Ancient Egypt

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311Atenism / Akhenaten / Smenkhkare / Aten / Ay / Tutankhamun / Amenhotep III / Amarna / Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt / Amarna Period / 2nd millennium BC / Ancient Egyptian religion

Ancient Egypt: Amarna Period The British Museum The Amarna period comprises the reigns of Akhenaten, Smenkhkare, Tutankhamun and Ay. The period is named after the capital city founded by Akhenaten, son of Amenhotep III.

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Language: English - Date: 2013-03-20 16:13:45
312Art of ancient Egypt / Year of birth unknown / Papyrus Harris I / Memphis /  Egypt / Ramses II / Ramesses III / Abbott Papyrus / Ramesseum / Ancient Egypt / Ancient Egyptian literature / Africa

Scene from the Great Harris Papyrus: Ramesses III before the Gods of Memphis The British Museum From Thebes, Egypt 20th Dynasty, around 1150 BC At forty-two metres, the Great Harris Papyrus is one of the longest papyri

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313Hellenistic art / Aesthetics / Fayum mummy portraits / Faiyum Governorate / Portrait painting / Portrait / Richard Neave / Faiyum / Hawara / Visual arts / Ancient Greek painting / Art of ancient Egypt

Proportion and personality in the Fayum Portraits A.J.N.W. Prag This note stems from a paper given in 1998 to the symposium ‘From the Fayum Portraits to Early Byzantine Icon Painting’ organised by the Vikelaia Munici

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314Ancient Egypt / Africa / Humanities / 3rd millennium BC / TT280 / Eleventh dynasty of Egypt / Meketre / Mentuhotep II

Wooden Model of a Granary with Figure The British Museum From Thebes, Egypt Middle Kingdom, about[removed]BC Many tombs of junior officials, who were not able to afford tombs with elaborate

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315Nile River Delta / Ancient Egypt / Egyptian hieroglyphs / Isis / Mut / African civilizations / Uraeus / Aegis / Kingdom of Kush / Mother goddesses / Religion / Mythology

Aegis of Isis The British Museum From Kawa, Sudan Kushite, late 3rd century BC Ornamental head of a goddess, possibly Isis

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316Ancient Egypt / Ancient history / Twenty-fifth dynasty of Egypt / Visual arts / Agricultural machinery / Plough / Ancient Egyptian literature

Wooden Model of Man Ploughing with Oxen The British Museum From Egypt Middle Kingdom, about[removed]BC An ancient Egyptian farmer at work

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317Khepri / Scarab / Lapis lazuli / Jewellery / Beetle / Senusret II / Carnelian / Ancient Egypt / Gemstones / Egyptian hieroglyphs

Scarab Pendant The British Museum From Egypt Reign of Senwosret II, 12th Dynasty, around 1890 BC Winged scarab of electrum, inlaid with carnelian, green feldspar, and lapis lazuli

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318Writing systems of Africa / Africa / Archaeology / Egyptology / Ancient languages / Writing in Ancient Egypt / Rosetta Stone / Jean-François Champollion / Egyptian hieroglyphs / Egyptian languages / Ancient Egypt / Ancient Egyptian language

Jean François Champollion And the True Story of Egypt The Granger Collection by Muriel Mirak Weissbach

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Language: English - Date: 2008-08-24 23:49:27
319Ancient history / Ancient Egypt / Ancient Egyptian literature / Hornedjitef

Limestone Headrest of Qeniherkhepeshef The British Museum From Deir el-Medina, Egypt 19th Dynasty, around 1225 BC Carved with protective figures of Bes

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320Ancient Egypt / Coffin / Mummy / Hornedjitef / Henutmehyt / Death / Archaeology

Inner Coffin of Henutmehyt The British Museum From the tomb of Henutmehyt, Thebes, Egypt 19th Dynasty, around 1250 BC A Theban priestess

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