Delicately carved in ivory, an historical elite material for Egyptian art, these low-relief panels are a tribute to the so-called ‘archaism’ of the Late Period. Produced during the Twenty-sixth Dynasty, considered as the ultimate golden age of Ancient Egypt, this period is renowned for its clear taste for revival forms of Old Kingdom forms and canon. From the choice of ivory, a material used from the first pharaohs to show power through the domination of nature and wild animals like hippos, to the iconography of funerary offering bearers’ processions from the Old Kingdom reliefs, these panels exemplify archaic inspiration. Probably fostered by the unpredictable geopolitical environment of Egypt during the seventh century BCE, and the rise of threatening rival forces, archaism proposed a fascinating reading of Egypt’s own heritage.