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Olive branches, 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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Olive branches, relief fragment. One of more than 1500 reliefs found near Hermop...

Relief from the inner chamber of the tomb chapel of Petosiris, a high priest of Toth, the Ibis-headed god of Hermopolis. Detail from a sacrificial procession: the man carries a calf on his shoulders, the woman follows with a bouquet of flowers and some fruit.
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Relief from the inner chamber of the tomb chapel of Petosiris, a high priest...

Men gathering figs, monkeys sit in the tree. Beni Hassan, tomb of Khnemhotep, No.3; period of Amenenmes II or Sesostris II, about 1920-1900 BCE. Ancient Egyptian Paintings selected,copied & described by Nina M.Davis,plate VII.
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Men gathering figs, monkeys sit in the tree. Beni Hassan, tomb of Khn...

Butchers and bearers of offerings. Thebes, from the tomb of Nebseny, No.108 Period of Tuthmosis IV (1420-1411 BCE) Ancient Egyptian Paintings selected,copied & described by Nina M.Davies; plate XLIX
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Butchers and bearers of offerings. Thebes, from the tomb of...

Grape harvest, pressing grapes; From the tomb of Petosiris, High Priest of the god Toth in Hermopolis. Around 300 BCE
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Grape harvest, pressing grapes; From the tomb of Petosiris, High Priest o...

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...

Ostracon,showing monkeys plucking dates from a palmtree, 19th-20th-dynasty, 1295-1069 BCE, from Deir el-Medina. Limestone, H:8,6 cm Inv.14298
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Ostracon,showing monkeys plucking dates from a palmtree, 19th-20th-dyna...

Bronze tripod hung with pomegranates - a symbol of fertility reminiscent of the decorations of the Solomonic temple in Jerusalem. From Ugarit,Syria. Late Bronze H: 12 cm, 14,3 cm across AO 11606
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Bronze tripod hung with pomegranates - a symbol of fertility reminiscent...

Bowl decorated with hunting scene. Detail of the rim of 08-02-08/27. Gold, Middle Syrian period, from the temple of Baal, Ugarit (Ras Shamra), Syria
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Bowl decorated with hunting scene. Detail of the rim of 08-...

Bowl decorated with hunting and animal scenes. Detail of the rim of 08-02-08/27. Gold, Middle Syrian period, from the temple of Baal, Ugarit (Ras Shamra), Syria
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Bowl decorated with hunting and animal scenes. Detail of the rim of 08-...

Funeral crown, a golden wreath of leaves and olives. Early 3rd CE. Gold, 17-22 cm across, leaves 7 cm. From Uruk-Warka, Iraq IMB 61 977
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Funeral crown, a golden wreath of leaves and olives. Early 3rd CE....

Votive stele from Ghorfa. The donor in the center, on a prayer platform in a small temple with columns. Top: the goddess Tanit with a pomegranate and grape; bottom right:Venus with the cornucopia, left Dionysos. H: 137 cm MNB 898
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Votive stele from Ghorfa. The donor in the center, on a prayer platform in...