Saturday 18/October/2025 – 05:36 AM
The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir includes one of the most prominent pieces of art that embodies the genius of sculpture in the New Kingdom, which is the head of a statue of Queen Hatshepsut in which the queen is depicted in the form of the god Osiris, the god of resurrection in ancient Egyptian belief.
A rare head of Queen Hatshepsut in the form of the god Osiris is displayed in the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir
According to the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, the piece is made of colored limestone and features precise details that show royal features in a male form, in reference to the male royal symbols that Hatshepsut followed to confirm her legitimacy on the throne during her rule of ancient Egypt.
The head is 61 cm high and 55 cm wide. It dates back to the Eighteenth Dynasty, where it was found inside the Temple of the Queen in Deir el-Bahri, one of the most prominent funerary temples in Western Thebes (currently Luxor).
The piece is currently displayed in Gallery No. 11 on the ground floor of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, as part of a distinguished collection of antiquities of Queen Hatshepsut, which highlights her prominent role in ancient Egyptian history and her contribution to the prosperity of art and architecture during the era of the New Kingdom.
