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Falcon god Horus and Anubis, the jackal-headed god of the dead. Reliefs on the walls of the temple of Sobek and Horus (2nd BCE), Ptolemaic Period, Egypt.
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Falcon god Horus and Anubis, the jackal-headed god of the dead. Reliefs on...

The falcon-headed god Horus or Haroeris writing and wearing the sun disk on his head. Relief from the Temple of Sobek and Horus (2nd BCE), Ptolemaic Period, Egypt.
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The falcon-headed god Horus or Haroeris writing and wearing the sun disk...

Crocodile-god Sobek on a throne wearing the crown of god Amun. Relief from the temple of Sobek and Horus (2nd BCE), Ptolemaic Period, Egypt.
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Crocodile-god Sobek on a throne wearing the crown of god...

Crocodile-god Sobek wearing the crown of Amun. Relief from the temple of Sobek and Horus (2nd BCE), Ptolemaic Period, Egypt.
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Crocodile-god Sobek wearing the crown of Amun. Relief from the temple o...

The goddess Isis with an Ankh,symbol of life, in her hand.Relief from the Isis Temple,Ptolmaic Period. Philae was flooded behid the old Aswan Dam in 1896. When it reemerged after the completion of the New High- Dam, the temples were removed to a near-by island.
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The goddess Isis with an Ankh,symbol of life, in her hand.Relief from the Isi...

A woman giving birth on a low stool, a washbasin, and surgical instruments. Reliefs on the wall of the outer corridor, Temple of Sobek and Horus (3rd BCE), Ptolemaic Period, Kom Ombo, Egypt.
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A woman giving birth on a low stool, a washbasin, and surgica...

Women giving birth on low stools. Relief from the outer corridor of the Temple of Sobek and Horus (3rd BCE), Ptolemaic Period, Egypt.
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Women giving birth on low stools. Relief from the outer co...

Detail of a pleated kilt. Relief from the outer corridor of the Temple of Sobek and Horus (2nd BCE), Ptolemaic Period, Egypt.
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Detail of a pleated kilt. Relief from the outer co...

Lotus and papyrus capitals on the columns of the Hypostyle Hall, Temple of Khnum (3rd BCE), Ptolemaic Period, Egypt.
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Lotus and papyrus capitals on the columns of the Hypostyle Hall,...

Huge Horus-falcon flanking the door to the Hypostyle Hall, Temple of Horus (3rd BCE), Ptolemaic Period, Edfu.
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Huge Horus-falcon flanking the door to the Hypostyle Hall, T...

First pylon, pylon of Ramses II, Temple of Amun, Luxor, Egypt. In front of the pylon is a 25 m high obelisk (its twin stands on Place de la Concorde, Paris) and two colossal seated statues (13th BCE) of Pharaoh Ramses II (1290-1224 BCE), 19th Dynasty, New Kingdom.
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First pylon, pylon of Ramses II, Temple of Amun, Luxor, Egypt. In front of the p...

First pylon, pylon of Ramses II, Temple of Amun (13th BCE), Luxor, Egypt. In front of the pylon, two colossal seated statues of Pharaoh Ramses II (1290-1224 BCE), 19th Dynasty, New Kingdom.
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First pylon, pylon of Ramses II, Temple of Amun (13th BCE), Luxor, Egypt...