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Official Maja, wearing the order "Gold of Courage",    
served under Pharaoh Tuthmosis III (1490-1439 BCE).    
Limestone (around 1460 BCE),                           
18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Egypt.                      
Inv. 19 286
#08011026

Official Maja, wearing the order "Gold of Courage", served under Pharaoh Tut...

Amenhatep-User, the Pharaoh's "Guardian of the Horizon"
and his wife Uadju. In relief left and right his son   
and daughter. Quartzite (around 1450 BCE),             
18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Egypt                       
Inv. 2298
#08011027

Amenhatep-User, the Pharaoh's "Guardian of the Horizon" and his wife Uadju. In r...

Pharaoh Horemheb, then still a general, takes part     
in the funeral procession. Detail from 08-01-10/30.    
Painted linestone (around 1320),                       
18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Egypt.                      
Inv. 12 411
#08011032

Pharaoh Horemheb, then still a general, takes part in the funeral processio...

Pharaoh Amenophis I (1533-1512) and Queen              
Ahames-Nefertari as patrons of the Thebes necropolis.  
Painted limestone (around 1160 BCE,period of Ramses IV)
New Kingdom, Egypt.From the tomb of Inherchaui,Thebes. 
Inv. 2060-61
#08011046

Pharaoh Amenophis I (1533-1512) and Queen Ahames-Nefertari as patr...

So-called "intercourse-figures" to maintain and        
increase male and female fecundity. Left: female       
figure. Limestone (around 1200 BCE), New Kingdom,      
Egypt, Inv. 10275. Right: "phallophorus". Faience,     
Graeco-Roman (around 100 BCE). Inv. 24301
#08011050

So-called "intercourse-figures" to maintain and increase male and female...

Funeral-portrait of Aline,                             
from Hawara, Fayum Osasis, Egypt.                      
Painting on canvas (around 50 CE)                      
Inv. 11 411
#08011068

Funeral-portrait of Aline, from Hawara, Fayum Osasi...

Funeral-portraits of the children of Aline             
(see 08-01-10/68),                                     
from Hawara, Fayum Osasis, Egypt.                      
Painted canvas (about 50 CE)                           
Inv. 11 412, 11 413
#08011069

Funeral-portraits of the children of Aline (see 08-01-10/68),...

Funeral-portrait of the son of Aline                   
(see 08-01-10/68 and /69),                             
from Hawara, Fayum Osasis, Egypt.                      
Painted canvas (around 50 CE)                          
Inv. 11 413
#08011070

Funeral-portrait of the son of Aline (see 08-01-10/68 and /69...

Head of a colossal statue of Pharaoh Ramses II. Facade 
of the Great Temple at Abu Simbel (13th BCE). When     
the new High Dam was built and Lake Nasser flooded the 
Nile Valley, the temple of Abu Simbel was moved to a   
higher location, a UNESCO project, finished in 1968.
#080111 2

Head of a colossal statue of Pharaoh Ramses II. Facade of the Great Temple at A...

Head of a colossal statue of Pharaoh Ramses II. Facade 
of the Great Temple at Abu Simbel (13th BCE). When     
the new High Dam was built and Lake Nasser flooded the 
Nile Valley, the temple of Abu Simbel was moved to a   
higher location, a UNESCO project, finished in 1968.
#080111 3

Head of a colossal statue of Pharaoh Ramses II. Facade of the Great Temple at A...

Colossal statue of Queen Nefertari, wife of Ramses II, 
between two butresses on the facade of the Temple of   
Queen Nefertari (13th BCE), 19th Dynasty, New Kingdom. 
Abu Simbel, Egypt.
#080111 4

Colossal statue of Queen Nefertari, wife of Ramses II, between two butresses on...

First pylon, pylon of Ramses II, Temple of Amun, Luxor,
Egypt. In front of the pylon is a 25 m high obelisk    
(its twin stands on Place de la Concorde, Paris) and   
two colossal seated statues (13th BCE) of Pharaoh      
Ramses II (1290-1224 BCE), 19th Dynasty, New Kingdom.
#08011146

First pylon, pylon of Ramses II, Temple of Amun, Luxor, Egypt. In front of the p...