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Palmyra
View of Palmyra with the Temple of Bel, Syria. Palmyra (Aramaic: ܬܕܡܘܪܬܐ;Hebrew: תדמור; tiḏmor, Greek: Παλμύρα, Arabic: تدمر; Tadmur, /ˌpælˈmaɪərə/) was an ancient city in central Syria. In antiquity, it was an important city located...
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Egyptian Broad Collar
Egyptian broad collar in faience. The broad collar is one of the most characteristic elements of ancient Egyptian jewellery. Called wesekh, which means 'the broad one', broad collars are often made up of different rows of beads. 11th Dynasty...
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Osiride Statue of Hatshepsut
This is a bust of Pharaoh Hatshepsut, in the form of Osiris (Osiride). The statue originally stood over 4.6 m (15 ft) high and is originally from Hatshepsut's mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri. This statue was not a free-standing statue -...
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Barque of Ra
The solar barque of Ra. Outer Coffin of Isetemkheb D (Royal Cache TT 320, Deir el-Bahari), Egyptian Museum, CG 610031.
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Mentuhotep II Head
Limestone head of Egyptian pharaoh Mentuhotep II, 11th Dynasty 2061-2010 BCE. The head comes from a column of the mortuary temple Deir el-Bahari at Thebes West. Mentuhotep II was the Theban king who ruled for half a century and reunified...
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Saint Bacchus Fresco
An 11-12th century fresco of Saint Bacchus (d. 4th century). Monastery of Saint Moses the Abyssinian, Mar Musa or Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi, Nabk, Syria.
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Prenomen of Thutmose III
This is a detail of a large limestone relief (showing a boat trip) that came from the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari, Egypt. The throne name (prenomen) cartouche of the Egyptian pharaoh Thutmose III (regined 1479–1425 BCE...
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Stela of Penbuy
The upper scene depicts the god Ptah sitting on a throne before an altar of offerings. Ptah has a green-colored face and hands, while his cap is blue and the the rest of the body is white. He has a black beard. In the lower scene, Penbuy...
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Egyptian Brewery
Model group of brewing, comprising nine (originally 13) figures sifting, an overseer, three sieving mash, and three (originally four) crouching before ovens. Found at Deir el-Bahri, dating to c. 2050-2000 BCE.
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Mentuhotep II Relief
Limestone relief fragment of the Egyptian pharaoh Mentuhotep II. From the mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II at Deir El-Bahari, modern-day Egypt. Middle Kingdom, 11th Dynasty, 2030 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).