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Various amulets for the living and the dead. From top left to bottom right: Djed-pillar; Ouadjet eye; papyrus bud; crocodile; all fayence. Square, obsidian; Horus falcon, fayence; heart-shaped amulet, stone; head of the God Bes, fayence. New Kingdom (16th-11th BCE).
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Various amulets for the living and the dead. From top left to bottom right: Dj...

Ushebtis, tomb-servants, from various periods. From left to right: painted limestone, faience, alabaster, basalt, painted wood; the six figures in the front row: faience. New Kingdom to Greco-Roman (14th-1st BCE), Egypt.
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Ushebtis, tomb-servants, from various periods. From left to right: pain...

The dead Pharaoh Seti I (1301-1290) before Osiris. Pillar from the tomb chamber of the Pharaoh. Painted limestone (around 1280 BCE), New Kingdom, Egypt. Inv. 2058
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The dead Pharaoh Seti I (1301-1290) before Osiris. Pillar from the tomb cha...

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

The eighth hour of the Anduat (Book of the Underworld). The ship of Ra floats through the Underworld, preceded by the snake Mechen, which guards the re-birth of the sungod Ra from the fifth hour onwards. Pen on papyrus (12th-9th BCE), New Kingdom, Egypt.
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The eighth hour of the Anduat (Book of the Underworld). The ship of Ra floats th...

From the book "Guide through the Underworld": Left to right: The Theban Western Mountains (the necropolis); the cow Hathor, the Horus-falcon; the dog Anubis guar- ding the City of the Dead. The defunct prays to Anubis. (12th-9th BCE), New Kingdom, Egypt
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From the book "Guide through the Underworld": Left to right: The Theban Weste...

From the book "A Guide through the Underworld" (sequel to 08-01-10/48). From left to right: Man praying to the God Anubis; the red disk of the sun; the pavian-god of wisdom; man harvesting grain. (12th-9th BCE), New Kingdom, Egypt.
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From the book "A Guide through the Underworld" (sequel to 08-01-10/48). From le...

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

Pectoral of the Chief Ointment-maker Pa-nehersj. Two goddesses, Isis and Nephtys, praying to the scarab as a symbol of the sungod Ra. The scarab is seen in its morning-shape of Chepre, a symbol of rebirth. Carnelian faience (ca. 1200 BCE), New Kingdom, Egypt. Inv. 1984
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Pectoral of the Chief Ointment-maker Pa-nehersj. Two goddesses, Isis and Neph...

Offering scene with table of offerings, from the tomb of Ria. Second woman from left dispersing perfume. Painted limestone (around 1200 BCE), New Kingdom, Egypt. Inv. 7278
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Offering scene with table of offerings, from the tomb of Ria. Second woman fro...

Heartshaped scarab; the inscription on the reverse side of another scarab asks the heart not to testify against the owner during the Judgement in the Other World. Green stone, gold (around 1200 BCE), New Kingdom, Egypt Inv. 2047
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Heartshaped scarab; the inscription on the reverse side of another scarab asks t...

Canopic shrine (receptacle for intestines after mummification) in the form of a chapel, for Pharaoh Sheshonk I. Goddesses Isis and Nephtys guard the defunct's intestines. Alabaster (around 920 BCE), 3rd Intermediate Period, Egypt. Inv. 11100
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Canopic shrine (receptacle for intestines after mummification) in the fo...