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Emperor Valerian (ca. 200-260 CE) kneels in front of Sassanid King Shapur I (241 to 272 CE). After the battle of Edessa, Valerian was forced to seek terms with Shapur I. Sometime towards the end of 259, or at the beginning of 260, Valerian was defeated and made prisoner by the Persians (making him the only Roman Emperor taken captive). It is said that he was subjected to the greatest insults by his captors, such as being used as a human stepladder by Shapur when mounting his horse. After his execution, his skin was stuffed with straw and preserved as a trophy in the chief Persian temple. Only after the Persian defeat in the last Persia-Roman war three and a half centuries later, was his skin destroyed.
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Emperor Valerian (ca. 200-260 CE) kneels in front of Sassanid King Shapur I (24...

Statue of Nofret wearing a wig and bead necklace (detail). Painted limestone statue from Meidum, Egypt; 2620 BCE, Old Kingdom (4th dynasty); height: 1,18m She was part of the royal entourage of Pharaoh Snofru, King of the 4th dynasty, and held the title "one known to the king". Her husband was Prince Rahotep, who was High Priest of Re at Heliopolis, Director of Expeditions and Chief of Construction. The quality and beauty of this marvellously preserved seated statue of Nofret, along with a statue of Rahotep in the same style, found in 1871 in their brick mastaba at Meidum, confirms her high rank. It is not unlikely that it was created by highly skilled sculptors working for the royal ateliers. The face of the statue expresses the same solemness and self-assuredness as the royal statues of the same dynasty. The realism in this statue is increased by the glass inlaid eyes and its realistic size.
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Statue of Nofret wearing a wig and bead necklace (detail). Painted limestone st...

Wooden sculpture of Queen Ahmose Merit-Amon, wife of Amenophis I. From Deir el-Bahari, Egypt. New Kingdom (18th dynasty).
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Wooden sculpture of Queen Ahmose Merit-Amon, wife of Amenophis I. From Deir el-B...

Pharaoh Amenophis III (1391-1353 BCE) in chariot wearing a crown with the uraeus cobra. God Nekhbet (vulture) is depicted hovering with her wings spread above the royal image, clutching an ankh (symbol of life) in her claws. Next to the Pharaoh is a depiction of his cartouche (Symbol of the royal name). Relief from the Temple of Merneptah (1213 - 1203 BCE). Merneptah used stones and reliefs from the 150 year older nearby Temple of Amenophis III (1391-1353 BCE). In some instances, he had his own carvings done over the original ones, in other cases he just reused the whole lot. This has resulted in an abundance of the wall-decorations showing Amenophis III in Merneptah's temple. Luxor , Egypt; New Kingdom (18th-19th dynasty). See also 03-03-02/49
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Pharaoh Amenophis III (1391-1353 BCE) in chariot wearing a crown with the uraeus...

Pharaoh Amenophis III (1391-1353 BCE) in chariot wearing a crown with the uraeus cobra. God Nekhbet (vulture) is depicted hovering with her wings spread above the royal image, clutching an ankh (symbol of life) in her claws. Next to the Pharaoh is a depiction of his cartouche (Symbol of the royal name). Nubian captives with their hands tied can be seen on the horses. Relief from the Temple of Merneptah (1213 - 1203 BCE). Merneptah used stones and reliefs from the 150 year older nearby Temple of Amenophis III (1391-1353 BCE). In some instances, he had his own carvings done over the original ones, in other cases he just reused the whole lot. This has resulted in an abundance of the wall-decorations showing Amenophis III in Merneptah's temple. Luxor, Egypt; New Kingdom (18th-19th dynasty). See also 03-03-02/48
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Pharaoh Amenophis III (1391-1353 BCE) in chariot wearing a crown with the uraeus...

Pharaoh Akhenaten and Nefertiti offer libation to God Aten. Relief from the shrine at Amarna; New Kingdom (18th dynasty).
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Pharaoh Akhenaten and Nefertiti offer libation to God Aten. Relief from the shr...

Sarcophagus of Pharaoh Seti I. Painted wooden sarcophagus; New Kingdom (19th dynasty).
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Sarcophagus of Pharaoh Seti I. Painted wooden sarcophagus; New Kingdom (19th dy...

The lid of one of four canopic jars found in tomb No.55 in the Valley of the Kings. It may originally have been made for Kiya (she was a wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten. Little is known about her, and she is scarcely documented until Akhenaten's first and Chief wife Nefertiti disappears from the record). It dates from the Amarna period. Alabaster; Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Egypt. New Kingdom (19th dynasty).
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The lid of one of four canopic jars found in tomb No.55 in the Valley of the Kin...

Amenirdis I, Kashta's daughter, was established as God's Wife of Amun in Thebes. Alabaster and basalt; Late Period (25th Dynasty, Ethiopian). This statue inspired the personage of princess Amneris in Verdi's Opera Aida. The scenario of this opera was written by Mariette pasha who discovered Amenirdis in a small chapel inside the Montu temple at Karnak. She is in the pose and costume traditionally worn by the Divine Votaress, influenced by the iconography of the New Kingdom queens. Amenirdis holds in her left hand a flower insignia which falls gracefully on her breast, and in her other hand a menat collar. The cartouches of the God's Wife are inscribed on the base in front of her right foot.
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Amenirdis I, Kashta's daughter, was established as God's Wife of Amun in Thebes....

Fath Ali Shah (1762–1834), the secong Qajar King of Persia from 1797 to 1834, nephew and successor of Aga Muhammad Khan, founder of the Qajar dynasty. Around 1805, Iran. Oil on canvas,227 x 131 cm
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Fath Ali Shah (1762–1834), the secong Qajar King of Persia from 1797 to 1834, ne...

Nasser-al-Din Shah (1831-1896), Qajar King of Persia End of the 18th century; Iran, Teharan Oil on canvas; 36cm x 22,5cm MAO 776
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Nasser-al-Din Shah (1831-1896), Qajar King of Persia End of the 18th century;...

Khosrau I and his vizir in front of the ruins: page of a manuscript of "The Storehouse of Mysteries" ("Makhzan al-asrar") - the first of the five poems from Nezami's Khamsa ("Five Poems"). Around 1580, Shiraz, Iran Ink, gouache, gold and silver on paper; 26,40cm x 19,40cm MAO 374
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Khosrau I and his vizir in front of the ruins: page of a manuscript of "The Sto...