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The Sacred Lake, North of the Second and Third Courts, Temple of Karnak, Egypt. 200 x 117m, fed by underground channels from the Nile.The lake was used for ceremonies particularly those connected with the Sacred Barge. 13th BCE
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The Sacred Lake, North of the Second and Third Courts, Temple of Karnak, Egypt....

Two tutelary gods, Ouadjet (left, with the red crown of Lower Egypt) and Nekhbet (right, with the white crown of Upper Egypt) protect the Pharaoh, Ptolemy IX, who wears the double crown of the united realm.
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Two tutelary gods, Ouadjet (left, with the red crown of Lower Egypt) and Nekhbet...

The water of life is poured over a Pharaoh-Osiris, a dead Pharaoh. 13th BCE
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The water of life is poured over a Pharaoh-Osiris, a dead Pharaoh....

The Horus-falcon whose wings bring the breath of life (14th BCE).
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The Horus-falcon whose wings bring the breath of life (14th BCE).

Lintel with green plover design (14th BCE). Green plovers were used as a symbol of the lower classes who had to be taught submission to the pharaoh (here represented by his cartouche).
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Lintel with green plover design (14th BCE). Green plovers were used...

Lintel with Ankh (symbol of life) design (14th BCE).
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Lintel with Ankh (symbol of life) design (14th BCE).

"Smiting his enemies", one of the typical representations of the Pharaohs. The victorious pharaoh catches his enemies by their long hair (14th BCE).
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"Smiting his enemies", one of the typical representations of the P...

Part of a giant column with cartouche of Ramses II (13th BCE).
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Part of a giant column with cartouche of Ramses II (13th BCE).

The god Min, Egyptian ityphallic god of fertility and the harvest festival. He may be of African origin and is always shown with an erected phallus. 13th BCE
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The god Min, Egyptian ityphallic god of fertility and the harvest festival...

Two gazelles. Limestone (12th BCE).
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Two gazelles. Limestone (12th BCE).

Hunter carrying captured birds. Limestone (13th BCE).
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Hunter carrying captured birds. Limestone (13th BCE).

List of all Nomoi (districts) in Egypt on the walls of the jubilee chapel of Pharaoh Sesostris I (1971-1926 BCE), Karnak, Egypt. The lists include size of the districts, name of the capitel, and number of heads of cattle.
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List of all Nomoi (districts) in Egypt on the walls of the jubilee chapel of Ph...