Egypt


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Pharaoh offers perfume to a god. From one of the side  
chapels of the inner Hypostyle Hall, Great Temple of   
Seti I, Abydos, Egypt. 19th Dynasty (1305-1196 BCE),   
New Kingdom.
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Pharaoh offers perfume to a god. From one of the side chapels of the inner Hyp...

Sacrificial altar in front of the tomb chapel          
of Petosiris, Hermopolis.
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Sacrificial altar in front of the tomb chapel of Petosiris, Hermopolis...

Relief from the inner chamber of the tomb chapel of    
Petosiris, a high priest of Toth, the Ibis-headed god  
of Hermopolis. Detail from a sacrificial procession:   
the man carries a calf on his shoulders, the woman     
follows with a bouquet of flowers and some fruit.
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Relief from the inner chamber of the tomb chapel of Petosiris, a high priest...

Relief from the inner chamber of the tomb chapel of    
Petosiris, high priest of Toth, the ibis-headed god    
of Hermopolis. Kepher, the beetle-god, with two sun    
disks.
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Relief from the inner chamber of the tomb chapel of Petosiris, high priest o...

The Christian basilica at Hermopolis, whose Ptolemaic
columns survived, while the walls were used in the
local lime kilns.
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The Christian basilica at Hermopolis, whose Ptolemaic columns survived, while th...

Stone baboon (17th BCE), from the main gate            
of a former temple of Toth, moon god and god           
of Hermopolis. 2nd Intermediate Period, Egypt.
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Stone baboon (17th BCE), from the main gate of a former temple of To...

Overall view of the limestone cliff at Beni Hassan,    
with its rock tombs for the governors of the Oryx      
Nome (Province) (22nd-20th BCE), First Intermediate    
Period, Egypt.
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Overall view of the limestone cliff at Beni Hassan, with its rock tombs for...

View from the rock tombs of Beni Hassan towards the    
Nile. Below the limestone cliffs, some of the causeways
remain, lined with huge bolders.
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View from the rock tombs of Beni Hassan towards the Nile. Below the limeston...

The step pyramid at Saqqara,
built by Pharaoh Djozer (27th BCE)
and his chief of works, Imhotep.
3rd Dynasty, Early Dynastic Period, Egypt.
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The step pyramid at Saqqara, built by Pharaoh Djozer (27th BCE) and his chief...

Pharaoh Djozer's step pyramid (27th BCE) and part
of the tomb complex, now being reconstructed by
the French architect Jean-Philippe Lauer.
3rd Dynasty, Earky Dynastic Period.
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Pharaoh Djozer's step pyramid (27th BCE) and part of the tomb complex, now bein...

Pharaoh Djozer's step pyramid (27th BCE)
and the adjacent tomb complex,
now being reconstructed by the
French architect Jean-Philippe Lauer.
3rd Dynasty, Earlt Dynastic Period.
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Pharaoh Djozer's step pyramid (27th BCE) and the adjacent tomb complex, now be...

The tomb chapel (reconstruction by French architect
Jean-Philippe Lauer) next to the step pyramid of
Pharaoh Djozer (27th BCE, 3rd Dynasty), built by
the deified Imhotep, the Pharaoh's chief of works.
3rd Dynasty, Early Dynastic Period.
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The tomb chapel (reconstruction by French architect Jean-Philippe Lauer) next t...