of Pharaoh Hatshepsut or her successor Tuthmosis III (1480 BC) Fragment of the beard of the Great Sphinx of Giza (14th century BC) Colossal head from a statue of Amenhotep III (1350 BC) Colossal limestone bust of Amenhotep III (1350 BC) Amarna Tablets, 99 out of 382 tablets found, second greatest collection in the world after the Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin (203 tablets) (1350 BC) List of the kings of Egypt from the Temple of Ramesses II (1250 BC) Third Intermediate Period (1069–664 BC) Statue of the Nile god Hapy, Karnak (c.900 BC) Mummy case and coffin of Nesperennub, Thebes (c.800 BC) Shabaka Stone from Memphis, Egypt, 25th Dynasty (around 700 BC) Statue of Amun in the form of a ram protecting King Taharqa (683 BC) Inner and outer coffins of the priest Hor, Deir el-Bahari, Thebes, 25th Dynasty (about 680 BC) Granite statue of the Sphinx of Taharqo (680 BC) Late Period (664–332 BC) Saite Sarcophagus of Sasobek, the vizier (prime minister) of the northern part of Egypt in the reign of Psammetichus I (664–610 BC) Bronze figure of Isis and Horus, North Saqqara, Egypt (600 BC) Sarcophagus of Hapmen, Cairo, 26th Dynasty or later (600–300 BC) Kneeling statue of Wahibre, from near Lake Mariout (530 BC) Sarcophagus of Ankhnesneferibre (525 BC) Obelisks and sarcophagus of Pharaoh Nectanebo II (360–343 BC) Ptolemaic dynasty (305–30 BC) The famous Rosetta Stone, trilingual stela that unlocked the ancient Egyptian civilisation (196 BC) Giant sculpture of a scarab beetle (32–30 BC) Fragment of a basalt Egyptian-style statue of Ptolemy I Soter (305–283 BC) Mummy of Hornedjitef (inner coffin), Thebes (3rd century BC) Wall from a chapel of Queen Shanakdakhete, Meroë (c. 150 BC) Naos of Ptolemy VII, Philae (c. 150 BC) Roman Period (30 BC-641 AD) Schist head of a young man, Alexandria (after 30 BC) The Meriotic Hamadab Stela from the Kingdom of Kush found near the ancient site of Meroë in Sudan, 24 BC Lid of the coffin of Soter and Cleopatra from Qurna, Thebes (early 2nd century AD) Mummy of a youth with a portrait of the deceased, Hawara (100–200 AD) Bronze lamp and patera from the X-group tombs, Qasr Ibrim (1st–6th centuries AD) Coptic wall painting of the martyrdom of saints, Wadi Sarga (6th century AD) Gallery References Archaeological museums in London British Museum Egyptology History of museums Museums established in 1753 Egypt–United Kingdom relations Sudan–United Kingdom relations