PYRAMIDION OF BENNEBENSEKHAUEF Textile in just a few seconds

in just a few seconds it turns into a three-dimensional globe

Man with a Sword

Between Darkness and Light (or Entre chien et loup)

Like a fine wine or your favourite leather jacket

Rembrandt Van Rijn (1606-1669) and Workshop

PYRAMIDION OF BENNEBENSEKHAUEF Textile in just a few secondsThe pyramidion, originally placed on the top of the small pyramid over the tomb of the owner, was an important feature of the funerary cult practiced by ancient Egyptians. The four faces of this example are engraved with prayers to permit the deceased to share the fate of the sun, that is to say eternal renaissance, in the next world. This particular pyramidion comes from the tomb of an important member of the Theban clergy during the 21st Dynasty,