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Amenirdis I, Kashta's daughter, was established as God's Wife of Amun in Thebes. Alabaster and basalt; Late Period (25th Dynasty, Ethiopian). This statue inspired the personage of princess Amneris in Verdi's Opera Aida. The scenario of this opera was written by Mariette pasha who discovered Amenirdis in a small chapel inside the Montu temple at Karnak. She is in the pose and costume traditionally worn by the Divine Votaress, influenced by the iconography of the New Kingdom queens. Amenirdis holds in her left hand a flower insignia which falls gracefully on her breast, and in her other hand a menat collar. The cartouches of the God's Wife are inscribed on the base in front of her right foot.
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Amenirdis I, Kashta's daughter, was established as God's Wife of Amun in Thebes....

Relief of Mark Antony (ca. 83 BCE – August 30 BCE; he was a Roman politician and general). From the Temple of Hathor, Dendera, Egypt; Ptolemaic Period.
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Relief of Mark Antony (ca. 83 BCE – August 30 BCE; he was a Roman politician an...

An Egyptian terracotta figurine showing a man driving an Archimedean screw as a treadmill. Around 30 BCE, Roman Period, Egypt.
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An Egyptian terracotta figurine showing a man driving an Archimedean screw as a...

Faience flask, Egyptian, found at Vulci, ancient Etruria (now in Lazio, Italy), c625-c550 BC. This flask has a decorated rim and neck and a pair of antelope-head handles. There are hieroglyphic inscriptions on the shoulders, expressing New Year greetings to the owner. This is one of a pair of vessels found in the Isis tomb of the Polledrara Cemetery at Vulci. This rich tomb was opened in 1839 by Lucien Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon. After the contents were removed, the tomb was filled in and is now lost. It became known as the Isis Tomb after a statue found there that was thought to represent the Egyptian goddess Isis. The Egyptian New Year began in late summer when the River Nile began its annual flood. The transition from one year to the other was considered potentially very dangerous and many rituals were performed to propitiate the associated deities. Vessels such as this formed part of these rituals. GR, 1850.2-27.57
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Faience flask, Egyptian, found at Vulci, ancient Etruria (now in Lazio, Italy),...

Map of the Middle East, 1575. A Potuguese map with coats of arms, showing what is now Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, the Horn of Africa, Egypt and the river Nile. Fernao Vaz Dourrado who produced this map, was Portuguese who sepnt much of his life in India where he prepared several superlative manuscript atlases. Flags and shields are used to distinguish Christian from Muslim territories. ID:Add 31317,fol.23 v-24.
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Map of the Middle East, 1575. A Potuguese map with coats of arms, showing what i...

Expédition d'Egypte sous les ordres de Bonaparte - expedition to Egypt (1800-01) under orders of Napoleon Bonaparte. Signed 1835. Canvas; 1 m x 13 m. INV. 3287
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Expédition d'Egypte sous les ordres de Bonaparte - expedition to Egypt (1800-01)...

Ruins of the Ptolomean Library. From "Views in Egypt, Palestine and Other Parts of the Ottoman Empire" by Luigi Mayer published between 1801 and 1804.
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Ruins of the Ptolomean Library. From "Views in Egypt, Palestine and Other Parts...

View of the interior of the temple at Abu Simbel, Egypt. Opened in 1817 by Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778–1823), who was an Italian explorer of Egyptian antiquities. Painted in 1822.
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View of the interior of the temple at Abu Simbel, Egypt. Opened in 1817 by Giov...

View of Luxor, Thebes showing the colonnade surrounding the courtyard of the Temple of Luxor. Lithograph; 1846.
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View of Luxor, Thebes showing the colonnade surrounding the courtyard of the Tem...

Bazaar of the street leading to the Mosque El-Mooristan, Cairo. From "The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Egypt, & Arabia", after lithographs by Louis Haghe, from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts. London; 1855-1856. Shelfmark: 1264.e.20 Page Folio Number: plate 236
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Bazaar of the street leading to the Mosque El-Mooristan, Cairo. From "The Holy L...

Suez Canal. Panoramic view from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea. Canvas; 1864.
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Suez Canal. Panoramic view from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea. Canvas; 1864.

Anhour Khaou, chief builder at Thebes, seated with his wife (earring) and grandchildren, gently holding a lock of one of the granddaughters. Wallpainting in Anhour Khaou's tomb, carved 10 m below ground level in the cemetery of Deir el-Medina, Thebes, Egypt.
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Anhour Khaou, chief builder at Thebes, seated with his wife (earring) and g...