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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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An avenue of ram-headed sphinxes leads to the first pylon of the Great Temple of Amon in Karnak.
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An avenue of ram-headed sphinxes leads to the first pylon of the Great...

An avenue of ram-headed sphinxes leads to the first pylon of the Great Temple of Amon in Karnak.
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An avenue of ram-headed sphinxes leads to the first pylon of the Great...

Sacred Lake behind the Great Temple of Amon,Karnak. In the background the seventh pylon.
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Sacred Lake behind the Great Temple of Amon,Karnak. In the background the se...

Cleansing of Pharaoh Philippus Arrhidaios (top register left) and the progress of the sacred barge (lower register), painted granite reliefs from the temple of Pharaoh Philippus Arrhidaios, Karnak. Around 320 BCE
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Cleansing of Pharaoh Philippus Arrhidaios (top register left) and the progress o...

Pharaoh Hatshepsut, always represented as a man, wearing the Uraeus-crown, offers to the god Min, an ityphallic god of fertility and harvest. From the so-called "Red Chapel" of Hatshepsut and Tuthmosis III, reliefs now stored in Karnak.
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Pharaoh Hatshepsut, always represented as a man, wearing the Uraeus-crown...

God Amon-Min (left), an ityphallic god of fertility and the harvest (left) and Pharaoh Hatshepsut and god Amun (right). Reliefs from the so-called "Red Chapel" of Hatshepsut and Tuthmosis III, now stored in Karnak.
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God Amon-Min (left), an ityphallic god of fertility and the harvest (left) a...

Pylon of Ramses II, Luxor Temple. The East-obelisk, 23 m high, still in place, its twin is on the Place de la Concorde in Paris.
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Pylon of Ramses II, Luxor Temple. The East-obelisk, 23 m high, still in pla...

The obelisk of Queen Hatshepsut (1503-1482 BCE) H: 27,5 m, weight 320 tons. Great Temple of Amon, Karnak
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The obelisk of Queen Hatshepsut (1503-1482 BCE) H: 27,5 m, weight 320 to...

Two granite pillars erected by Pharaoh Tuthmosis III (1504-1450 BCE) with the symbols of Lower and Upper Egypt, the lotus and the papyrus flowers.
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Two granite pillars erected by Pharaoh Tuthmosis III (1504-1450 BCE) with the s...

The Hypostyle Hall, Great Temple of Amon, Karnak. The Hall, 102 x 53 m) contains 134 columns, the twelve flanking the processional way 23 m high to accommodate clerestory windows, some of the sand- stone grids still in position.
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The Hypostyle Hall, Great Temple of Amon, Karnak. The Hall, 102 x 53 m) co...

Sandstorm over the Great Temple of Amon, Karnak.
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Sandstorm over the Great Temple of Amon, Karnak.

Over 250 rock inscriptions have been found on Seheil Island south of Assuan, placed there by Egyptian officials on their way to Nubia or upon their return, to commemorate some important act. Inscriptions are mostly of the 18th and 19th dynasties.
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Over 250 rock inscriptions have been found on Seheil Island south of Assuan,...