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These items were a symbol of King Tutankhamun's royal status. He would have carried them at his coronation and at certain festivals to renew his power.
Flail and Crook
King Tutankhamun's tomb. 18th Dynasty 1333-1323 BCE
A very small detail from a stele. A stele is a stone or wooden slab erected for funerary or commemorative purposes. They can be carved or painted.
Lotus Flower
From a stele of the 18th Dynasty. 1550-1307 BCE
The symbol of Upper Egypt, the blue lotus flower is often shown intertwined with papyrus reeds (a symbol of Lower Egypt) as a representation of the unification of the two lands. This is a very small detail from the tomb of Sennediem.
Lotus Buds
Tomb of Sennediem. 18th Dynasty 1431 - 1419 BCE
A single hieroglyph from the mastaba of Nefermaat depicting the Egyptian Vulture which still flies the Egyptian skies today.
Vulture Heiroglyph
Mastaba of Nefermaat. Early 4th Dynasty 2575-2551 BCE
The tale of Horus and his relations is a story rivaling any soap opera. His uncle kills his father. He avenges his death by deposing Seth and becomes the king of Egypt. During the battle Seth tears out Horus' eye. His eye becames a symbol of protection.
Eye of Horus
A powerful symbol of protection for both the living and the dead.
By far the most important amulet in ancient Egypt the scarab, symbolically as sacred to the Egyptians as the cross is to Christians and were sacred in prehistoric times.
Scarab
The djed has been interpreted as the backbone of Osiris, but I tend to disagree. The story of Osiris is long, after he was killed, Isis found his coffin in a cypress tree and I believe this represents the tree.
Djed
The symbol of stability.
Normally Hathor is shown wearing the headress of cow horns and sun disk, but this headdress is a symbol of the west and delineates her as the Mistress of the West.
Hathor's headdress
The palace grounds of Amenhotep III covered over 80 acres! The vast gardens is reflected in this fragment of a wall inside the palace.
Palace Decoration
From the palace of Amenhotep III. 18th Dynasty 1391-1353 BCE
This beautiful piece of faience tile shows two bullocks in the thicket of papyrus reeds.
Bullock in Thicket
Armana period. 18th Dynasty 1391-1353 BCE

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