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Under the Protection of the Gods

Under the Protection of the Gods: A Fantasy of ancient and Modern Egypt. A drawing by Howard Carter showing a hoopoe in the crack of a wall which has ancient Egyptian paintings. The impression given is of the modern bird being protected by the outstretched wings of the Goddess Nekhbet, the divine vulture. Date: 1951

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Rolls-Royce Armoured Cars of The RNAS - Middle East

Rolls-Royce Armoured Cars of The Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS), developed in 1914 and used during the First World War as pictured here (possibly in Egypt). In September 1914 all available Rolls Royce Silver Ghost chassis were requisitioned to form the basis for the new armoured car. The following month a special committee of the Admiralty Air Department, among whom was Flight Commander T.G. Hetherington, designed the superstructure which consisted of armoured bodywork and a single fully rotating turret mounting a regular water-cooled .303-in Mk I Vickers machine gun. The armoured cars served on several fronts of the Middle Eastern theatre. Lawrence of Arabia used a squadron in his operations against the Turkish forces. He called the unit of nine armoured Rolls-Royces "more valuable than rubies" in helping win his Revolt in the Desert.
circa 1916

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Carved Ivory Head Rest - Treasures of Tutankhamuns Tomb

Carved Ivory Head Rest - Treasures of Tutankhamun's Tomb. The central pillar is formed mainly of a figure of the god Shu (god of the air) kneeling and holding with upraised arms the curved head support. Looped over each of his shoulders is the hieroglyphic sign for "protection". Two couchant lions, carved almost in the round, are on the top of the base. Date: circa 1925