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Covering for a mummy and kepher-scarab, the            
sun-god in the form of a beetle.                       
Late dynastic period, 1085-332 BCE
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Covering for a mummy and kepher-scarab, the sun-god in the form of a...

The sphinx, a mythical animal with the body of a lion  
and the head of a pharaoh. The monument is partly hewn 
out of a natural knoll, and partly built up. It belongs 
to the pyramid of Pharaoh Chefren.                     
26th BCE, 4th Dynasty, Old Kingdom, Egypt.
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The sphinx, a mythical animal with the body of a lion and the head of a phara...

The sphinx, a mythical animal with the body of a lion  
and the head of a pharaoh. The monument is partly hewn 
out of a natural knoll, and partly built up.Behind it  
the pyramid of Pharaoh Chefren,to which the sphinx     
belongs. 26th BCE, 4th Dynasty, Old Kingdom, Egypt.
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The sphinx, a mythical animal with the body of a lion and the head of a pharao...

Hook with snake's head.                                
Bronze                                                 
Inv. SEM 138
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Hook with snake's head. Bronze...

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

Piece of architecture with rams.                       
Limestone                                              
Inv. SEM 123
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Piece of architecture with rams. Limestone...

Oil lamp from Shabwa, South Arabia. Hellenistic        
influence clearly evident in the ornate,decorative     
style, but South Arabian iconography shows in the      
leaping ram and the flat knot of the handle.           
Bronze, H: 34 cm Inv. Sem 694
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Oil lamp from Shabwa, South Arabia. Hellenistic influence clearly eviden...

Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut: Hathor chapel,    
the goddess in her bovine form, with crown, is fed     
by Hatshepsut.                                         
18th dynasty, New Kingdom.
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Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut: Hathor chapel, the goddess in her bovin...

Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Hathor Chapel:    
the goddess in her bovine form, with sun-disk between  
the horns.
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Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Hathor Chapel: the goddess in her bovin...

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...

Horus falcon guarding the hypostyle hall of the        
Ptolemaic Horus Temple in Edfu.
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Horus falcon guarding the hypostyle hall of the Ptolemaic Horus Temple i...

Horus falcon guarding the hypostyle hall of the        
Ptolemaic Horus Temple in Edfu.
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Horus falcon guarding the hypostyle hall of the Ptolemaic Horus Temple i...