Tomb Niche & Stela of Chnumit

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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Limestone tomb niche with a false-door stela and 2 side walls. From the tomb of princess Chnumit (also written Khnumet), Saqqara (Sakkara), modern-day Egypt. Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, circa 2200 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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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Amin, O. S. M. (2015, January 02). Tomb Niche & Stela of Chnumit. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3481/tomb-niche--stela-of-chnumit/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Tomb Niche & Stela of Chnumit." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 02 Jan 2015, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3481/tomb-niche--stela-of-chnumit/. Web. 24 Apr 2025.

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