Although comprising only 47 artifacts, the North Carolina Museum of Art's ancient Egyptian collection represents the major periods of ancient Egyptian history, from the Predynastic (Nagada I, circa 4000–3500 BCE) to the Roman (30 BCE–642 CE) periods. The Museum’s oldest artifact is a black-topped ceramic jar that was handmade approximately 6,000 years ago. It probably served as food storage in a house or perhaps even a tomb, so that its owner would have food for the afterlife.

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