National Geographic History - 05.2019 - 06.2019

DISCOVERIES

Precious Metals

THESE BEAUTIFUL OBJECTS were found in 1906 near the Temple

of Bastet in Tell Basta, the excavation site identified as Bubastis.

Bearing the names of rulers from the 19th dynasty (ca 1292 to

1189 B.C.), the presence of silver and gold attest to the economic

importance of Bubastis as a city of wealth and commerce.

Gold cup designed

to resemble a lotus

flower, inscribed

with the name of

Queen Tawosret. 19th

dynasty. Egyptian

Museum, Cairo

Silver platter decorated

with scenes of cutting

papyrus, harvesting

fruit, catching birds. 19th

dynasty. Metropolitan

Museum of Art, New York

Golden vase featuring

motifs of lotus

flowers and birds with

outstretched wings.

19th dynasty. Egyptian

Museum, Cairo

Gold armlets of

embossed gold and

lapis lazuli, bearing

the name of Ramses II.

19th dynasty. Egyptian

Museum, Cairo

Vessel neck decorated

with a golden depiction

of the goddess

Hathor flanked by two

felines. 19th dynasty.

Metropolitan Museum

of Art, New York

1: METROPOLITAN MUSEUM/SCALA, FLORENCE. 2 , 3, AND 4: ARALDO DE LUCA. 5: METROPOLITAN MUSEUM/SCALA, FLORENCE

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