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The sons of the defunct in the funeral procession. Detail from 08-01-10/30. Painted limestone (around 1320 BCE), 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Egypt. Inv. 12 411
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The sons of the defunct in the funeral procession. Detail from 08-01-10/30....

Mourners in a funeral procession. Man on extreme left visibly shaken and crying. Detail from 08-01-10/30. Painted limestone (around 1320 BCE), 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Egypt. Inv. 12 411
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Mourners in a funeral procession. Man on extreme left visibly shaken and cryin...

Gallery of Kings in the temple of Seti I, beginning with Menes (around 3000 BCE) and ending with Seti (1301 -1290 BCE). Foreground: Pharao Seti I and his son Ram- ses II as a youth with the crown prince's forelock re- citing hymns from a papyrus role. New Kingdom, Egypt
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Gallery of Kings in the temple of Seti I, beginning with Menes (around 3000...

Semitic Bedouins in their traditional striped robes ask permission to enter Egypt, led by a man called Idsha bringing animals as presents. The mural is thought to resemble a Jewish tribe arriving in Egypt. From the tomb of Nomarch Chnum-Hotep. Middle Kingdom, Egypt
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Semitic Bedouins in their traditional striped robes ask permission to enter Egyp...

Semitic Bedouins in their traditional striped robes ask permission to enter Egypt. Detail of 08-01-10/36. A man leads an antelope by the horns followed by armed war- riors. The wallpainting is thought to resemble a Jewish tribe arriving in Egypt. Middle Kingdom (19th BCE)
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Semitic Bedouins in their traditional striped robes ask permission to enter Egyp...

Paramilitary training of young men. The youths are wrestling, doing gymnastics, and fighting with sticks. From the tomb of the Nomarch Chnum-Hotep, Beni Hassan, Middle Kingdom (19th BCE), Egypt.
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Paramilitary training of young men. The youths are wrestling, doing gymnast...

Paramilitary training of young men. The youths are wrestling, doing gymnastics, and fighting with sticks. From the tomb of the Nomarch Chnum-Hotep, Beni Hassan, Middle Kingdom (19th BCE), Egypt.
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Paramilitary training of young men. The youths are wrestling, doing gymnast...

Paramilitary training of young men. The youths are wrestling, doing gymnastics, and fighting with sticks. From the tomb of the Nomarch Chnum-Hotep, Beni Hassan, Middle Kingdom (19th BCE), Egypt.
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Paramilitary training of young men. The youths are wrestling, doing gymnast...

Gold ring with the cartouche of Tutankhamon (1347-1336 BCE), found in the tomb of Tell el-Adjul. New Kingdom (16th-11th BCE), Egypt.
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Gold ring with the cartouche of Tutankhamon (1347-1336 BCE),...

God Bes, who disarmed evil spirits with drolleries and laughter, especially during childbirth. Terracotta statue (14th BCE), New Kingdom, Egypt.
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God Bes, who disarmed evil spirits with drolleries and laug...

Various amulets for the living and the dead. From top left to bottom right: Djed-pillar; Ouadjet eye; papyrus bud; crocodile; all fayence. Square, obsidian; Horus falcon, fayence; heart-shaped amulet, stone; head of the God Bes, fayence. New Kingdom (16th-11th BCE).
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Various amulets for the living and the dead. From top left to bottom right: Dj...

Ushebtis, tomb-servants, from various periods. From left to right: painted limestone, faience, alabaster, basalt, painted wood; the six figures in the front row: faience. New Kingdom to Greco-Roman (14th-1st BCE), Egypt.
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Ushebtis, tomb-servants, from various periods. From left to right: pain...