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Anubis weighing the soul of the scribe Ani, from the Egyptian Book of the Dead, c....
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Amon, the king of the Egyptian gods in the form of a sphinx with a ram's head protecting...
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Jar with boat designs, painted pottery from Egypt, c. 3450–3350 bce;...
Photograph by Katie Chao. Brooklyn Museum, New York, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.400
Female figure, painted terra-cotta from Egypt, c. 3500–3400 bce;...
Photograph by ego technique. Brooklyn Museum, New York, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.505
Narmer Palette, slate cosmetic palette from Hierakonpolis, beginning of the 1st dynasty,...
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The Narmer Palette, slate cosmetic palette from Hierakonpolis, beginning of the 1st...
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The Step Pyramid of Djoser, attributed to the architect Imhotep, who designed the...
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Great Pyramid, limestone tomb for King Khufu, Giza, Egypt, c. 2551–2528 bce
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Cross section of the interior of the Great Pyramid of Giza, facing west, near Giza,...
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A relief from the tomb of the pharaoh Amenemhet I at Al-Lisht, Egypt.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1908 (08.200.5), www.metmuseum.org.
Colossal statues of Ramses II flanking the entrance to the temple complex at Luxor,...
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Hypostyle (pillared) hall in the Great Temple of Amon at Karnak, Egypt.
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Interior of the Temple of Seti I at Abydos, Egypt, 19th Dynasty, c. 1280 bce.
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Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel, Egypt, c. 1250 bce,...
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Tourists visiting the Temple of Hatshepsut at Dayr al-Bahri in Thebes, Egypt,15th...
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The Colossi of Memnon, quartzite statues representing Amenhotep III at Madīnat Habu...
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Avenue of sphinxes leading to the main temple precinct at the ruins of the Great...
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King Khafre, diorite sculpture from the Old Kingdom; in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
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Shaykh al-Balad, wood statue from Ṣaqqārah in Memphis, Egypt, 5th dynasty (c. 2400...
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Amenemhet III, granodiorite statue, c. 1859–1814 bce;...
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1960.56; www.clevelandart.org
Head from a female sphinx, chlorite, Egypt, c. 1876–42 bce;...
Photograph by Katie Chao. Brooklyn Museum, New York, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 56.85
Seated limestone statue of Hatshepsut, c. 1479–c. 1458 bce;...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1929, (29.3.2), www.metmuseum.org
Akhenaten, sculpture in the Alexandria National Museum, Egypt.
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Wesirwer, priest of the god Mont, schist sculpture from Karnak, Egypt, c. 380–342...
Photograph by Katie Chao. Brooklyn Museum, New York, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 55.175
Egyptian dancing, detail from a tomb painting from Shaykh ʿAbd al-Qurnah, Egypt,...
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Agricultural Scenes from the Tomb of Nakht, tempera on paper by Lancelot...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Rogers Fund, 1915, 15.5.19b, www.metmuseum.org
Boatbuilding scene, painted limestone relief from Thebes, Egypt, c. 664–634
Photograph by Katie Chao. Brooklyn Museum, New York, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 51.14
Gold pectoral with semiprecious stones belonging to Sesostris III, Middle Kingdom,...
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Pectoral of gold, silver, and semiprecious stones, from the tomb of Tutankhamun,...
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Mother cat with kittens, solid cast bronze and wood sculpture from Egypt, c. 7th–1st...
Photograph by Katie Chao. Brooklyn Museum, New York, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.406E
Tutankhamun, gold funerary mask found in the king's tomb, 14th century bce;...
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Kawm Umbū (Kôm Ombo) Temple, Kawm Umbū, Aswān governorate, Egypt.
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Kawm Umbū (Kôm Ombo) Temple, Kawm Umbū, Aswān governorate, Egypt.
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Head of an Egyptian Official, black diorite sculpture, c. 50 bce;...
Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 58.30
Head of a queen, marble sculpture possibly made in Egypt, Ptolemaic period (305–30...
Photograph by Trish Mayo. Brooklyn Museum, New York, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 71.12
Mummy portrait of a young girl, encaustic painting from Al-Fayyūm, Egypt, 2nd century;...
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A collection of ancient Egyptian jewelry in the British Museum, London.
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Scarab with separate wings, faience, glazed, Egypt, c. 712–342 bce;...
Photograph by Katie Chao. Brooklyn Museum, New York, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 49.28a-c
Slate Narmer Palette, from Hierakonpolis, just prior to 1st dynasty, c....
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The Narmer Palette, slate, Hierakonpolis, beginning of the 1st dynasty, c. 2900
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Stela of Takhenemet, pigment and plaster on wood from Egypt, c. 775–653...
Photograph by Katie Chao. Brooklyn Museum, New York, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.201
Striding winged sphinx, wood with paint, from Thebes, Egypt, c. 1352–36...
Photograph by Katie Chao. Brooklyn Museum, New York, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 56.100
Tile with floral inlays, faience, from Tell el-Amarna, Egypt, c. 1352–36...
Photograph by Katie Chao. Brooklyn Museum, New York, gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 35.2001
Limestone ostracon with a drawing of a cat bringing a boy before a mouse magistrate,...
Courtesy of the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures of The University of Chicago
Tutankhamun, gold funerary mask found in the king's tomb, 14th century bce;...
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