textiles

Dahshur Lake tapestry made by Sayed Mahomoud at the Ramses Wissa Wassef Art Centre, Saqqara, Egypt. It shows a water scene, with bird-life and marsh plants that would have been familiar to the artisans who decorated the palaces of Amarna around 1350 BC.

Mathews, Anne, Mathews, Fraser

- Stevenson, Alice, The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology: Characters and Collections, p.11
- Allman, Naomi, From Egypt to Malet Place: the Wissa Wassef Tapestry in Context [UCL Culture blog]

Modern Period

2003

Saqqarah

Mahmoud, Sayed

LDUCE-UC80605

Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology