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Stele of Princess Nefertiabet and her food for the afterlife. Giza, Egypt. 4th Dinasty, 2600 BC.

Stele depicting Princess Nefertiabet and the food she would take with her to the afterlife. Steles representing the deceased's nourishment in the afterlife were a fundamental element of Egyptian funerary art and this is one, over 4500 years old, is definitely one of the most ancient and best preserved to reach our time.

The Stele was recovered from the wall of Nefertiabet's mastabah in Giza, at the foot of the great pyramid. Nefertiabet was a princess during the reign of Cheops, her father, and there is little doubt the best artists were called upon to decorate her tomb.

The stele's raison d'être was essentially practical: the images it featured (Nefertiabet's food and material possessions) were brought to life from the moment of its creation and for ever after, ensuring the princess eternal life and its attendant pleasures.

The princess faces rightward, as the...

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