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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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Columns from the entranceway to the Isis Temple, Philae Island, Egypt. Columns have capitals with lotus,papyrus and palm leaf designs. Old Philae disappeared under the waters of the Nile when the new old Aswan-Dam was built The temples were removed to a near-by island in 1980.
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Columns from the entranceway to the Isis Temple, Philae Island, Egypt. Columns h...

Entranceway to the Isis Temple in Philae Island, Egypt. The entranceway consists of colonnades which open onto various chapels. Old Philae disappeared under the waters of the Nile when the old Aswan-Dam was built.The temples were removed to a near-by island in 1980.
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Entranceway to the Isis Temple in Philae Island, Egypt. The entranceway consists...

The small Trajan Pavillion, Philae Island, Egypt. The pavillion faces the Nile and was used as a landing place for the procession of the Sacred Barge. The temples of Philae were removed to the near-by island of Agilkia under an UNESCO programme.
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The small Trajan Pavillion, Philae Island, Egypt. The pavillion faces the...

The small Trajan Pavillion, Philae Island, Egypt. The pavillion faces the Nile and was used as a landing place for the procession of the Sacred Barge. The temples of Philae were removed to the near-by island of Agilkia under an UNESCO programme.
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The small Trajan Pavillion, Philae Island, Egypt. The pavillion faces the...

Seheil-Island, South of Assuan, Egypt. Over 250 rock inscriptions have been found on the island, placed there by Egyptian officials before they went to Nubia, or upon their return to commemorate some important act. Inscriptions are mostly of the 18th and 19th Dynasties.
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Seheil-Island, South of Assuan, Egypt. Over 250 rock inscriptions have been f...

Seheil Island, South of Assuan, Egypt. Over 250 rock inscriptions have been found on the island, placed there by Egyptian officials before they went to Nubia, or upon their return to commemorate some important act. Inscriptions are mostly of the 18th and 19th Dynasties.
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Seheil Island, South of Assuan, Egypt. Over 250 rock inscriptions have been f...

The "Famine Stele",although written in Ptolemaic times, tells of a seven-year famine during the reign of the Pharaoh Djozer (3rd Dynasty, 3rd mill. BCE). This is one of the more than 250 inscribed stones on Seheil Island, South of Assuan, Egypt.
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The "Famine Stele",although written in Ptolemaic times, tells of a seven-year fa...

Detail of the "Famine Stele" on Seheil Island, Egypt. Pharaoh Djozer (3rd Dynasty, 3rd mill. BCE) prays to the god Khnum, to end a seven-year drought and famine. The stele is one of more than 250 inscribed stones written during the Ptolemaic Period (332-30 BCE).
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Detail of the "Famine Stele" on Seheil Island, Egypt. Pharaoh Djozer (3rd Dyna...

Detail of the "Famine Stele" on Seheil Island, Egypt. Pharaoh Djozer (3rd Dynasty, 3rd mill. BCE) prays to the god Khnum to end the seven-year drought and famine. The stele is one of more than 250 inscribed stones written in the Ptolemaic Period (332-30 BCE).
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Detail of the "Famine Stele" on Seheil Island, Egypt. Pharaoh Djozer (3rd Dyna...

Inscribed stones on Seheil Island, Egypt. Over 250 rock inscriptions have been found on the island, placed there by Egyptian officials before they went to Nubia, or upon their return, to commemorate some important act Inscriptions are mostly of the 18th and 19th Dynasties.
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Inscribed stones on Seheil Island, Egypt. Over 250 rock inscriptions have been f...

Inscribed stones on Seheil Island, Egypt. Over 250 rock inscriptions have survived on the island, placed there by Egyptian officials before they went to Nubia, or on their return, to commemorate some important act. The inscriptions are mostly of the 18th and 19th Dynasties.
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Inscribed stones on Seheil Island, Egypt. Over 250 rock inscriptions have surviv...

Elephantine Island in the Nile, opposite Assuan, Egypt. The ancient quay walls and a rock shaped like an elephant which gave the island its name.
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Elephantine Island in the Nile, opposite Assuan, Egypt. The ancient quay walls a...