Wonderful hand painted papyrus purchased and framed at the world famous Ronin gallery in New York City. 

The print is in wonderful condition and expertly framed and matted in a solid custom wood frame- 20x17

Three Figures- Khnum, Amun and Pharoah

Khnum, from the Egyptian 'unite', 'join' or 'build', was an ancient deity of fertility, water and the great potter who created children and their ka at their conception. The Egyptians believed that he was the guardian of the source of the Nile who was originally a Nile god. His role changed from river god to the one who made sure that the right amount of silt was released into the water. In working with the silt, the very soil that the ancient Egyptian potters used, he became the great potter who not only molded men and women, but who molded the gods themselves and the world.

Amun, god of the air, was one of the eight primordial Egyptian deities. Amun’s role evolved over the centuries; during the Middle Kingdom he became the King of the deities and in the New Kingdom he became a nationally worshipped god. He eventually merged with Ra, the ancient sun god, to become Amun-Ra.

It is thought that Amun created himself and then everything else in the universe, but distanced himself from it as “the original inscrutable and indivisible creator.” When Amun and Ra merged, he became a visible and invisible deity, which appealed to the ancient Egyptians’ concept of Ma’at or balance. Amun is depicted as a goose, snake, or ram, and also as a man with the head of a ram, frog, royal cobra, crocodile, or ape.

Amun-Ra was the father and protector of the pharaoh, and was the subject of a cult. Royal women had a complex relationship with the cult of Amun; Queen Nefertari received the title of “God’s Wife of Amun” and the female Pharaoh Hatshepsut claimed she had the right to rule because her mother was impregnated by Amun, thus being his daughter empowered her ascendancy.

Amun revealed his will and wishes through the use of oracles controlled by the priests. Amun had a following of priests who were overthrown by the Pharaoh Akhnaton when he replaced the worship of Amun with Aton. This change only lasted for one monarch and was reversed during the reign of Akhnaton’s son, Tutankhamun, perhaps better known as King Tut, by priests who controlled him.

Pharaoh is wearing the Double Crown of Upper and Lower Egypt is also known as the Pschent Crown or 'sekhemti' which meant the 'Two Powerful Ones'.

The Double Crown was a combination of the Red Crown of Lower Egypt and the White Crown of Upper Egypt

Sometimes you may find two animal symbols attached to the front of this crown. These are a cobra representing the goddess Wadjet of Lower Egypt and a vulture representing the goddess Nekhbet of Upper Egypt. Together they were known as 'The Two Ladies'.
King Menes of Memphis founded the First Egyptian Dynasty around 3100 BC and unified the Two Lands of Upper and Lower Egypt.
A dynasty is the reign of a series of kings who all belonged to the same family.
There were 30 dynasties who ruled Ancient Egypt.