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An elaborate betel leaf and arecanut box (bata). The Buthanese are very fond of chewing betel. Silver, fire gilding, H: 9 cm
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An elaborate betel leaf and arecanut box (bata). The Buthanese are very f...

Sennufer and his sister Merit. A priest sacrificing. Wallpainting in the tomb-chamber of Sennufer, Mayor of Thebes and overseer under Pharaoh Amenophis II (18th Dynasty). Vault and pillars are decorated with vine branches. Cemetery of Sheikh Abd al-Qurnah.
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Sennufer and his sister Merit. A priest sacrificing. Wallpainting in the tomb...

Sennufer and his sister Merit. A priest sacrificing. Wallpainting in the tomb-chamber of Sennufer, Mayor of Thebes and overseer under Pharaoh Amenophis II (18th Dynasty). Vault and pillars are decorated with vine branches. Cemetery of Sheikh Abd al-Qurnah.
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Sennufer and his sister Merit. A priest sacrificing. Wallpainting in the tomb...

Slave girl of Rekhmere's household serves a guest. Detail of a wallpainting in the tomb of Rekhmere, vizier under the Pharaohs Thutmosis III and Amenophis II (18th Dynasty, 16th-14th BCE), in the cemetery of Sheikh Abd al-Qurnah.
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Slave girl of Rekhmere's household serves a guest. Detail of a wallpainting...

Slave girl of Rekhmere's household helps a guest put on a lotus necklace. Behind: a servant with fruit and bread. Detail of a wallpainting in the tomb of Rekhmere, vizier under Pharaohs Thutmosis III and Amenophis II (18th Dynasty), in the cemetery of Sheikh Abd al-Qurnah
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Slave girl of Rekhmere's household helps a guest put on a lotus necklace. Behin...

Men carrying fruit and food for the deceased. Detail of a wallpainting in the tomb of Nakht, scribe and priest under Pharaoh Thutmosis IV (18th Dynasty, 16th-14th BCE), in the cemetery of Sheikh Abd al-Qurnah.
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Men carrying fruit and food for the deceased. Detail of a wallpainting...

Men carrying fruit and food for the deceased. Detail of a wallpainting in the tomb of Nakht, scribe and priest under Pharaoh Tuthmosis IV (18th Dynasty, 16th-14th BCE), in the cemetery of Sheikh Abd al-Qurnah.
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Men carrying fruit and food for the deceased. Detail of a wallpainting...

Men carrying fruit and food for the deceased. Detail of a wallpainting in the tomb of Nakht, scribe and priest under Pharaoh Tuthmosis IV (18th Dynasty, 16th-14th BCE), in the cemetery of Sheikh Abd al-Qurnah.
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Men carrying fruit and food for the deceased. Detail of a wallpainting...

Men harvesting grapes. Detail of a wallpainting in the tomb of Nakht, scribe and priest under Pharaoh Thutmosis IV (18th Dynasty, 16th-14th BCE), in the cemetery of Sheikh Abd al-Qurnah.
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Men harvesting grapes. Detail of a wallpainting in the tomb of Nakht, scrib...

Men trampling grapes, one racking must. Detail of a wallpainting in the tomb of Nakht, scribe and priest under Pharaoh Tuthmosis IV (18th Dynasty, 16th- 14th BCE), in the cemetery of Sheikh Abd al-Qurnah.
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Men trampling grapes, one racking must. Detail of a wallpainting in the tomb...

Ladies offering a lemon and a mandragora root to another lady during a banquet. Detail of a wallpainting in the tomb of Nakht, scribe and priest under Pharaoh Thutmosis IV (18th Dynasty, 16th-14th BCE),in the cemetery of Sheikh Abd al-Qurnah.
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Ladies offering a lemon and a mandragora root to another lady during a...

Bunch of grapes, relief fragment. One of more than 1500 reliefs found near Hermopolis at the site of Amarna, capital of Pharaoh Akhnaton and Queen Nofretete. Around the middle of the 14th BCE, Akhnaton introduced monotheist sun-worship. New Kingdom
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Bunch of grapes, relief fragment. One of more than 1500 reliefs found near Hermo...