One of only a handful of figures from Egypt’s Old Kingdom in the UK, the statue depicts the priest Mehernefer of the vulture goddess Nekhbet seated next to his standing son, who bore the same name and was the priest of the snake goddess Wadjet.

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The Great Pyramid, the largest pyramid in Egypt, was built as the grave of pharaoh Khufu, who ruled during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom, while his son Khafre and his grandson Menkaure are buried in the other two major pyramids.

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The limestone statue of the pair of priests is thought to have been created circa 2400 to 2300 BC, during Egypt’s Old Kingdom period.

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