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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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The god Horus, wearing the red crown of Lower Egypt. Shown as a falcon, Horus is the sky-god, image of the living pharaoh. The Pharaoh is represented as Osiris after his death. Relief from one of the chapels off the Hypostyle Hall, Great Temple of Seti (13th BCE), Abydos
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The god Horus, wearing the red crown of Lower Egypt. Shown as a falcon, Horus...

Pharaoh Seti I worshipping. One of the side chapels of the inner Hypostyle Hall of the temple of Abydos. The Pharaoh is shown with a rattle and the sun-disk. 19th Dynasty (1305-1196 BCE), New Kingdom, Egypt.
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Pharaoh Seti I worshipping. One of the side chapels of the inner Hypostyle H...

Ankh, the symbol of life in Ancient Egypt. From one of the side chapels of the inner Hypostyle Hall of the Great Temple of Seti I, Abydos, Egypt. 19th Dynasty (1305-1196 BCE), New Kingdom.
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Ankh, the symbol of life in Ancient Egypt. From one of the side chapels of t...

Pharaoh offers perfume to a god. From one of the side chapels of the inner Hypostyle Hall, Great Temple of Seti I, Abydos, Egypt. 19th Dynasty (1305-1196 BCE), New Kingdom.
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Pharaoh offers perfume to a god. From one of the side chapels of the inner Hyp...

Sacrificial altar in front of the tomb chapel of Petosiris, Hermopolis.
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Sacrificial altar in front of the tomb chapel of Petosiris, Hermopolis...

Relief from the inner chamber of the tomb chapel of Petosiris, a high priest of Toth, the Ibis-headed god of Hermopolis. Detail from a sacrificial procession: the man carries a calf on his shoulders, the woman follows with a bouquet of flowers and some fruit.
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Relief from the inner chamber of the tomb chapel of Petosiris, a high priest...

Relief from the inner chamber of the tomb chapel of Petosiris, high priest of Toth, the ibis-headed god of Hermopolis. Kepher, the beetle-god, with two sun disks.
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Relief from the inner chamber of the tomb chapel of Petosiris, high priest o...

The Christian basilica at Hermopolis, whose Ptolemaic columns survived, while the walls were used in the local lime kilns.
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The Christian basilica at Hermopolis, whose Ptolemaic columns survived, while th...

Stone baboon (17th BCE), from the main gate of a former temple of Toth, moon god and god of Hermopolis. 2nd Intermediate Period, Egypt.
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Stone baboon (17th BCE), from the main gate of a former temple of To...

Overall view of the limestone cliff at Beni Hassan, with its rock tombs for the governors of the Oryx Nome (Province) (22nd-20th BCE), First Intermediate Period, Egypt.
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Overall view of the limestone cliff at Beni Hassan, with its rock tombs for...

View from the rock tombs of Beni Hassan towards the Nile. Below the limestone cliffs, some of the causeways remain, lined with huge bolders.
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View from the rock tombs of Beni Hassan towards the Nile. Below the limeston...

A corner of the pyramid of Mycerinus (Menkaure) (26th BCE), the smallest of the three pyramids at Gizeh, constructed for three Pharaohs of the 4th Dynasty, Old Kingdom, Egypt.
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A corner of the pyramid of Mycerinus (Menkaure) (26th BCE), the smallest...