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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...

Various amulets for the living and the dead. From top left to bottom right: Djed-pillar; Ouadjet eye; papyrus bud; crocodile; all fayence. Square, obsidian; Horus falcon, fayence; heart-shaped amulet, stone; head of the God Bes, fayence. New Kingdom (16th-11th BCE).
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Various amulets for the living and the dead. From top left to bottom right: Dj...

The eighth hour of the Anduat (Book of the Underworld). The ship of Ra floats through the Underworld, preceded by the snake Mechen, which guards the re-birth of the sungod Ra from the fifth hour onwards. Pen on papyrus (12th-9th BCE), New Kingdom, Egypt.
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The eighth hour of the Anduat (Book of the Underworld). The ship of Ra floats th...

From the book "A Guide through the Underworld" (sequel to 08-01-10/48). From left to right: Man praying to the God Anubis; the red disk of the sun; the pavian-god of wisdom; man harvesting grain. (12th-9th BCE), New Kingdom, Egypt.
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From the book "A Guide through the Underworld" (sequel to 08-01-10/48). From le...

Pectoral of the Chief Ointment-maker Pa-nehersj. Two goddesses, Isis and Nephtys, praying to the scarab as a symbol of the sungod Ra. The scarab is seen in its morning-shape of Chepre, a symbol of rebirth. Carnelian faience (ca. 1200 BCE), New Kingdom, Egypt. Inv. 1984
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Pectoral of the Chief Ointment-maker Pa-nehersj. Two goddesses, Isis and Neph...

Heartshaped scarab; the inscription on the reverse side of another scarab asks the heart not to testify against the owner during the Judgement in the Other World. Green stone, gold (around 1200 BCE), New Kingdom, Egypt Inv. 2047
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Heartshaped scarab; the inscription on the reverse side of another scarab asks t...

Three Osiris-figures.The mummified penis of the defunct was kept in a small opening in the base. Sometimes the opening was used to store a papyrus role with the Book of the Dead. Right: Ba, the soul-bird. - Painted wood (around 600 BCE), Egypt. - Inv. 843, 9666, 910, 20668
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Three Osiris-figures.The mummified penis of the defunct was kept in a small open...

Detail from the inner coffin of priest Pai-es-Tenef. The Ba soul-bird hovers above the defunct in order to revive him for afterlife. - Painted wood (about 600 BCE), Late Period, Egypt. Inv. 53
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Detail from the inner coffin of priest Pai-es-Tenef. The Ba soul-bird hovers...

Accessories for a mummy: head tablet, for the magic protection of the head; a collar with falcons. Cardboard and linen, painted (around 100 BCE), Ptolemaic Period, Egypt. Inv. 17 336, 16 806.
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Accessories for a mummy: head tablet, for the magic protection of the head;...

Accessories for mummies: the Goddess Nut, Goddess of Heaven, who protects the defunct and admits them to heaven as stars; a winged scarab. Cardboard and linen (about 100 BCE), Ptolemaic Period, Egypt - Inv. 16 807, 16 808
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Accessories for mummies: the Goddess Nut, Goddess of Heaven, who protects the...

The winged sun-disk, protected by two cobras, from the lintel of the temple of the god Mandulis or Marul, a Nubian fertility god. Kalabsha, Egypt.
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The winged sun-disk, protected by two cobras, from the lintel of the t...

Falcon god Horus and Anubis, the jackal-headed god of the dead. Reliefs on the walls of the temple of Sobek and Horus (2nd BCE), Ptolemaic Period, Egypt.
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Falcon god Horus and Anubis, the jackal-headed god of the dead. Reliefs on...