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Suffragettes being force-fed during a hunger strike in 1909. Lithograph; 20th century.
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Suffragettes being force-fed during a hunger strike in 1909. Lithograph; 20th c...

Two starving Egyptians. Relief from the access ramp of the pyramid of Ounas, last king of the 5th Dynasty (2420 BCE) from Saqqara, Egypt. Pyramid Era, Old Kingdom. Limestone,38 x 20 x 1,4cm E 17381
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Two starving Egyptians. Relief from the access ramp of the pyramid of...

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...

Joseph and the Pharaoh, 1300-1330. In the top left Joseph is interpreting the pharaoh's dream: there would be seven years of good harvest, followed by seven years of famine. During the fat years the Egyptians store food and survive, unlike their neighbours. Bottom left: Joseph and his brothers; right: a man is ordered to be bound and led away. ID: Add 27210,fol. f 7 recto.
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Joseph and the Pharaoh, 1300-1330. In the top left Joseph is interpreting the ph...

Death from famine, around 1470-1480. Dead bodies lying in the middle of the path, with a group of onlookers keeping their distance behind the trees. To the right a funeral procession with a woman carrying a small coffin in her arms. From "Premier volume des anchiennes et nouvelles chroniques d'Angleterre". ID: Roy 15 E.IV. fol.187
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Death from famine, around 1470-1480. Dead bodies lying in the middle of the path...

Two legends of Saint Nicholas of Myra: He resurrects a boy struck by a devil and he saves Mira,his bishopric, from a famine.Right-hand side of a four-panel composition. Tempera on wood, 96 x 35 cm Inv.8348
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Two legends of Saint Nicholas of Myra: He resurrects a boy struck by a de...

Feeding the hungry. Detail of The Acts of Mercy. Glazed terracotte relief (1525-1528) by Robbia and Santi Buglioni.
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Feeding the hungry. Detail of The Acts of Me...