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Antiquity


Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Imperial Roman Period, Ancient Middle East.



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Ancient Egypt

ANCIENT EGYPT

Ancient Greece

ANCIENT GREECE

Ancient Israel

ANCIENT ISRAEL

Ancient Jordan

ANCIENT JORDAN

Ancient Middle East

ANCIENT MIDDLE EAST

Imperial Roman Period

IMPERIAL ROMAN PERIOD

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Overall view of the Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel, on the borders of Lake Nasser. When the new High Dam was built and the Nile Valley flooded to form Lake Nasser, the Temple was relocated,through a UNESCO pilot project,and is now 210 m further inland, 65 m higher.
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Overall view of the Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel, on the borders of Lake N...

Carved knife;Blade flint,handle hippopotamus-ivory.Four registers.Fighting warriors and two different ship types.Recto. (32nd-31st BCE), Pre-Dynastic Period, Negade II. From Jebel el Arak, south of Abydos,Egypt. 25,5 cm Inv. 11517
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Carved knife;Blade flint,handle hippopotamus-ivory.Four registers.Fighting warri...

Carved knife.Blade flint,handle hippopotamus-ivory,Four registers.Fighting warriors and two different ship types.Recto. (32nd-31st BCE), Pre-Dynastic Period, Negade II. From Jebel el Arak, Egypt Inv. 11517 Detail of handle.See also 08-01-08/1 for verso.
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Carved knife.Blade flint,handle hippopotamus-ivory,Four registers.Fighting warri...

"Dog palette" with palm-tree, giraffes, and dogs. Oval slate with carved relief (36th-35th BCE), Pre-Dynastic Period, Egypt. E 11 052
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"Dog palette" with palm-tree, giraffes, and dogs. Oval slate with carved r...

Palette with wild animals and dogs. Oval slate with hollow centre. Reverse side of 08-01-08/3. (36th-35th BCE) Pre-Dynastic Period, Egypt. Grauwacke, 32 x 17,7 x 1,8 cm E 11 052
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Palette with wild animals and dogs. Oval slate with hollow centre. Rev...

Bull palette. Bull triumphs over a lion surrounded by a crenellated wall. Both animals probably represent kings. Fragment of a green slate (around 35th BCE), Pre-Dynastic Period, Egypt. E 11 255
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Bull palette. Bull triumphs over a lion surrounded by a crenella...

The King as a bull. 5 hands holding a cord possibly representing 5 tribes under a king defeating the enemy. Reverse side of 08-01-08/5. Green slate (36th-35th BCE), Pre-Dynastic Period, Egypt E 11 255
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The King as a bull. 5 hands holding a cord possibly representing 5 tribes un...

Fragment of the "Hunting Palette", 3.300-3.100 BCE Grauwacke from Abydos, 40,6 x 40,5 cm E 11254 Decorated with a hunting scene in the desert,clothing and arms are found later in pharaonic society.
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Fragment of the "Hunting Palette", 3.300-3.100 BCE Grauwacke from Abydos, 4...

Senbef and Ipta. Stele from the Osiris sanctuary in Abydos (Araba el-Madfuna), Egypt.Ankh,sign of Life 12th Dynasty (20th-18th), First Intermediate. 35 x 72 cm
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Senbef and Ipta. Stele from the Osiris sanctuary in Abydos (Araba el-Madf...

Tunic of heavy material and loin cloth. From the tomb of architect Kha - under Amenophis III (1411-1375 BCE) - at Deir el-Medina, Egypt. 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom.
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Tunic of heavy material and loin cloth. From the tomb of archite...

Bread loaves on a small table. From the tomb of Architect Kha - under Amenophis III (1411-1375 BCE) - at Deir el-Medina, Egypt. 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom.
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Bread loaves on a small table. From the tomb of Archite...

Coffer with small vases of glass, alabaster, ceramics from the tomb of architect Kha - under Amenophis III (1411-1375 BCE) - at Deir el-Medina, Egypt. 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom.
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Coffer with small vases of glass, alabaster, ceramics from the tomb of archite...