Ancient Egypt

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291Ancient Egypt / Deir el-Bahari / Amenhotep I / Ramesses XI / Tutankhamun / New Kingdom of Egypt / KV62 / KV35 / KV42 / Valley of the Kings / 2nd millennium BC / Ancient Egyptian religion

Valley of the Kings (Egypt) The British Museum The royal necropolis (burial site) of the Valley of the Kings is located on the west bank of the Nile at Thebes. It was used as the burial place for the kings of the New Kin

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292Deir el-Bahari / Édouard Naville / Ancient Egypt / Mentuhotep / Humanities / 3rd millennium BC / Mentuhotep III / Bebi / Eleventh dynasty of Egypt / Theban Necropolis / Mentuhotep II

Fragment of Painted Limestone Relief from the Tomb of Kemsit The British Museum From the Temple of Mentuhotep II, Deir el-Bahari, Egypt 11th Dynasty, around 2050 BC A queen or concubine of King Mentuhotep II

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293Nubian people / Sphinx of Taharqo / Ancient history / African civilizations / Taharqa / Jebel Barkal / Nubia / Anlamani / Napata / Kingdom of Kush / Africa / Twenty-fifth dynasty of Egypt

Sphinx of Taharqo The British Museum From Temple T at Kawa, Sudan, Kushite, about 680 BC Sphinxes represent the immense power of the Egyptian king. The human head of this sphinx is adorned with two uraei, the symbols of

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294Henutmehyt / Deir el-Bahari / Ancient Egypt / Visual arts / Culture / Death customs / Figurines / Ushabti

Mud Shabti Figures The British Museum From Deir el-Bahari, Thebes, Egypt 25th Dynasty, around 680 BC When shabti figures were first placed in tombs, in the Middle Kingdom (about[removed]BC), they were carefully crafted

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295Culture / Henutmehyt / Ushabti / Osiris / Book of the Dead / Anubis / Nephthys / Isis / Brick / Religion / Egyptian gods / Ancient Egypt

Magic Bricks of Henutmehyt The British Museum From the tomb of Henutmehyt at Thebes, Egypt 19th Dynasty, around 1290 BC During the New Kingdom (about[removed]BC), magic bricks were placed in tombs, in

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296Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt / Napata / Taharqa / Piye / Nubia / Jebel Barkal / Meroë / Ancient Egypt / Neo-Assyrian Empire / Kingdom of Kush / Africa / Nubian people

Ancient Egypt: The Kushite Period The British Museum The Twenty-fifth Dynasty comprised the kings Piye (Piankhy), Shabako, Shabitku, Taharqa and Tanutamun. With the breakdown of Egyptian sovereignty in Egypt at the end o

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297Canaan / Year of birth unknown / New Kingdom of Egypt / Ramesses I / Mortuary temple / Battle of Kadesh / Ramses II / Hyksos / Tutankhamun / 2nd millennium BC / Ancient Egypt / Ancient history

Ancient Egypt: The New Kingdom The British Museum The New Kingdom is composed of the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Dynasties, following the expulsion of the Hyksos and the reunification of the country by Ahmose. The New Ki

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298Atenism / Amarna / Akhenaten / Aten / Bek / Tombs of the Nobles / Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt / Amarna Period / Ancient Egyptian religion

Limestone Stela with a Seated Figure of Akhenaten The British Museum Probably from Tell el-Amarna, Egypt 18th Dynasty, around 1340 BC In the Amarna Period[removed]BC) a major change of emphasis took place in some

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299Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt / Ancient Egypt / Third Intermediate Period of Egypt / Amun / Ancient Libya / African civilizations / Africa / Kingdom of Kush

Ancient Egypt: 3rd Intermediate Period The British Museum The early part of the Third Intermediate Period is characterized by its kings of Libyan descent. During the Twenty-first to Twenty-fourth Dynasties the country wa

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300Ancient Egypt / Culture / Book of the Dead / Deir el-Bahari / Archaeology / Ancient Egyptian retainer sacrifices / Death customs / Figurines / Ushabti

Early Shabti Figure in a Model Coffin The British Museum From the tomb of Kawit, Deir el-Bahari, Thebes, Egypt 11th Dynasty, reign of Mentuhotep II, around 2020 BC This is one of the earliest known shabti figures. These

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