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SPHINX

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Covering of a mummy. Ceramic pearls. Late dynastic period, 1085-332 BCE
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Covering of a mummy. Ceramic pearls. Late dynastic period, 10...

Bronze figure of a dwarf. Alexandrine Period. H: 6 cm Br 4370
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Bronze figure of a dwarf. Alexandrine Period. H: 6 cm...

The three most famous pyramids on the plateau of Gizeh: from l. to r. Cheops, Chefren and Mykerinos. These three pyramids were all built between 2.589 and 2.350 BCE. Cheops is 137 m high, Chefren 136 m, and Mykerinos 66.5 m.
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The three most famous pyramids on the plateau of Gizeh: from l. to r. Che...

The sphinx, a mythical animal with the body of a lion and the head of a pharaoh. The monument is partly hewn out of a natural knoll, and partly built up. It belongs to the pyramid of Pharaoh Chefren. 26th BCE, 4th Dynasty, Old Kingdom, Egypt.
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The sphinx, a mythical animal with the body of a lion and the head of a phara...

The sphinx, a mythical animal with the body of a lion and the head of a pharaoh. The monument is partly hewn out of a natural knoll, and partly built up.Behind it the pyramid of Pharaoh Chefren,to which the sphinx belongs. 26th BCE, 4th Dynasty, Old Kingdom, Egypt.
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The sphinx, a mythical animal with the body of a lion and the head of a pharao...

The processional way to the tomb of Pharaoh Unas, 2310-2290, 5th dynasty. The road was originally covered with stone slabs with only a narrow slit through which the sunlight could enter.
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The processional way to the tomb of Pharaoh Unas, 2310-2290, 5th dynasty....

The sun-boat or funeral-boat of Pharaoh Cheops.The 1224 individual parts of the boat were discovered in 1954 in a deep ditch next to the Cheops pyramid. Such boats were used in the ritual voyage of the dead Pharaoh along the Nile. Cedar wood, L:46 m
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The sun-boat or funeral-boat of Pharaoh Cheops.The 1224 individual parts of the...

The brick pyramid of Hawara; the outer casing has disappeared. Built by Pharaoh Amenemhat III (1842- 1797 BCE), 12th dynasty, Middle Kingdom. The pyramid was originally 58 m high, on a base of 100 sq.m.
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The brick pyramid of Hawara; the outer casing has disappeared. Built by Pharaoh...

Small pyramids in the Gizeh area, seen from the Sun Temple of Pharaoh Nyuserre (5th dynasty, 2494-2345 BCE) at Abu Ghurab.
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Small pyramids in the Gizeh area, seen from the Sun Temple of Pharaoh Ny...

Remains of the Sun Temple of Pharaoh Nyuserre (5th dynasty, 2494-2345 BCE). View of the Western Desert.
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Remains of the Sun Temple of Pharaoh Nyuserre (5th dynasty, 2494-2345...

Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut (1503-1452 BCE) in Deir-el-Bahri, West-Thebes. Osiride statue of Pharaoh Hatshepsut on the upper terrace.
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Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut (1503-1452 BCE) in Deir-el-Bahri, West-T...

Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut: Hathor chapel, the goddess in her bovine form, with crown, is fed by Hatshepsut. 18th dynasty, New Kingdom.
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Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut: Hathor chapel, the goddess in her bovin...