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Roman Fresco of a Love Scene on the Nile
This fragment comes from a fresco found in the "House of the Ephebus" in Pompeii. It portrays an erotic scene on the Nile. It portrays two African men and a Greek or Roman woman. The fresco dates to the 1st Century CE and currently resides...
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Pavillion of Trajan, Submerged in the Nile
Pavillion of Trajan, in parts submerged by the Nile flooding on the Island of Philae, near Aswan.
Island Philae, Nubia, Egypt (October 1959)
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Explosion of L'Orient at the Battle of the Nile
Explosion of L'Orient at the Battle of the Nile, 1 August 1798, oil on canvas by George Arnald, c. 1825.
National Maritime Museum, London.
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Egpytian Stela of the Nile-Flood god Hapy
This limestone wall block depicts the Nile-Flood god Hapy who wears the plants of Upper Egypt; his head and shoulders are shown. He faces to the left and and brings offerings of hetep-mat, qebeh-jar, hes-jar and was-sceptre. From the foundations...
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Fifth Crusade
The Fifth Crusade (1217-1221 CE) was called by Pope Innocent III (r. 1198-1216 CE) with the objective, like previous crusades, of recapturing Jerusalem from Muslim control; only this time the strategy was to weaken the enemy by first attacking...
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Map of Niger River
The Niger River is the most important river in West Africa, and is the third longest river in Africa after the Nile River and Congo River. Known for its distinctive "boomerang" shape, the Niger River flows from the Guinea Highlands to the...
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Egypt - A Journey Down The Nile
Egypt is famous for its ancient civilization and some of the world's most famous monuments, including the Giza pyramid complex and the Great Sphinx. This video charts a route down the Nile stopping off at the amazing temples and sights along...
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Diodorus Siculus' Account of the Life of Semiramis
Semiramis is the semi-divine Warrior-Queen of Assyria, whose reign is most clearly documented by the Greek historian Diodorus Siculus (l. 90-30 BCE) in his great work Bibliotheca Historica ("Historical Library") written over thirty years...
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Egypt - A Journey Down The Nile
Egypt is famous for its ancient civilization and some of the world's most famous monuments, including the Giza pyramid complex and the Great Sphinx. This video charts a route down the Nile stopping off at the amazing temples and sights along...
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The History of Egypt - The Nile
An introduction to Dr. Neiman's lecture on Egypt and the Amarna age. In this segment Dr. Neiman discusses how the physical geography of Egypt shaped its culture and development.