Egypt Museum

medinet gurob

Medinet Gurob

On the desert’s edge, where the cultivated fields of the Faiyum oasis melt into the barren sands, lies the site of Medinet Gurob. In antiquity, this region was part of the land known as Shedet, the great marshland capital the Greeks would later call Crocodilopolis. Close by rose the pyramid town of Lahun, gateway to...

Lady Mi

Diminutive in scale yet dazzling in presence, this statuette portrays Lady Mi, a courtly figure of the reign of Amenhotep III. Carved from wood and once richly embellished with gold leaf and inlays, she wears a heavy wig and broad earrings, fashionably in step with the royal court of her day. Unlike the eternal youth...