Antiquities Exhibits

The iconography and style of depictions of Horus and other traditional Egyptian deities were influenced by Hellenistic and, later, Roman traditions of representation, often combining trappings of power in ways that are striking to modern observers. "Roman period depictions of  the falcon-headed Horus have been  found  in  a  variety  of   materials  throughout  the  empire,  from  Egypt  to  Oxfordshire.  Usually  dressed  in  Roman  military costume, falcon-headed Horus is sometimes depicted on horseback, but more often standing, while seated figures are rare. Although smaller figures may have been dedicatory, larger stone and metal sculptures were probably objects of  public or private devotion." - Polychromy in Roman Egypt: A study of a limestone sculpture of the Egyptian god Horus by Joanne Dyer, Elisabeth R. O"Connell, and Antony Simpson. Sir Harold Bell observes, "...a new reli...

State Museum of Egyptian Art in Munich, Germany. This museum's collections include objects from all Egyptian periods from the prehistoric up to the Coptic Christian culture as well as archaeological finds from Nubia, Assyria and Babylon. Gold jewelry from the pyramid of Queen Amanishakheto as well as tomb models, Fayum mummy portraits, funerary masks, papyri, pottery, reliefs, sarcophagi and statuary, one of the most famous bei ng an Egyptianized statue of Antinous-Osiris, companion to the Roman emperor Hadrian, can be found in items displayed. Image: Antinous-Osiris, an Egyptianized portrait sculpture of the Roman emperor Hadrian's companion produced for the Villa Hadriana in 135 CE. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons contributor Rufus46.