Great Ennead: cotton fitted t-shirt

Depictions of deities in the ancient Egyptian underworld are packed with the weird and wonderful; many of these were the Egyptian gods we know and love so well, such as Osiris. However, there were hundreds of deities and demons residing in the underworld, including these two from the Great Ennead. Each deity is wearing a feather of Maat on its head, showing his role in the provision of justice to the deceased. They have human bodies, but one has a serpent’s head and the other a hare’s.

And now you can show off your Egyptology geekery with this gorgeously soft and comfy, yet stylish cotton t-shirt.

It’ll pair fantastically with your favourite jeans or with sports leggings for the gym or your yoga class.

The design on this t-shirt is of a detail of two gods of the Great Ennead from Spell 110 of the Egyptian Book of the Dead. The papyrus is in the collection at the Garstang Museum of Archaeology. It belonged to a man called Inaros who lived during the Saite Period (26th Dynasty, 664–525 BC).

The papyrus was photographed with a macro lens, meaning the image on the t-shirt is many times the size of the original papyrus and is an exclusive design you won’t find elsewhere.

The design is printed using the direct to garment method, meaning you get amazing detail and colours. However, you should wash at 30º to keep the design looking as good as the day it arrived on your doorstep.