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Egypt


Agriculture in ancient and modern Egypt



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Servants netting wild geese. Detail of a wallpainting in the tomb of Nakht, scribe and priest under the Pharaoh Thutmosis IV (18th Dynasty, 16th-14th BCE), in the cemetery of Sheikh Abd al-Qurnah.
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Servants netting wild geese. Detail of a wallpainting in the tomb...

Servants plucking geese. Detail of a wallpainting in the tomb of Nakht, scribe and priest under Pharaoh Thutmosis IV (18th Dynasty, 16th-14th BCE), in the cemetery of Sheikh Abd al-Qurnah.
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Servants plucking geese. Detail of a wallpainting in the tomb...

Farmers breaking ground, sowing, and ploughing. Detail of a wallpainting in the tomb of Nakht, scribe and priest under Pharaoh Tuthmosis IV (18th Dynasty, 16th-14th BCE), in the cemetery of Sheikh Abd al-Qurnah.
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Farmers breaking ground, sowing, and ploughing. Detail of a wallpainting...

Farmers breaking ground, sowing, and ploughing. Detail of a wallpainting in the tomb of Nakht, scribe and priest under Pharaoh Tuthmosis IV (18th Dynasty, 16th-14th BCE), in the cemetery of Sheikh Abd al-Qurnah.
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Farmers breaking ground, sowing, and ploughing. Detail of a wallpainting...

Farmers breaking ground, sowing, and ploughing. Detail of a wallpainting in the tomb of Nakht, scribe and priest under Pharaoh Tuthmosis IV (18th Dynasty, 16th-14th BCE), in the cemetery of Sheikh Abd al-Qurnah.
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Farmers breaking ground, sowing, and ploughing. Detail of a wallpainting...

Farmers carrying baskets full of wheat. Detail of a wallpainting in the tomb of Nakht, scribe and priest under Pharaoh Tutmosis IV (18th Dynasty, 16th-14th BCE),in the cemetery of Sheikh Abd al-Qurnah.
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Farmers carrying baskets full of wheat. Detail of a wallpainting in the...

Farmers winnowing grain. Detail of a wallpainting in the tomb of Nakht, scribe and priest under Pharaoh Thutmosis IV (18th Dynasty, 16th-14th BCE), in the cemetery of Sheikh Abd al-Qurnah.
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Farmers winnowing grain. Detail of a wallpainting in the tomb of Nakht, sc...

Men measuring corn. Detail of a wallpainting in the tomb of Nakht, scribe and priest under Pharaoh Thutmosis IV (18th Dynasty, 16th-14th BCE). Wall A in the cemetery of Sheikh Abd al-Qurnah.
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Men measuring corn. Detail of a wallpainting in the tomb of Nakht, scrib...

A peasant drinks from a waterskin. Detail of a wallpainting in the tomb (wall A) of Nakht, scribe and priest under Pharaoh Tuthmosis IV (18th Dynasty, 16th-14th BCE), in the cemetery of Sheikh Abd al-Qurnah.
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A peasant drinks from a waterskin. Detail of a wallpainting in the to...

Bunch of grapes, relief fragment. One of more than 1500 reliefs found near Hermopolis at the site of Amarna, capital of Pharaoh Akhnaton and Queen Nofretete. Around the middle of the 14th BCE, Akhnaton introduced monotheist sun-worship. New Kingdom
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Bunch of grapes, relief fragment. One of more than 1500 reliefs found near Hermo...

Olive branches, relief fragment. One of more than 1500 reliefs found near Hermopolis at the site of Amarna, capital of Pharaoh Akhnaton and Queen Nofretete. Around the middle of the 14th BCE, Akhnaton introduced monotheist sun-worship. New Kingdom
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Olive branches, relief fragment. One of more than 1500 reliefs found near Hermop...

Wheat field, relief fragment. One of more than 1500 reliefs found near Hermopolis at the site of Amarna, capital of Pharaoh Akhnaton and Queen Nofretete. Around the middle of the 14th BCE, Akhnaton introduced monotheist sun-worship. New Kingdom
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Wheat field, relief fragment. One of more than 1500 reliefs found near Hermopoli...