Best Photos of the Day

The High Museum's exhibition "Ancient Nubia: Art of the 25th Dynasty from the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston"; (June 2-Sept. 3, 2023) features more than 200 masterworks drawn from MFA Boston's vast holdings, now the largest and most comprehensive collection of ancient Nubian art and material culture outside of Africa.In this image: Offering table of King Aspelta, Nubian, Sudan, 593-568 BCE, porphyry, 34 5/8 x 25 13/16 inches, Harvard University---Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, 21.1192. Photo © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Shawabty of King Taharqa, Nubian, Sudan, 690–664 BCE, green magnesite-containing rock, 14 3/16 x 5 5/16 inches, Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, 21. 10574. Photo © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Winged Isis Pectoral, Nubian Artist, Sudan, 538–519 BCE, gold, 2 11/16 x 6 11/16 inches, Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, 20.276. Photo © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Amulet of a cat, Nubian, Napatan Period, reign of Piankhy (Piye), 743–712 BCE, dolomitic marble, 1 3/4 x 9/16 x 1 inch, Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 21.305. Photo © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Inscribed steatite ball, Nubian, Sudan, 743–712 BCE, steatite, 1 x 1 1/4 inches, Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, 21.313. Photo © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Vessel in the shape of a bound oryx, Nubian, Sudan, early 7th century BCE, travertine (Egyptian alabaster), 6 3/4 inches long, Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, 24.879. Photo © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Shawabty of King Aspelta, Nubian Artist, Sudan, 593–568 BCE, faience, 10 5/8 inches, Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, 21.331. Photo © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Relief of men playing senet, Nubian, Sudan, 568–555 BCE, sandstone, 12 13/16 × 25 13/16 × 8 1/4 inches, Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, 24.789. Photo © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Hathor-headed crystal pendant, Nubian, Napatan Period, reign of Piankhy (Piye), 743–712 BCE, gold and rock crystal, 2 1/16 x 1 1/4 inches, Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, 21.321. Photo © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Shawabties, Nubian, Sudan, 690–664 BCE, serpentinite, Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition. Photo © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.