Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum

BES JARS Bes jars such as these were believed to magically transform the liquid they contained into medicine that protected or healed the person drinking from them. These jars, from the New Kingdom-Roman Period, are composed of red pottery and Egyptian Blue ceramic and measure up to almost 8 inches tall. Sources: ... www.egyptianmuseum.org, catalog no. RC 2220, 216, 217, 1704. Retrieved 01/18/21 from https://egyptianmuseum.pastperfectonline.com//227FD582-131 Schwappach-Shirriff, L. 2004. Treasures of the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum: A Catalogue. p. 54. Grand Lodge of the English Language Jurisdiction, AMORC, Inc.

SENET BOARD Senet is one of the oldest known board games and was played at home, work, and in religious contexts. Senet artifacts have been discovered from as far back as Egypt’s First Dynasty. This particularly fine specimen dates from the New Kingdom (1549-1069 BCE). Crafted from cedar, it measures approximately 21 inches long, 5 inches wide and, due to its fine craftsmanship and imported material, would have been found in a moderately wealthy household. Sources: Schwappach-Shirriff, L. 2004. Treasures of the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum: A Catalogue. p. 48. Grand Lodge of the English Language Jurisdiction, AMORC, Inc

Hathor Amulets Daughter of Ra and wife of Horus, Hathor was the goddess of love and sexual beauty in ancient Egypt and as such was the protector of women. Whether schematic, as with the cylindrical example, or more realistic as seen in the standing statue, these amulets would have been worn by women of the Second Intermediate Period to evoke Hathor’s protection. Material: faience; dimensions: height up to 2 in. Sources:... www.egyptianmuseum.org, catalog no. RC-1109 and RC-64. Retrieved 01/18/21 from https://egyptianmuseum.pastperfectonline.com//E7E403A0-51F Schwappach-Shirriff, L. 2004. Treasures of the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum: A Catalogue. p. 53. GrandLodge of the English Language Jurisdiction, AMORC, Inc.

Akhenaten has been credited with originating monotheism, and here he is depicted offering incense to his one god. This fragment of a column measures approximately 9 x 13.5 inches and dates to somewhere between 1350-1341 BCE, which was early in Akhenaten’s reign. Sources: egyptianmuseum.org, catalog no. RC-2070. Retrieved 01/18/21 from: https://egyptianmuseum.org/explore/new-kingdom... Schwappach-Shirriff, L. 2004. Treasures of the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum: A Catalogue. p. 88. Grand Lodge of the English Language Jurisdiction, AMORC, Inc.

Future home of the Rosicrucian Alchemy Museum at Rosicrucian Park!

Also known as the Eye of Horus, this symbol was believed by ancient Egyptians to offer protection against chaos. The Egyptian god Seth, uncle of Horus, was the god of chaos.

Kneeling Amenhotep III as the god NeferhotepDATE: 13901352 B.C

Just a reminder of the extraordinary collection of resources we have available to homeschoolers (and everyone else!) including 360 tours of our galleries, 3D images of our artifacts, and an interactive timeline of Ancient Egypt! #homeschool

Egyptian cat, Goddess Bastet Statue, Louvre Museum. Paris.

Virtual Tour (360 photo) Temple of the Goddess Hathor Dendera, Egypt

Sculpture of Amun in the entrance foyer of the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose, California.

Have you ever known that the Karnak Temples area is the LARGEST ancient Religious Site in the world! Karnak is considered as an open air museum, and the 54,00...0 square feet, that is the Great Hypostyle Hall, is large enough for the Cathedral of Notre Dame to fit in comfortably! Karnak consists of huge pillars, towering columns, massive avenues of sphinxes, and an obelisk that stands 97 feet tall and weighs 323 tons built over a course of 2000 years and under the supervision of dozens of kings! And all of those are for the worship of God Amon-Re! Why Karnak is usually referred to as (Temples) and not a (Temple)? What are these Temples and who built them? Here in this video you will go on a Digital tour for the Karnak Reconstructed: https://youtu.be/BMNaRpzTBrI Video made by: University of California, Los Angeles.

Relief from Abydos, temple of Seti I The Cult Chapel of Ra-Horakhty Northern wall The King adores Ra-Horakhty, here in the form of an ram-headed man.

The columns hall of Karnak Temple in color

Statue of King Thutmosi III (ca. 14791425 BCE) enthroned. Now in the Egyptian Museum of Torino

Sarcophagus of Isis. 19th dynasty. Tomb of Sennedjem. Sandro Vannini

Virtual Tour (360 photo) Tomb of Nefertari QV66 is the tomb of Nefertari, the Great Wife of Pharaoh Ramesses II, in Egypt's Valley of the Queens. It was discov...ered by Ernesto Schiaparelli (the director of the Egyptian Museum in Turin) in 1904. It is called the Sistine Chapel of Ancient Egypt. Nefertari, which means "beautiful companion", was Ramesses II's favorite wife; he went out of his way to make this obvious, referring to her as "the one for whom the sun shines" in his writings, built the Temple of Hathor to idolize her as a deity, and commissioned portraiture wall paintings. In the Valley of the Queens, Nefertari's tomb once held the mummified body and representative symbolisms of her, like what most Egyptian tombs consisted of. Now, everything had been looted except for two thirds of the 5,200 square feet of wall paintings. For what still remains, these wall paintings characterized Nefertari's character. Her face was given a lot of attention to emphasize her beauty, especially the shape of her eyes, the blush of her cheeks, and her eyebrows. Some paintings were full of lines and color of red, blue, yellow, and green that portrayed exquisite directions to navigating through the afterlife to paradise. See more

Detail of wall carving from the Tomb of Horemheb at Saqqara. New Kingdom, Late 18th Dynasty, ca. 1319-1292 BC.

Gold mask of Tutankhamun, Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt.