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



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A group of soldiers with standards,palm branches, boomerangs, and axes. From the temple of Queen Hatshepsut, 18th dynasty, New Kingdom, Egypt. Painted limestone (around 1490 BCE), Inv. 18 542
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A group of soldiers with standards,palm branches, boomerangs, and axes. From the...

A group of soldiers with standards,palm branches, boomerangs, and axes. From the temple of Queen Hatshepsut, 18th dynasty, New Kingdom, Egypt. Painted limestone (around 1490 BCE), Inv. 18 542
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A group of soldiers with standards,palm branches, boomerangs, and axes. From the...

Sitting statue of the scribe Der-Senj. Red granite (around 2400 BCE), 5th Dynasty, Old Kingdom, Egypt. Inv. 15 701
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Sitting statue of the scribe Der-Senj. Red granite (around 240...

Coffin lid shows the two paths across the Underworld in red and black colour in the "Book of the Two Paths". Painting on wood (around 1800 BCE), 12th Dynasty (1991-1784 BCE), 1st Intermediate Period, Egypt. Inv. 14 385
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Coffin lid shows the two paths across the Underworld in red and black colour...

Coffin lid of Sebek-O with so-called "coffin texts" to guarantee "eternal life, alike to that of the Gods". Painting on wood (around 1800 BCE), 12th Dynasty, 1st Intermediate Period, Egypt. Inv. 45
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Coffin lid of Sebek-O with so-called "coffin texts" to guarantee "eternal life,...

Stele of the Chief of Cabinet Sesostris. He and his wife and son sit on the left of the offering table. On the right other family members and slaves carrying the offerings. Painted limestone (1800 BCE), 12th Dynasty, 1st Intermediate Period, Egypt. - Inv. 1188
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Stele of the Chief of Cabinet Sesostris. He and his wife and son sit on the...

A slave girl assists female guests, while others exchange fruits. They wear cones of ointment on their heads. Female harpist and dancing girls. Wall painting, tomb of Nakht (Wall C), scribe and priest under Pharaoh Thutmosis IV (1412-1462), 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom.
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A slave girl assists female guests, while others exchange fruits. They we...

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

Pyramidion of Pta-mose. Top of the private tomb chapel in Thebes-West. The defunct is praying to the morning and evening sun. Black granite (around 1400 BCE), 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Egypt. Inv. 2276
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Pyramidion of Pta-mose. Top of the private tomb chapel in Thebes-West. The defu...

Mock burial. Model of coffin and mummy. Ushebti amulet. Poor people used to place these models in the tombs of the rich. 16th-14th BCE Painted wood, cloth, 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom. Inv. 763, 10 257
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Mock burial. Model of coffin and mummy. Ushebti amulet. Poor peo...

Funeral procession from an unidentified tomb; upper register: pottery vessels stand in bowers, ready to be smashed as the procession passes. Extreme right: wai- ling woman with flowing hair. Lower register: the bera- ved with all their titles. Limestone (1320 BCE), Egypt
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Funeral procession from an unidentified tomb; upper register: pottery vessel...