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Eternal Egypt: Statue of Osiris With Atef Crown

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete statue depicts Osiris in the form of a mummy with his hands on his chest, holding two ankh scepters, the sign of life. He wears the Atef Crown.
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of Recumbent Hippopotamus

For Students 9th - 10th
Statue of recumbent hippopotamus, the body is made of blue glazed faience and is adorned with nice drawings of aquatic plants showing flowers and foliage.
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of Tjay and His Wife Naia

For Students 9th - 10th
Tjay and Naia sit on the same high-backed seat. The man is wearing an elaborate wig which partially hides his ears and his wife is wearing a long wig reaching her chest. Her right arm is round her husband's waist in a sign of affection...
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Eternal Egypt: Baboon of the God Thoth

For Students 9th - 10th
This statue of the baboon of Thoth, represents the deity seated with all the details of the face, the mane, and the hair covering the upper part of the body while leaving the fingers visible. The statue is adorned with a broad pectoral...
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Eternal Egypt: King Ramesses the Third

For Students 9th - 10th
Ramesses the Third erected this statue in front of the First Pylon of Luxor temple. He is shown sitting on his throne wearing the nemes headdress and the ceremonial beard.
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Eternal Egypt: Shawabti of Tutankhamun

For Students 9th - 10th
The Shawabti, or funerary, figures were usually made of faience, wood, or pottery and were intended to perform work in the place of the deceased in the afterlife. This Shawabti of gilded wood is an image of the young king wearing the...
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Eternal Egypt: Head of Queen Hatshepsut

For Students 9th - 10th
This head is part of a statue that shows Queen Hatshepsut wearing the White Crown of Upper Egypt, which was originally adorned, as with all her statues, with the royal cobra (uraeus); it is now missing. She wears the false beard, because...
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Eternal Egypt: Torso of an Unknown Queen

For Students 9th - 10th
The torso of this statue is of an unknown queen standing, wearing an elaborate dress decorated with long parallel feathers.
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Eternal Egypt: Ibis Bird on a Wooden Base

For Students 9th - 10th
This statue represents an ibis, a bird of the Nile with long legs, a long curved bill, and red eyes, standing on a wooden base.
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Eternal Egypt: Sphinx of Queen Hatshepsut

For Students 9th - 10th
This sphinx is an elegant feminine portrait of Hatshepsut. It is carved in a fairly classical pose. The front legs extend forward and the tail curls around the right hind leg.
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Eternal Egypt: Sphinx of Queen Hatshepsut

For Students 9th - 10th
This sphinx of Queen Hatshepsut is different from the traditional Egyptian sphinx. It has a human face, a lion's head with mane and ears, and a lion's body.
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Eternal Egypt: Bearer of the Gold of Honor

For Students 9th - 10th
The high official wears the double collar known as the "Gold of Honor." It was awarded by the king to courtiers and military men who had demonstrated extraordinary valour.
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Eternal Egypt: Horus With the Double Crown

For Students 9th - 10th
The statue depicts the falcon Horus wearing the Double Crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. It stands majestically, as if prepared to protect its dedicator. The eyes are large and outlined with relief and the beak is short and neat. Some...
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Eternal Egypt: Maidservant Sifting the Corn

For Students 9th - 10th
This statue depicts a maidservant seated on a base and sifting corn with a sieve, which is laid on a basket on the base in front of her. The face of the maid is round and carefully rendered, showing the features of a middle-aged woman....
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Eternal Egypt: Sphinx of Amenemhat the Third

For Students 9th - 10th
Seven sphinxes of Amenemhat were found in Tanis in the eastern Delta. They were thus called the Tanite sphinxes. Instead of the traditional Nemes headdress, the pharaoh's face is framed by a massive lion's mane that increases the sense...
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Eternal Egypt: Torso of One of the Ptolemies

For Students 9th - 10th
This torso of one of the Ptolemies is sculpted in the Egyptian style. The rest of the statue is broken.
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Eternal Egypt: Small Torso of the God Serapis

For Students 9th - 10th
A small torso of the god Serapis made of terracotta. He is carrying the Kalathos, basket of sacred secrets. Serapis is depicted by his hair and beard thick and curly.
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Eternal Egypt: Sphinx of Amenhotep the Second

For Students 9th - 10th
The human faces of sphinxes usually have the same facial features as the kings who reigned when the sphinxes were made. This sphinx portrays King Amenhotep the Second.
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Eternal Egypt: Wooden Statue With Inlaid Eyes

For Students 9th - 10th
A statue that may be of a noble of Assiut, which was a province of Middle Egypt. It depicts him standing with his left leg forward, he is wearing a black, curly wig and a plastered kilt. He is holding a scepter and a long staff. The most...
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Eternal Egypt: Head of a Statue With Short Wig

For Students 9th - 10th
The alabaster head of the statue portrays a man wearing a short wig in the shape of a skullcap. The head was painted in black to define the hair, the cosmetic lines of the eyes, and the mustache.
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Eternal Egypt: Sphinx Representing Tutankhamun

For Students 9th - 10th
According to the features of the statue, the deep eye cavities, the channels of beard and the royal head cloth, this sphinx may be attributed to the reign of Tutankhamun.
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Eternal Egypt: Standing Statue Offering Osiris

For Students 9th - 10th
This statue of a man holding a plate is topped by a statue of the god Osiris.
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Eternal Egypt: Ameneminet Begging for Offerings

For Students 9th - 10th
Ameneminet is squatting with his hand to his mouth imploring visitors to give him offerings. Before him stands a sistrum, or rattle, a symbol of the goddess Hathor.
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Eternal Egypt: Statues of Memphis' Sacred Triad

For Students 9th - 10th
The statues represent the sacred triad of the city of Memphis, the capital of Egypt during the Old Kingdom, which is now known as Mit Rahina. They are depicted standing on a single high base and with a large dorsal pillar, which connects...