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Labours of the field. Clearing wood, plowing, etc.     
Mural from the tomb of Mennah, scribe and field        
inspector, 18th Dynasty (1555-1350 BCE), New Kingdom,  
Shaykh Abd el-Qurna, Thebes, Egypt.
#08010863

Labours of the field. Clearing wood, plowing, etc. Mural from the tomb of M...

Field labourers ploughing by hand.                     
Mural from the tomb of Mennah,                         
scribe and field inspector.                            
18th Dynasty (1555-1350 BCE), New Kingdom,             
Shaykh Abd el-Qurna, Egypt.
#08010864

Field labourers ploughing by hand. Mural from the tomb of M...

Agricultural scene. Delivery of corn with baskets.     
Mural from the tomb of Ounsou, Thebes.                 
19th Dynasty (1305-1196 BCE),                          
New Kingdom, Egypt.                                    
N 1431
#08010865

Agricultural scene. Delivery of corn with baskets. Mural from the tomb of O...

Agricultural scene. Corn emptied into silo.            
Mural from the tomb of Ounsou, Thebes.                 
19th Dynasty (1350-1200 BCE),                          
New Kingdom, Egypt.                                    
N 1430
#08010866

Agricultural scene. Corn emptied into silo. Mural from the tomb of O...

Musicians at a banquet. Mural                          
from the tomb of Rekhmire, vizier                      
under Thutmosis III (1490-1439 BCE)                    
and Amenophis II (1439-1413 BCE).                      
18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Egypt.
#08010867

Musicians at a banquet. Mural from the tomb of Rekhmir...

Fragment of a fayence wand (ritual baton)              
with a sacred Wadjet-eye on either side.               
Late Bronze Period (15th-12th BCE),                    
New Kingdom, Egypt.                                    
Inv. 1223
#08010868

Fragment of a fayence wand (ritual baton) with a sacred Wadjet-eye...

Ouadjet eye, the Sacred Eye of Horus.                  
Faience fragment                                       
New Kingdom (16th-11th BCE), Egypt.
#08010869

Ouadjet eye, the Sacred Eye of Horus. Faience fragment...

Ouadjet eye, the Sacred Eye of Horus; Uraeus snake     
and falcon (Horus).                                    
Faience fragment (about 600 BCE),                      
Late Period, Egypt.
#08010870

Ouadjet eye, the Sacred Eye of Horus; Uraeus snake and falcon (Horus)....

A male head, so called "reserve-head",from a tomb near 
Giza, Egypt. When the art of embalming was not yet     
far advanced, such sculpted heads were laid in the     
tomb in case the mummy's head was damaged by decay.    
Limestone, around 2.450 BCE, 4th Dynasty, Old Kingdom.
#080109 1

A male head, so called "reserve-head",from a tomb near Giza, Egypt. When the ar...

A male head, so-called "reserve head" from a tomb near 
Giza,Egypt.When the art of embalming was not yet far   
advanced, such sculpted heads were laid in the tomb    
in case the mummy's head was damaged by decay.         
Limestone, around 2.450 BCE, 4th Dynasty, Old Kingdom.
#080109 2

A male head, so-called "reserve head" from a tomb near Giza,Egypt.When the art...

Queen Hatshepsut seated.                               
Pink granite figure,                                   
18th Dynasty (16th-14th BCE)                           
New Kingdom, Egypt.
#080109 3

Queen Hatshepsut seated. Pink granite figure,...

Amenophis II (1439-1413 BCE).                          
Red granite, partly damaged,                           
18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Egypt.                      
Height 153 cm                                          
Collection Drovetti - Cat. 1375
#080109 4

Amenophis II (1439-1413 BCE). Red granite, partly dama...