Food, protection and power in ancient Egypt

In a miniature granary, workers carry grain while scribes keep the accounts. The model was made for Meketre’s burial, so his food supply could continue after death. It begins a visit to objects that people expected to work on their behalf. We’ll compare two hippos with different roles, a queen’s jasper face and the lion-bodied Sphinx of Hatshepsut. At the Temple of Dendur, a Roman emperor appears as an Egyptian pharaoh approaching the gods. The six stops stay on Floor 1 and take about seventy-five minutes to an hour and three quarters, including walking and pauses. Begin at the Model of a Granary with Scribes in Gallery 105.