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A slave girl assists female guests, while others exchange fruits. They wear cones of ointment on their heads. Female harpist and dancing girls. Wall painting, tomb of Nakht (Wall C), scribe and priest under Pharaoh Thutmosis IV (1412-1462), 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom.
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A slave girl assists female guests, while others exchange fruits. They we...

Pyramidion of Pta-mose. Top of the private tomb chapel in Thebes-West. The defunct is praying to the morning and evening sun. Black granite (around 1400 BCE), 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Egypt. Inv. 2276
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Pyramidion of Pta-mose. Top of the private tomb chapel in Thebes-West. The defu...

Mock burial. Model of coffin and mummy. Ushebti amulet. Poor people used to place these models in the tombs of the rich. 16th-14th BCE Painted wood, cloth, 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom. Inv. 763, 10 257
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Mock burial. Model of coffin and mummy. Ushebti amulet. Poor peo...

Funeral procession from an unidentified tomb; upper register: pottery vessels stand in bowers, ready to be smashed as the procession passes. Extreme right: wai- ling woman with flowing hair. Lower register: the bera- ved with all their titles. Limestone (1320 BCE), Egypt
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Funeral procession from an unidentified tomb; upper register: pottery vessel...

Mourning bystanders. Detail from the funeral procession of 08-01-10/30. Limestone (around 1320 BCE), 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Egypt. Inv. 12 411
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Mourning bystanders. Detail from the funeral procession of 08...

Pharaoh Horemheb, then still a general, takes part in the funeral procession. Detail from 08-01-10/30. Painted linestone (around 1320), 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Egypt. Inv. 12 411
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Pharaoh Horemheb, then still a general, takes part in the funeral processio...

The sons of the defunct in the funeral procession. Detail from 08-01-10/30. Painted limestone (around 1320 BCE), 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Egypt. Inv. 12 411
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The sons of the defunct in the funeral procession. Detail from 08-01-10/30....

Mourners in a funeral procession. Man on extreme left visibly shaken and crying. Detail from 08-01-10/30. Painted limestone (around 1320 BCE), 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Egypt. Inv. 12 411
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Mourners in a funeral procession. Man on extreme left visibly shaken and cryin...

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...

Ushebtis, tomb-servants, from various periods. From left to right: painted limestone, faience, alabaster, basalt, painted wood; the six figures in the front row: faience. New Kingdom to Greco-Roman (14th-1st BCE), Egypt.
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Ushebtis, tomb-servants, from various periods. From left to right: pain...

The dead Pharaoh Seti I (1301-1290) before Osiris. Pillar from the tomb chamber of the Pharaoh. Painted limestone (around 1280 BCE), New Kingdom, Egypt. Inv. 2058
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The dead Pharaoh Seti I (1301-1290) before Osiris. Pillar from the tomb cha...