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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Birth of the sun, from the upper chapel of the         
Hathor Temple at Dendera.
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Birth of the sun, from the upper chapel of the Hathor Temple at Dendera...

Chapel in the Hathor Temple in Dendera, with mural     
showing death rites. Murals are blackened by smoke     
from fires Copts lit who lived in the temple           
precinct in Roman and later times.
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Chapel in the Hathor Temple in Dendera, with mural showing death rites. Mur...

Outer wall of the Temple of Hathor, Dendera:
the goddess Hathor and her son, the god Ihy.
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Outer wall of the Temple of Hathor, Dendera: the goddess Hathor and her son, th...

The goddess Hathor leads Ptolemy Xv Caesarion,son of  
Julius Caesar and Cleopatra. Outer wall of the Hathor  
Temple at Dendera.Behind the goddess,god Horus and     
other gods.Facing the gods,a pharaoh (Ptolemy XV?)     
offers incense.
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The goddess Hathor leads Ptolemy Xv Caesarion,son of Julius Caesar and Cleopa...

Cleopatra and Ptolemy XVth Caesarion,son of           
Julius Caesar and Cleopatra,on the outer wall of       
the Hathor Temple in Dendera.
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Cleopatra and Ptolemy XVth Caesarion,son of Julius Caesar and Cleopa...

Elaborate egyptian costume on the outer wall of the    
Hathor temple in Dendera.
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Elaborate egyptian costume on the outer wall of the Hathor temple in Dendera...

Hathor, Ptolemy XV Caesarion, son of Julius Caesar,   
and Cleopatra, on the outer wall of the Hathor Temple  
in Dendera.. small figure left.                                          
Caesarion came to Rome, where his father acknowledged him
After his mother's suicide and his return to Alexandria he was murdered, thus ending the Ptolemaic Dynasty.
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Hathor, Ptolemy XV Caesarion, son of Julius Caesar, and Cleopatra, on the ou...

The Ramesseum, palace and mortuary temple of Pharaoh   
Ramses II (1304-1237 BCE).19th Dyn.
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The Ramesseum, palace and mortuary temple of Pharaoh Ramses II (1304-1237 BCE...

Second court of the Ramesseum, with four Osiride       
statues of Pharaoh Ramses II.(1304-1237 BCE)           
19th Dyn.
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Second court of the Ramesseum, with four Osiride statues of Pharaoh Ramse...

Colossus of Ramses II of black granite, collapsed      
with the second pylon. Head and shoulders have fallen  
into the second court. Originally, the statue must     
have been 17,3 m high and have weighed 1000 tons.      
19th dyn.
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Colossus of Ramses II of black granite, collapsed with the second pylon. H...

Colossus of Pharaoh Ramses II. of black granite;       
collapsed with the second pylon. Head and shoulders    
have fallen into the second court. Originally, the     
statue must have been 17,3 m high and have weighed     
1000 tons. 19th dynasty
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Colossus of Pharaoh Ramses II. of black granite; collapsed with the secon...

Seated colossus of Pharaoh Ramses II., black granite.  
The statue collapsed with the second pylon, head and   
shoulders fell into the second court. OriginalLy, the   
statue must have been 17,3 m high and have weighed     
1000 tons.19th dynasty.
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Seated colossus of Pharaoh Ramses II., black granite. The statue collapsed wi...