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Rose granite head of the statue of queen Hatshepsut. She wears the royal headdress and was depicted as a pharaoh. From modern-day Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, circa 1460 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).
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Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.
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APA Style
Amin, O. S. M. (2015, January 04). Head of Hatshepsut. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3446/head-of-hatshepsut/
Chicago Style
Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Head of Hatshepsut." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified January 04, 2015. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3446/head-of-hatshepsut/.
MLA Style
Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Head of Hatshepsut." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 04 Jan 2015. Web. 23 Mar 2023.
