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Egypt


Agriculture in ancient and modern Egypt



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Model of a grain storage house,with scribe noting entries. Four men carrying sacks of grain. Middle Kingdom,11th-12th dynasty,around 2040-1650 BCE Wood, painted stucco from Assiut, 32 x 44,5 x 41,5 cm E 11938
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Model of a grain storage house,with scribe noting entries. Four men carryi...

Model of a farmer ploughing with two oxen, ca.2000-1900 BCE Woodcarving,painted,16,5 x 23, x 37 cm Middle Kingdom E 27069
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Model of a farmer ploughing with two oxen, ca.2000-1900 BCE Wood...

Counting the geese: mural from the tomb of Nebamun,from Thebes, 18th dynasty, around 1350 BCE. In the lower register a scribe holds up a papyrus scroll, presumably a census of Nebamun's geese; his writing tablet is tucked under his arm; behind the scribe a man brings a group of geese in a cage, and behind him is a large flock of geese. Scenes of watching agricultural activities were intended to convey the importance of the owner of the tomb. EA,37978
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Counting the geese: mural from the tomb of Nebamun,from Thebes, 18th dynasty, a...

Statue of Ramses II,19th dynasty,around 1250 BCE. The pharaoh is shown wearing the two crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt;in his hands are the crook and the flail,which represent his power over his subjects;on his brow is the Uraeus,the cobra ready to attack any who oppose him.From the temple of Khnum,god of the Aswan cataract. EA, 67
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Statue of Ramses II,19th dynasty,around 1250 BCE. The pharaoh is shown wearing...

Figure of a man with a hoe, from Assiut, Egypt, 6th Dynasty, c2250 BC. By the New Kingdom (c1550-1070 BC) the deceased was expected to perform manual labour, especially in the fields, in the afterlife. In order to avoid this, small shabti figures were included in the tomb. These shabti figures were supposed to work on behalf of the deceased, and were represented carrying agricultural tools. They often held hoes crossed over their chests, ready to start work as soon as they were called. The tomb owners of the Middle Kingdom (c2040-1750 BC) were determined that their provisions for the afterlife should last for all eternity. Their tombs were equipped with models of various stages of the process of producing grain for bread, one of the main offerings to maintain the deceased in the Afterlife. EA, 45195
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Figure of a man with a hoe, from Assiut, Egypt, 6th Dynasty, c2250 BC. By the Ne...

Servant wearing panther skin offering lotus to God Osiris (depicted with flail and crook - his devine regalia). Late Period (26th dynasty).
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Servant wearing panther skin offering lotus to God Osiris (depicted with flail a...

Coptic textile (linen and wool) showing a nilometer. Nereids and putti are depicted on both sides of the nilometer - monuments destined to measure the water level of the river Nile. Antinopolis, Egypt; 7th-8th century CE. E 28990
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Coptic textile (linen and wool) showing a nilometer. Nereids and putti are depi...

Relief of a harvest scene from the mastaba of Ipi. Saqqara, Egypt; Old Kingdom (5th dynasty).
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Relief of a harvest scene from the mastaba of Ipi. Saqqara, Egypt; Old Kingdom...

An Egyptian terracotta figurine showing a man driving an Archimedean screw as a treadmill. Around 30 BCE, Roman Period, Egypt.
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An Egyptian terracotta figurine showing a man driving an Archimedean screw as a...

Trees, cacti, and plants in a religious painting of the vaulted tomb chamber of Sennedjem (No. 1), a necropolis official of the early Ramessid Period (18th Dynasty), in the cemetery of Deir el-Medina.
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Trees, cacti, and plants in a religious painting of the vaulted tomb cham...

Peasant couple ploughing. Wallpainting in the vaulted tomb chamber of Sennedjem (No. 1), a necropolis official of the early Ramessid Period (18th Dynasty), in the cemetery of Deir el-Medina.
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Peasant couple ploughing. Wallpainting in the vaulted tomb chamber of...

Peasant couple harvesting. Wallpainting in the vaulted tomb chamber of Sennedjem (No. 1), a necropolis officer of the early Ramessid Period (18th Dynasty), in the cemetery of Deir el-Medina.
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Peasant couple harvesting. Wallpainting in the vaulted tomb chamber of...