This marble statuette is emblematic of Ptolemaic-era art: a mishmash of styles with a decidedly Egyptian twist.

Bes was an Egyptian deity of music ... In one such myth, for instance, Bes stops the wrath of a bloodthirsty goddess by serving her a spiked beverage. The drink lulls her into a deep sleep.

Bes vessels, widespread in Egypt between 1600 BCE and 476 CE ... linking the drink to myths where Bes calmed vengeful gods. Chemical and genetic analyses of residue inside the vessel revealed ...

Around 1353 BC the Pharaoh Akhenaten tried to change the way gods were worshipped in Egypt. Instead of having multiple gods and goddesses, each with different roles, he placed one god, the god ...