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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...

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...

The goddess Nekhbet, with the crown of Upper Egypt, on one of the columns of the second court of the Ramesseum. 19th dynasty.
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The goddess Nekhbet, with the crown of Upper Egypt, on one of the columns of th...

An avenue of ram-headed sphinxes leads to the first pylon of the Great Temple of Amon in Karnak.
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An avenue of ram-headed sphinxes leads to the first pylon of the Great...

An avenue of ram-headed sphinxes leads to the first pylon of the Great Temple of Amon in Karnak.
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An avenue of ram-headed sphinxes leads to the first pylon of the Great...

Two birds in the rushes. From the pyramid of Userkaf, Saqqara funeral complex. 5th Dynasty,reign of Userkaf. Painted limestone H: 14,5 cm Inv.Temp.6-9-32-1
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Two birds in the rushes. From the pyramid of Userkaf, Saqqara funeral complex....

Bull-headed falcon, from an Apis-tomb, 1254,year 26 of Ramses II. Coral,Turquoise,lapis-lazuli. E 80
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Bull-headed falcon, from an Apis-tomb, 1254,year 26 of Ramses I...

Porteuses d'offrandes ou canephores - The insatiable appetite of the dead: five female Canephores carry fruit and fowl. From the Assiut Cemetery,12th dynasty, ca.1950 BCE. Painted wood,63 cm.
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Porteuses d'offrandes ou canephores - The insatiable appetite of the dead: fiv...

Servants carrying offerings. Painted limestone,5th dynasty,around 2500-2350 BCE. AF 10243
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Servants carrying offerings. Painted limestone,5th dy...