The Egyptian Exhibit is an area of the Leyendecker Museum housing artifacts from ancient Egypt. Most of the artifacts residing in the Leyendecker Museum are from the Valley of the Kings, with the consent of the Egyptian Antiquities Service. In 1926, Pippin Carter was the curator of the Egyptian Exhibit, and many of the artifacts on display were from his discovery of the Temple of Amon Ra, or related in some manner.
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Within the Egyptian Exhibit can be found several artifacts from ancient Egypt, including recent discoveries by Dr. Pippin Carter during the expedition that concluded with the discovery of the Temple of Amon Ra and The Dagger of Amon Ra.
The east end of the Egyptian Exhibit is where the Dagger of Amon Ra was displayed in a display case during its stay at the Leyendecker Museum.
Also displayed at the east end of the exhibit during 1926 was the mummified corpse of Amenophis III, who built large temples to Amon Ra at Karnak and at Luxor.
On the walls of the exhibit can be found several stelae (tablets of granite, calcereous stone, wood, or faience, which the Egyptians commonly used for inscriptions). One stele on the side wall, found in a tomb from the Sixth Dynasty, speaks of Una, who was born in the reign of Teti and served under Teta's successor, Pepi. Una died during the reign of King Mer-en-Ra, "full of days and honor."
Another stele, to be found on the back wall, is a stele of Horus and Thoth, found in the Temple of Amon Ra. Amenophis IV (also known as Akhenaten) had the name Amon Ra removed from the stele, but it was restored during the reign of his son, Tutankhamen.
Several model pyramids can be found throughout the exhibit, including a scale model of the Great Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu), and the stepped pyramid of Saqqara, believed to be the oldest Egyptian pyramid.
On the west wall of the exhibit can be found the Rosetta Stone, on loan from the British Museum.
The back wall of the west side of the exhibit contains three mummy cases, none of which contain any actual mummies.