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AGRICULTURE

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ILLNESS AND DISEASES

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INDUSTRY

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LEISURE

Work

WORK

8,731 photos
Kenro and his wife in their garden.                    
Thebes, tomb of Neferronpe, also called Kenro,No.178   
Period of Ramses II (1291-1225 BCE)                    
Ancient Egyptian Paintings selected,copied & descibed  
by Nina M.Davies; plate XCIV
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Kenro and his wife in their garden. Thebes, tomb of Neferron...

Stele of Ipy showing Isis, Ptah, Horus and Osiris in   
the upper register. Lower register: the family brings  
sacrificial food to Ipy, seated at a table.            
Limestone.                                             
From the Droveti Collection.
#08011553

Stele of Ipy showing Isis, Ptah, Horus and Osiris in the upper register. Lowe...

Covering of a mummy. Ceramic pearls.                   
Late dynastic period, 1085-332 BCE
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Covering of a mummy. Ceramic pearls. Late dynastic period, 10...

Tombsteles with eyes, dedicated to HMYL and HMYT,      
Limestone, H: 34 cm                                    
Inv. SEM 34
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Tombsteles with eyes, dedicated to HMYL and HMYT, Limestone, H: 34 cm...

Face on a tombstone.                                   
Alabaster, H:35 cm                                     
Inv. SEM 114-116
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Face on a tombstone. Alabaster, H:35 cm...

Head from a tombstone.                                 
Alabaster, H: 30 cm
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Head from a tombstone. Alabaster, H: 30 cm

The sun-boat or funeral-boat of Pharaoh Cheops.The 1224
individual parts of the boat were discovered in 1954   
in a deep ditch next to the Cheops pyramid. Such boats 
were used in the ritual voyage of the dead Pharaoh     
along the Nile. Cedar wood, L:46 m
#08011568

The sun-boat or funeral-boat of Pharaoh Cheops.The 1224 individual parts of the...

Grape harvest, pressing grapes; From the tomb of       
Petosiris, High Priest of the god Toth in Hermopolis.  
Around 300 BCE
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Grape harvest, pressing grapes; From the tomb of Petosiris, High Priest o...

Chapel in the Hathor Temple in Dendera, with mural     
showing death rites. Murals are blackened by smoke     
from fires Copts lit who lived in the temple           
precinct in Roman and later times.
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Chapel in the Hathor Temple in Dendera, with mural showing death rites. Mur...

Elaborate egyptian costume on the outer wall of the    
Hathor temple in Dendera.
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Elaborate egyptian costume on the outer wall of the Hathor temple in Dendera...

Reliefs on the inner wall of the collapsed second pylon
of the Ramesseum describe the battle of Kadesh against 
the Hittites. Ramses II claimed a decisive victory,    
as did the Hittites. Chariots, horses, dead and wounded
on the battlefield. 19th dynasty
#080117 7

Reliefs on the inner wall of the collapsed second pylon of the Ramesseum describ...

Reliefs on the inner wall of the collapsed second pylon
of the Ramesseum describe the battle of Kadesh against 
the Hittites, Ramses II claimed a decisive victory, as 
did the Hittites. Chariots, dead and wounded on the    
battlefield. 19th dynasty.
#080117 8

Reliefs on the inner wall of the collapsed second pylon of the Ramesseum describ...