Egypt


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



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The Great Enclosure of the Temple of Amun (13th BCE).  
In the foreground blocks and artefacts of the Open Air 
Museum. 19th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Karnak, Egypt.
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The Great Enclosure of the Temple of Amun (13th BCE). In the foreground blocks...

Overall view of the Temple of Amun                     
with the obelisk (13th BCE) of Pharaoh                 
Tuthmosis I (1508-1493 BCE) and Queen                  
Hatshepsut (1490-1468 BCE), 18th Dynasty,              
New Kingdom, Karnak, Egypt.
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Overall view of the Temple of Amun with the obelisk (13th B...

The Sacred Lake, North of the Second and Third Courts, 
Temple of Karnak, Egypt. 200 x 117m, fed by underground
channels from the Nile.The lake was used for ceremonies
particularly those connected with the Sacred Barge.    
13th BCE
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The Sacred Lake, North of the Second and Third Courts, Temple of Karnak, Egypt....

Two tutelary gods, Ouadjet (left, with the red crown of
Lower Egypt) and Nekhbet (right, with the white crown
of Upper Egypt) protect the Pharaoh, Ptolemy IX, who
wears the double crown of the united realm.
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Two tutelary gods, Ouadjet (left, with the red crown of Lower Egypt) and Nekhbet...

The water of life is poured over a Pharaoh-Osiris,     
a dead Pharaoh.                                        
13th BCE
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The water of life is poured over a Pharaoh-Osiris, a dead Pharaoh....

The Horus-falcon whose wings bring the breath of life  
(14th BCE).
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The Horus-falcon whose wings bring the breath of life (14th BCE).

Lintel with green plover design (14th BCE).            
Green plovers were used as a symbol of the lower       
classes who had to be taught submission to the pharaoh 
(here represented by his cartouche).
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Lintel with green plover design (14th BCE). Green plovers were used...

Lintel with Ankh (symbol of life) design               
(14th BCE).
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Lintel with Ankh (symbol of life) design (14th BCE).

"Smiting his enemies", one of the typical              
representations of the Pharaohs.                       
The victorious pharaoh catches                         
his enemies by their long hair                         
(14th BCE).
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"Smiting his enemies", one of the typical representations of the P...

Part of a giant column with cartouche of Ramses II     
(13th BCE).
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Part of a giant column with cartouche of Ramses II (13th BCE).

The god Min, Egyptian ityphallic god of fertility      
and the harvest festival. He may be of African         
origin and is always shown with an erected phallus.    
13th BCE
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The god Min, Egyptian ityphallic god of fertility and the harvest festival...

Two gazelles.                                          
Limestone (12th BCE).
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Two gazelles. Limestone (12th BCE).