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Ruins of Tanis, perhaps once the capital Avaris of the Hyksos rulers (18th BCE) and always an important Egyptian settlement. Ramses II built a huge temple for the god Amon-Ra. The entire area is strewn with statues, inscriptions, obelisks and reliefs.
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Ruins of Tanis, perhaps once the capital Avaris of the Hyksos rulers (18th...

Ruins of Tanis, perhaps once the capital Avaris of the Hyksos rulers (18th BCE) and always an important Egyptian settlement. Ramses II built a huge temple for the god Amon-Ra. The entire area is strewn with statues, inscriptions, obelisks and reliefs.
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Ruins of Tanis, perhaps once the capital Avaris of the Hyksos rulers (18th...

Ruins of Tanis, perhaps once the capital Avaris of the Hyksos rulers (18th BCE) and always an important Egyptian settlement. Ramses II built a huge temple for the god Amon-Ra. The entire area is strewn with statues, inscriptions, obelisks and reliefs.
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Ruins of Tanis, perhaps once the capital Avaris of the Hyksos rulers (18th...

Ruins of Tanis, perhaps once the capital Avaris of the Hyksos rulers (18th BCE) and always an important Egyptian settlement. Ramses II built a huge temple for the god Amon-Ra. The entire area is strewn with statues, inscriptions, obelisks and reliefs.
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Ruins of Tanis, perhaps once the capital Avaris of the Hyksos rulers (18th...

Ruins of Tanis, perhaps once the capital Avaris of the Hyksos rulers (18th BCE) and always an important Egyptian settlement. Ramses II built a huge temple for the god Amon-Ra. The entire area is strewn with statues, inscriptions, obelisks and reliefs.
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Ruins of Tanis, perhaps once the capital Avaris of the Hyksos rulers (18th...

Ruins of Tanis, perhaps once the capital Avaris of the Hyksos rulers (18th BCE) and always an important Egyptian settlement. Ramses II built a huge temple for the god Amon-Ra. The entire area is strewn with statues, inscriptions, obelisks and reliefs.
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Ruins of Tanis, perhaps once the capital Avaris of the Hyksos rulers (18th...

Ruins of Tanis, perhaps once the capital Avaris of the Hyksos rulers (18th BCE) and always an important Egyptian settlement. Ramses II built a huge temple for the god Amon-Ra. The entire area is strewn with statues, inscriptions, obelisks and reliefs.
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Ruins of Tanis, perhaps once the capital Avaris of the Hyksos rulers (18th...

Unloading flour sacks from a felukkah.
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Unloading flour sacks from a felukkah.

Donkey tied to a boat, Nile river.
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Donkey tied to a boat, Nile river.

Shoving a boat into a canal near the river Nile.
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Shoving a boat into a canal near the river Nile.

Threshing corn on the banks of the Nile.
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Threshing corn on the banks of the Nile.

Harvesting sugar cane on the banks of the Nile.
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Harvesting sugar cane on the banks of the Nile.