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Bocio, meaning "empowered cadaver," are power objects (bo) that represent deceased human beings (cio) though the figure may appear to be alive. A bocio is not a spirit, but a kind of decoy meant to trick death by substituting for a real person.…

Bocio are power objects (bo) that represent deceased human beings (chio). A bocio is not a spirit, but a kind of decoy meant to trick death by acting as a substitute for a real person. Formerly, the Fon people of Dahomey (now Benin) placed bocio…

Bocio are power objects (bo) that represent deceased human beings (chio). A bocio is not a spirit, but a kind of decoy meant to trick death by acting as a substitute for a real person. Formerly, the Fon people of Dahomey (now Benin) placed bocio…

Bocio are power objects (bo) that represent deceased human beings (chio). A bocio is not a spirit, but a kind of decoy meant to trick death by acting as a substitute for a real person. Formerly, the Fon people of Dahomey (now Benin) placed bocio…

This large bronze of the falcon god Horus wears a uraeus and the double-crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. The distinctive eye markings of the falcon are carefully incised as are the individual feathers on the falcon’s back and wings. A portion of the…

This bronze statuette depicts the mummiform god of the underworld Osiris. The body of the god is wrapped in a close-fitting shroud with his hands poking out of vertical slits. In his right hand he holds a flail, and in his left, a crook. On his head,…

Cats, in ancient Egypt, were not just pets but symbols of Bastet, the goddess of fertility and protection. The popularity of Bastet’s cult from the Late Period to the Ptolemaic Period led to the creation of a large number of seated cat statuettes.…

The worship of the goddess Neith began as early as the third millennium BC and continued until the end of the pharaonic era. She was a complex deity who was a warrior goddess, a creator goddess, a mother goddess. As a funerary goddess, she is…

The deceased is shown wearing a blue tripartite wig with yellow stripes and a false beard. His eyes are inlaid and rimmed. Only three upper rows of the broad collar remain and a portion of drop-shaped beads in red, green, blue and yellow at the…

The falcon-headed coffin and the hieroglyphic text is associated with the funerary deity Ptah-Sokar-Osiris. Inside the coffin is a corn mummy composed of grain and earth wrapped in linen that is covered with resin. The head of the mummy is fitted…