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The article describes a head of a queen from a small statue that was probably placed in a tomb chapel during Dynasty 18 of the New Kingdom of Egypt, bequeathed by Nanette B. Kelekian to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 2020.

The article offers information on the Egyptian coffin of the priest of Heryshef, Nedjemankh made of cartonnage, gesso, gold, silver, resin, paint, wood, glass and leaded bronze from the late Ptolemic or early Roman Period, 1st century B.C. and part of The Metropolitan Museum of Art collection.

The article features an ancient Egyptian caryatid bronze mirror depicting a young girl, acquired and added to the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

The article offers information on the Egyptian ring depicting felines in a marsh from the late New Kingdom-Third Intermediate Period and part of the recent acquisitions of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The article discusses sculpture "Face from a Coffin Lid," which origin trace back to third intermediate period of 22-24 Egyptian dynasty and also mentions anthropoid wood coffin face is decorated with polychromy plaster paint while white wings of a vulture curve is provided for face protection.

The article offers information on sculpture "Stela of Kemes," which origin trace back to second quarter of 13th dynasty of ancient Egypt, and also mentions stelae consists of man named Kemes while lower section represents the tomb chapel walls and upper section imitates a shrine-shaped sarcophagus.

The article offers information on several cosmetic vessels and jewelry elements including silver jewelry with the name of kings of Egypt's Twelfth Dynasty, pellets and pectoral inlaid with stones, which are excavated by Egyptologist Reginald Engelbach from a cemetery near Cairo.

The article discusses a gypsum plaster Egyptian sculpture titled "Head of a Lion," which was acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

The article discusses a Egyptian sculpture made of lapis lazuli, gold, and travertine, titled "Face of a Goddess," which could be either the Egyptian goddess Bat or the Egyptian goddess Hathor and was acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

The article discusses a serpentinite Middle Kingdom Egyptian sculpture titled "Statuette of an Official," which was acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

The article presents on information on an Egyptian statuette, which was acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. It is made of lapis lazuli and depicts the creator god Ptah, which was the patron god of Egypt's capital city of Memphis. It is estimated that it was produced in a royal workshop at about 945 to 600 B.C. by order of the pharaoh to be given as a gift to the god in his temple in Memphis. It was previously in the private collection in France in the early 20th century. It was purchased by Guy Weill Goudchaux of London, England, in 1979. It was displayed at the British Museum in 2001 by Charles Ede Ltd. It was bought by the Metropolitan Museum in 2007 through the Anne and John V. Hansen Egyptian Purchase Fund.