handle.

Gold Finger Ring with Cat Bezel Ancient Egyptian gold ring with carnelian bezel carved into a cat, sacred animal of the goddess Bastet, and a wadjet eye on under side. Third Intermediate Period Now in the British Museum.

Mummified Jackal Mummy of a jackal, wrapped in linen, sacred animal of Anubis. It dates to the Roman Period Now in the British Museum.

The Rosetta Stone The Rosetta Stone is a granodiorite slab inscribed with decree of pharaoh Ptolemy V Epiphanes (ca. 204-181 BC) in three languages, Hieroglyphic, Demotic, and Greek script. Discovered near Rosetta in 1799, became key to deciphering Egyptian inscriptions. Now in the British Museum.

Tutankhamun’s Meteoric Iron Dagger.