This is the front gate entrance to the Coptic Museum. In the foreground is the excavation of one of the towers of the Roman 'Babylon' just to the right of the entrance gate. The library is the lower building partly in the shade from the center to...
Archaeological museums and collections; Art objects; Stone carving; Egypt - Antiquities; Hieroglyphics; Inscriptions; Matḥaf al-Qiḅtī (Cairo, Egypt)
Artifact from the Coptic Museum in Cairo. A stone carving of an Egyptian god sitting on a throne. The figure of a pharaoh stands next to the god. There are hieroglyphs on the base of the statue.
Archaeological museums and collections; Art objects; Egypt - Antiquities; Stone carving; Relief (Art); Matḥaf al-Qiḅtī (Cairo, Egypt)
Artifact from the Coptic Museum in Cairo. The head of a person with long hair and a long goatee is carved into stone. Additional relief, possibly depicting an entrance of some sort, is carved above the head.