A corn mummy or germinating Osiris is an Ancient Egyptian sculpture of Osiris that contained germinated grain seeds, commonly wheat or barley. The rest of the mummy was made up of other materials such
A corn mummy with a wax mask of Osiris, Ptolemaic Dynasty, Archaeological Museum of Kraków
Germinating Osiris, Late Period, Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Ptolemaic dynasty, also known as the Lagid dynasty, was a Macedonian Greek royal house which ruled the Ptolemaic Kingdom in Ancient Egypt during the Hellenistic period. Reigning for 275 years, the
A seated woman in a fresco from the Roman Villa Boscoreale, dated mid-1st century BC. It likely represents Berenice II of Ptolemaic Egypt wearing a stephane (i.e. royal diadem) on her head.
The Gonzaga Cameo of Ptolemy II Philadelphus and Arsinoe II from Alexandria (Hermitage Museum)
Ptolemy I, founder of the dynasty.