Fashion
Egyptian palm tunic
Stay cool, look cool, get treated coolly by friends and family as you wear this one of a kind tunic.
Aries Fashion
Drop culture streetwear fashion empire Aries have continued their fruitful exploration on the theme of ancient animals with a range of t-shirts this year including one displaying caprine-symplegma and another with Cereberus.
Uniqlo UT
You can always pick up nice bits at Uniqlo. Their UT range exploring the Louvre doesn’t disappoint.
“I didn’t know, Rhakotis did flatware”
A Serapis for the library
A gorgeous little statue of Serapis, 3D printed
Lion Bust
A Po-ma (post-maximalism) statement piece. Is this Yaldabaoth, the lion-headed-snake-bodied malevolent demiurge of ancient gnosticism? Yes, I believe so. Lovely stuff.
x DINEX Mug – Mummies
Ancient Egyptian inspired camping mugs, some of the last mugs produced by this well respected outdoors company ‘heavy duty ivy’.
Judy Chicago range for Illy
The American Artist, known for her historically inspired artwork exploring among other things ancient goddesses, has designed a range of espresso cups for Illy. Very tasty.
Historical Cats Mug
An office mug should tell a story and what more perfect one than this, which contains one cat that has been recently revealed via BlueSky is not actually a medieval cat. A great “ice breaker”.
Relax with history
Anubis Wine Bottle Cover
Customize your favorite tipple with a sticker of a beloved Egyptian god of the dead.
Get in the festive spirit with Tierra Zen’s Myrrh incense.
Ancient Egyptian Cat Relaxer
The stress toy for the important executive in your life.
The Egyptian Enigma – Family Friendly Puzzle
Riddle me this.
For kids big and small
Toy squid
Fun and educational toy for kids of all, as they pretend to fricasse a plush squid, quite possibly inspired by ancient Roman mosaic work.
Bactrian Camel Toy
The incredible mummy
Pop up book
Wool loom
Historical and creative toy.
Books
Some books that would make perfect stocking fillers (in alphabetic order).
- Messalini by Honor Cargill-Martin
- Trojan Horse and other stories by Judy Kindt
- The Cleopatras by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
- Women in Power: Classical Myths and Stories by Stephanie McCarter
- Women in the Ancient Mediterranean World by Guy Middleton
Donate
The festive period should be joyous and peaceful, but for many people it is not. If you are able, then please do donate items, time or money to charity.
- Gaze Emergency Appeal – UNRWA
- Shelter Winter Appeal (UK)
- Donate old or outgrown toys or clothes in the run up to the festive period.
All images used under Fair Use.
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