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The sphinx, a mythical animal with the body of a lion and the head of a pharaoh. The monument is partly hewn out of a natural knoll, and partly built up. It belongs to the pyramid of Pharaoh Chefren. 26th BCE, 4th Dynasty, Old Kingdom, Egypt.
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The sphinx, a mythical animal with the body of a lion and the head of a phara...

The sphinx, a mythical animal with the body of a lion and the head of a pharaoh. The monument is partly hewn out of a natural knoll, and partly built up.Behind it the pyramid of Pharaoh Chefren,to which the sphinx belongs. 26th BCE, 4th Dynasty, Old Kingdom, Egypt.
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The sphinx, a mythical animal with the body of a lion and the head of a pharao...

Hook with snake's head. Bronze Inv. SEM 138
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Hook with snake's head. Bronze...

Piece of architecture with rams. Limestone Inv. SEM 123
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Piece of architecture with rams. Limestone...

Oil lamp from Shabwa, South Arabia. Hellenistic influence clearly evident in the ornate,decorative style, but South Arabian iconography shows in the leaping ram and the flat knot of the handle. Bronze, H: 34 cm Inv. Sem 694
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Oil lamp from Shabwa, South Arabia. Hellenistic influence clearly eviden...

Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut: Hathor chapel, the goddess in her bovine form, with crown, is fed by Hatshepsut. 18th dynasty, New Kingdom.
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Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut: Hathor chapel, the goddess in her bovin...

Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Hathor Chapel: the goddess in her bovine form, with sun-disk between the horns.
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Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Hathor Chapel: the goddess in her bovin...

Horus falcon guarding the hypostyle hall of the Ptolemaic Horus Temple in Edfu.
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Horus falcon guarding the hypostyle hall of the Ptolemaic Horus Temple i...

Horus falcon guarding the hypostyle hall of the Ptolemaic Horus Temple in Edfu.
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Horus falcon guarding the hypostyle hall of the Ptolemaic Horus Temple i...

Horus falcon guarding the hypostyle hall of the Ptolemaic Temple of Horus in Edfu.
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Horus falcon guarding the hypostyle hall of the Ptolemaic Temple of Horu...

Reliefs on the inner wall of the collapsed second pylon of the Ramesseum describe the battle of Kadesh against the Hittites, Ramses II claimed a decisive victory, as did the Hittites. Chariots, dead and wounded on the battlefield. 19th dynasty.
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Reliefs on the inner wall of the collapsed second pylon of the Ramesseum describ...

Reliefs on the inner wall of the collapsed second pylon of the Ramesseum describe the battle of Kadesh against Hittites. Ramses II claimed a decisive victory, as did the Hittites. Chariots, horses, dead and dying on the battlefield. 19th dynasty.
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Reliefs on the inner wall of the collapsed second pylon of the Ramesseum describ...