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Enemies,depicted as conquered and paying homage,were a standard decoration of pharaonic monuments. In the palace of Ramses III at Tel el Yahudia,the foreigners were shown in glazed clay reliefs set into the walls of the throne room. An African. H:approx.13 cm Inv.3896 F
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Enemies,depicted as conquered and paying homage,were a standard decoration of...

Enemies,depicted as conquered and paying homage,were a standard decoration of pharaonic monuments. In the palace of Ramses III at Tel el Yahudia,the foreigners were shown in glazed clay reliefs set into the walls of the throne room. A Semite. H:approx.13 cm Inv.3896 B
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Enemies,depicted as conquered and paying homage,were a standard decoration of...

Enemies,depicted as conquered and paying homage,were a standard decoration of pharaonic monuments. In the palace of Ramses III at Tel el Yahudia,the foreigners were shown in glazed clay reliefs set into the walls of the throne room. A Syrian. H:approx.13 cm Inv.3896 A
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Enemies,depicted as conquered and paying homage,were a standard decoration of...

A male head, so called "reserve-head",from a tomb near Giza, Egypt. When the art of embalming was not yet far advanced, such sculpted heads were laid in the tomb in case the mummy's head was damaged by decay. Limestone, around 2.450 BCE, 4th Dynasty, Old Kingdom.
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A male head, so called "reserve-head",from a tomb near Giza, Egypt. When the ar...

A male head, so-called "reserve head" from a tomb near Giza,Egypt.When the art of embalming was not yet far advanced, such sculpted heads were laid in the tomb in case the mummy's head was damaged by decay. Limestone, around 2.450 BCE, 4th Dynasty, Old Kingdom.
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A male head, so-called "reserve head" from a tomb near Giza,Egypt.When the art...

The Nile god bearing presents. He is protected by a winged goddess. Fragment of a shrine. 19th dynasty, 13th-12th BCE New Kingdom Wood, H:20 cm
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The Nile god bearing presents. He is protected by a winged goddess. Fragme...

Female servant grinding corn. Limestone statuette from Mastaba near Giza, Egypt. About 2200 BCE, 6th Dynasty, Old Kingdom.
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Female servant grinding corn. Limestone statuette from...

Votive boat with figures. Painted wood,from a tomb (about 1800 BCE), 12th Dynasty (2000-1785 BCE), Middle Kingdom, Egypt.
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Votive boat with figures. Painted wood,from a tomb (about 1800 BCE), 12th D...

Tree-goddess offers food and drink. Detail from a relief fragment of the tomb of Sekeh, mayor of Memphis (about 1380 BCE), 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Egypt. Inv. 5818
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Tree-goddess offers food and drink. Detail from a relief fragment o...

The sun, origin of life. Detail from the lid of the sarcophagus of Nes-Shutfene, royal auditing scribe, Saqqara, Egypt. Basalt stone, Ptolemaic Period (332-30 BCE).
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The sun, origin of life. Detail from the lid of the sarcophagus o...

Dying Osiris dispenses his divine sperm, source of life. Detail of the sarcophagus of Nes-Shutfene, royal auditing scribe. Saqqara, Egypt. Basalt stone, Ptolemaic Period (332-30 BCE).
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Dying Osiris dispenses his divine sperm, source of life. Detail o...

Harpocrates, Horus the child, on a lotus flower. 26th Dynasty (664-525 BCE) Late Period, Egypt. Height 15 cm
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Harpocrates, Horus the child, on a lotus flower....