Ostraka are limestone splinters used as a kind of notebook for notes by artists and workers at work in the tomb. Free from traditional figurative canons, they present extremely varied iconographic repertoires like this one, where a moving dancer is represented in a sensual pose, showing the artistic skill of her designer, to the point that it is possible to recognize the search for rendering of shadows.

The Mask was found, in 1906, in the precious funerary equipment of the Tomb of Kha. Performed in cartonnage, a sort of papier-mâché made with linen bandages soaked in plaster, gilded and decorated with inserts in semi-precious stones and glass, it had the task of protecting the face of the deceased and restoring her sight. The use of colors and gold allude to the divine status of Merit, who became, after death, an incorruptible spirit.

Always one of the symbols of the Egyptian Museum, the statue depicts the famous pharaoh Ramesses II, one of the most famous characters of ancient Egypt who, in his over sixty years of reign, expanded and strengthened the country's borders. The statue is a beautiful example of the art of the period: the robe worn by the sovereign is similar to the one he should have worn in reality, the feet fit sandals and the pierced earlobes resume the typical fashion of the previous Amarnian era.

Butehamon was a royal scribe, who lived between the New Kingdom and the Third Intermediate Period, descendant of a family of scribes. The inside of the lid and that of the false lid of his sarcophagus are entirely covered by the description of the Ritual of Opening the Mouth, which was used to restore life to the deceased, according to his new existence in the Hereafter. We have received numerous documents in the name of Butehamon, including an ostrakon in which the man expressed his condolences for his deceased wife.

The Egyptian gods manifested themselves in various forms and many of them were associated with specific animals. The practice of mummification of animals has been known since 3000 BC. until it disappeared in the 4th century AD. In the temples, a specially selected specimen of the animal associated with the god was bred, considered an incarnation of him. At his death the body was mummified and placed in a sarcophagus. Other animals were mummified and brought to the temple as an ex voto. The bull was connected to the god Apis, royal power and the concept of strength.

Predynastic period, Naqada II (3600 BC - 3350 BC). This mummy was bought in Egypt by Ernesto Schiaparelli at the beginning of the twentieth century. It is the body of an adult man of about 40 years, accompanied by his funeral kit, consisting of arrows, baskets containing fragments of fabric and a pair of sandals. In the Predynastic Period, the deceased were usually placed in oval or circular holes, on one side. Direct contact with the sandy soil rich in sodium oxide favored its conservation by natural desiccation.

Mensa Isiaca, 1st century AD Rome, probably from Iseo Campense, formerly the Gonzaga collection. The Isiac Table is actually not a work from the Egyptian era: it was built around the first century AD, probably in Rome, to enrich the altar of a temple dedicated to the goddess Isis. Its discovery, in 1527, intrigued many scholars interested in the interpretation of hieroglyphs which, it was understood, were actually only decorative and meaningless. The copper table arrived in Turin thanks to the purchase of a lot from the collection of the Gonzaga dukes of Mantua, in the first half of the seventeenth century.

New Kingdom, Dynasty XX, reign of Ramesses III (1187a. C. - 1157 BC), Deir el-Medina. The papyrus is the first document on a strike in history. Written by the scribe Amennakht reports the news of protests that took place during the reign of Ramesses III in Deir el-Medina. The workers protest because they do not receive food rations, payment for their work in the Valley of the Kings. Despite various attempts at conciliation, the protest lasts for several days. The workers motivate their gesture as follows: "If we have reached this point it is the fault of hunger and thirst ... Write to our perfect pharaoh about our words, write to the vizier, our superior, so that we may be given provisions".

Old Kingdom, III - VI dynasty (2592 BC - 2118 BC), Gebelein. Pleated tunics are normally made from three pieces of linen, one for the body and two for the sleeves. The Museum holds about fifteen specimens found during the excavations conducted by the Museum at the sites of Gebelein or Assiut inside burials dating back mostly to the final period of the Old Kingdom.

The papyrus, 1847cm long, part of Iuefankh's grave goods, arrives in Turin with the Drovetti collection. The name "Book of the Dead" was coined by Richard Lepsius, a German scholar, to indicate the set of funerary formulas that, starting from the New Kingdom, were written on papyrus and included in the funeral kit to guide the deceased to the afterlife. Thanks to the good conservation of the papyrus, Lepsius was able to study it starting to classify the text into chapters and creating a reference canon still used today.