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Which Egyptian rulers were depicted in important ivory statuettes found at Abydos?
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Kinugumiut Inupiat incised walrus ivory shaman's figure, c. 1890; in the National Museum of the American Indian, George Gustav Heye Center, Smithsonian Institution, New York City.
Two outstanding ivory statuettes discovered in the Early Dynastic temple at Abydos represent significant examples of early Egyptian ivory carving. These two royal figures depict:
- A king of the 1st dynasty.12
- The 4th-dynasty king Khufu, who is famously known as the builder of the Great Pyramid at Giza.1