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The god Besh, usually shown as a dwarf: a domestic god, protector of women in childbirth, also associated with music and dance.
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The god Besh, usually shown as a dwarf: a domestic god, protecto...

The temple of Dendera (4th BCE-2nd CE). View towards the "Sanatorium", a place where pilgrims came to be cured, and the Roman Mammisi (background) erected by Emperor Trajan (53-117 CE) for the cult of the birth of the divine child of Amun and Hathor.
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The temple of Dendera (4th BCE-2nd CE). View towards the "Sanatorium", a plac...

The goddess Hathor,preceded by the god Ihy, her son. She wears a sceptre called "ouas".
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The goddess Hathor,preceded by the god Ihy, her son. She wears a sceptre called...

Head of a lion, sculpture at the walls of the Hathor Temple, Dendera, Egypt.
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Head of a lion, sculpture at the walls of the Hath...

Transverse Hall of the Osireion of the Temple of Abydos (14th BCE). Abydos was primarily a funerary site, used as a necropolis from prehistoric times. The entrance to the Underworld was thought to lie in a gap of the hills to the West.
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Transverse Hall of the Osireion of the Temple of Abydos (14th BCE). Abydo...

The inner Hypostyle Hall of the Great Temple of Seti I (1303-1290 BCE) at Abydos, Egypt. 19th Dynasty, New Kingdom.
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The inner Hypostyle Hall of the Great Temple of Seti I (1303-1290 BCE...

Pharaoh Seti I as Osiris, with insignia and typical pose with arms crossed. Relief from one of the chapels leading off from the inner Hypostyle Hall in the Temple of Abydos
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Pharaoh Seti I as Osiris, with insignia and typical pose with arms crossed....

The god Horus, wearing the red crown of Lower Egypt. Shown as a falcon, Horus is the sky-god, image of the living pharaoh. The Pharaoh is represented as Osiris after his death. Relief from one of the chapels off the Hypostyle Hall, Great Temple of Seti (13th BCE), Abydos
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The god Horus, wearing the red crown of Lower Egypt. Shown as a falcon, Horus...

Pharaoh Seti I worshipping. One of the side chapels of the inner Hypostyle Hall of the temple of Abydos. The Pharaoh is shown with a rattle and the sun-disk. 19th Dynasty (1305-1196 BCE), New Kingdom, Egypt.
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Pharaoh Seti I worshipping. One of the side chapels of the inner Hypostyle H...

Ankh, the symbol of life in Ancient Egypt. From one of the side chapels of the inner Hypostyle Hall of the Great Temple of Seti I, Abydos, Egypt. 19th Dynasty (1305-1196 BCE), New Kingdom.
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Ankh, the symbol of life in Ancient Egypt. From one of the side chapels of t...

Pharaoh offers perfume to a god. From one of the side chapels of the inner Hypostyle Hall, Great Temple of Seti I, Abydos, Egypt. 19th Dynasty (1305-1196 BCE), New Kingdom.
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Pharaoh offers perfume to a god. From one of the side chapels of the inner Hyp...

Sacrificial altar in front of the tomb chapel of Petosiris, Hermopolis.
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Sacrificial altar in front of the tomb chapel of Petosiris, Hermopolis...