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"Eel-coffin", sheath for a mummified eel, the animal   
sacred to the god Aton. Uraeus and double-crown        
of Upper and Lower Egypt. Bronze, Late period, 6th BCE.
Crocodile, sacred to the god Sobek. Serpentine-stone,  
Late period, 4th BCE
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"Eel-coffin", sheath for a mummified eel, the animal sacred to the god Aton....

Shrew (mouse), copper alloy.                           
Late period, 30th dynasty.                             
L: 14 cm                                               
Inv. N 5146
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Shrew (mouse), copper alloy. Late period, 30th dynast...

Frog, wood, H:13 cm, Late Period                       
Inv. E 17364                                           
Wild sow nursing her young, faience, L:14,3 cm         
Late Period, Inv. E 14357
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Frog, wood, H:13 cm, Late Period Inv. E 17364...

Crocodile, god Sobek with sun-disk, Late Period.       
Copper alloy, L: 29 cm, Inv. F 22888 (foreground),     
Serket, the scorpion-goddess, Late Period.             
Bronze, H: 7,3 cm, L: 10,2 cm, Inv. N 5017             
(background)
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Crocodile, god Sobek with sun-disk, Late Period. Copper alloy, L: 29 cm,...

Vulture, wood, H: 13 cm, Late Period                   
Inv. N 3642 (foreground)                               
Sokar, the hawk-god of the Memphis necropolis,         
wood, H: 8,3 cm, Inv. N 3941 B
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Vulture, wood, H: 13 cm, Late Period Inv. N 3642 (foreground)...

Funerary mask of a woman, plaster, painted.            
H: 34 cm, L: 62 cm, Roman period.                      
Inv. E 21360
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Funerary mask of a woman, plaster, painted. H: 34 cm, L: 62 cm, Roma...

Imhotep, historical high courtier under Pharaoh Djoser
(3rd dynasty) who after deification becomes the symbol
of scribal and architectural wisdom. Ptolemaic period.
Copper alloy, H: 13 cm
Inv. E 4216
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Imhotep, historical high courtier under Pharaoh Djoser (3rd dynasty) who after d...

Uraeus snake with Pharaoh's head and the double crown  
of Upper and Lower Egypt.                              
Bronze, Late period, 26th dynasty, around 500 BCE.
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Uraeus snake with Pharaoh's head and the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt...

Two deieties of the Nile (fragment). Detail            
of a relief from the temple of Ramses II (1290-1224)   
Limestone, New Kingdom, 19th dynasty, around 1250.
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Two deieties of the Nile (fragment). Detail of a relief from the tem...

Relief, kneeling figure under sign of Ankh;            
they pour the water of life. 
Ptolemaic period.
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Relief, kneeling figure under sign of Ankh; they pour the water of...

Fragment of a head. Glazed tile.                       
19th-20th dynasty (1300-1080)
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Fragment of a head. Glazed tile. 19th-20th dynasty (1300-...

Musicians, bas-relief with hieroglyphs.                
Middle Kingdom
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Musicians, bas-relief with hieroglyphs. Middle Kingdom