A stela is a slab of wood or stone, usually painted, inscribed or engraved and set upright. In Ancient Egypt they were used as funerary monuments and for commemorative or votive purposes.

A stela is a slab of wood or stone, usually painted, inscribed or engraved and set upright. In Ancient Egypt they were used as funerary monuments and for commemorative or votive purposes.

This is the upper left-hand portion of a limestone stelae of Pahemy. A Stelae is a tall slab usually made of stone or wood that is made to commemorate an important person either living or deceased.

The organizational and technological skills of the Aksumites were represented by the construction of stelae (singular: stela). These monuments were created in line of older African traditions and made ...

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt unveiled several discoveries near the ... The date engraved on the Djehuti Mes’ funerary stelae indicates that the tomb goes back to the 9th year of King Ahmose I’s ...

We concluded by translating the text inscribed in hieroglyphics on the funerary stela presented by Khuthutmes, the overseer of Queen Tetisheri’s palace, to the spirit of his friend, the commander of ...