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Semitic tribe asks permission to enter Egypt. Their leader brings a gazelle. Mural from the tomb of Chnum-Hotep,Beni-Hassan 19th BCE,Middle Kingdom. Detail of 08-01-03/17.
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Semitic tribe asks permission to enter Egypt. Their leader brings a gazelle. Mur...

Semitic Bedouins in their traditional striped robes ask permission to enter Egypt, led by a man called Idsha bringing animals as presents. The mural is thought to resemble a Jewish tribe arriving in Egypt. From the tomb of Nomarch Chnum-Hotep. Middle Kingdom, Egypt
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Semitic Bedouins in their traditional striped robes ask permission to enter Egyp...

Semitic Bedouins in their traditional striped robes ask permission to enter Egypt. Detail of 08-01-10/36. A man leads an antelope by the horns followed by armed war- riors. The wallpainting is thought to resemble a Jewish tribe arriving in Egypt. Middle Kingdom (19th BCE)
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Semitic Bedouins in their traditional striped robes ask permission to enter Egyp...

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...

Book of the Dead with 125 chapters, judgement in the Otherworld. The defunct, the Lady Nefer-is, is led into the courtroom: her heart is weighed against the truth; she sacrifices to the Gods Osiris, Isis, and Nephtys. Papyrus (350 BCE), Late Period, Egypt - Inv. 10477
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Book of the Dead with 125 chapters, judgement in the Otherworld. The defunct,...

During the battle of Kadesh, the chariot of Pharaoh Ramses II (1304-1237) crushes his enemies. Ramesseum, Medinet Habu.
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During the battle of Kadesh, the chariot of Pharaoh Ramses II (13...

The Sinai Desert, Egypt.
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The Sinai Desert, Egypt.

Santa Katarina Monastery with the Sinai range in the background, Egypt.
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Santa Katarina Monastery with the Sinai range in the backg...

Santa Katarina Monastery with the Sinai range in the background, Egypt.
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Santa Katarina Monastery with the Sinai range in the backg...

The "Burning Bush" outside the chapel of the Burning Bush, Monastery of Santa Katarina (15th), Sinai, Egypt.
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The "Burning Bush" outside the chapel of the Burning Bush, Monastery of Santa...

Steles, mostly from a 12th Dynasty (20th-18th BCE) temple of Hathor with proto-sinaitic inscriptions. The remains of the temple are on the site of turquoise mines exploited during the 18th Dynasty.
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Steles, mostly from a 12th Dynasty (20th-18th BCE) temple of Hathor with pr...

The inner wall of the collapsed second pylon of the Ramesseum describes the battle of Kadesh against the Hittites; Ramses II claimed a decisive victory, as did the Hittites, and the campaign was probably drawn. The fortified Egyptian camp. 19th dynasty.
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The inner wall of the collapsed second pylon of the Ramesseum describes...