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Egypt


Birth and Death,Cult and Gods,Pharaos and Officials,Pyramids and Temples,Daily Life.



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PYRAMID

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SPHINX

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Grotesque figure of sitting hunchback holding rolls of papyrus (Aesopus ?). Bronze statuette (330 BCE-1 CE) from Hadra near Alexandria, Egypt. Height 7 cm. Br 4237
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Grotesque figure of sitting hunchback holding rolls of papyrus...

The Phaestos Sun-disk, on both sides spirals with individually stamped hieroglyphs, perhaps a hymn to a god. Red pottery (17th BCE) from Phaestos, Crete.
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The Phaestos Sun-disk, on both sides spirals with individually stampe...

The Goddess Isis nursing the child Horus. This Hellenistic version of the Egyptian goddess Isis wears a fringed cape around her shoulders and vinebranches in her hair. Terracotta (330 BCE-1 CE) from Alexandria, Egypt
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The Goddess Isis nursing the child Horus. This Hellenistic version...

Funeral stele of a woman with her right arm in a sling. Oriental type, perhaps Egyptian.The dedication (the letter "M"),is to the benevolent Gods (Manes). In Roman religion the manes were the souls of the dead.
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Funeral stele of a woman with her right arm in a sling. Oriental type, perhaps E...

Isis. White marble figure (1st CE) with traces of gold-plating, from the temple of Isis (Archaic imitation), Pompeii, Italy. Inv. 976
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Isis. White marble figure (1st CE) with traces of gold-plat...

The Goddess Isis-Noreia; a typical example of the transformation of a local Goddess into her Roman equivalent. She wears local dress and carries a cornucopia in her left arm. From Virunum, Noricum. Marble, 173 cm
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The Goddess Isis-Noreia; a typical example of the transformation of a local Godd...

Charred nuts from Pompeii, left over after the eruption of the volcano Vesuvius in 79 CE.
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Charred nuts from Pompeii, left over after the erup...

Head of the goddess Isis, marble. From the Ekklesiasterion, the Temple of the followers of the Isis-cult in Pompeii 3,3. Claudian Age, 1st CE
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Head of the goddess Isis, marble. From the Ekklesiasterion...

Water container, lead. Ornaments are themes from the Isis cult. From the Isis Temple, Pompeii.
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Water container, lead. Ornaments are themes from the Isis cult. From...

Ibis, the sacred bird of the Isis-cult, with lotus flowers on its head and ears of corn in its beak. From the Ekkleasiasterion, the Isis Temple at Pompeii.
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Ibis, the sacred bird of the Isis-cult, with lotus flowers on its head and...

The goddess Isis receives Io (with cow's horns)in Egypt. Io gives birth to Epaphos, son of Zeus. Epaphos becomes King in Egypt; from him descend the Royal houses of Egypt and Argos. From the Ekklesiasterion, the Isis Temple in Pompeii. Fourth style, 150 x 137 cm
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The goddess Isis receives Io (with cow's horns)in Egypt. Io gives birth to...

Naumachia, a representation of a naval battle. From the Isis temple in Pompeii 1,29
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Naumachia, a representation of a naval battle. From the Isis temple in...