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Eternal Egypt: Statuette of Two Deities
This statuette depicts two deities. Behind a bird-headed god sitting on a backless chair stands a goddess stretching her wings to protect him.
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Eternal Egypt: Statuette of a Male Brewer
The statuette depicts a male servant in the act of brewing beer. He is slightly kneeling and wearing a short white kilt.
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of the Goddess Hathor
Hathor wears her typical crown consisting of two cow horns, the sun disk, and two plumes. In her left hand, she probably held the sistrum, or rattle, her favorite musical instrument.
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Eternal Egypt: Magical Statuette of Yuya
The figure is inscribed with two vertical lines of hieroglyphic text from spell number 151 of the Book of the Dead. The statuette is made of cedar wood and is completely enveloped in a wrapping like a mummy. The figure wears a striped...
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Eternal Egypt: Statuette of the God Mamu
One of ten statuettes of deities found in twenty-two black boxes with sealed doors in the treasury of the tomb of Tutankhamun. It represents a little-known deity called Mamu.
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Eternal Egypt: Statuette of a Sitting Girl
The terra-cotta statuette represents a girl sitting on a simple chair with her writing tablet, or board, on her knees.
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Eternal Egypt: Statuette of a Young Dancer
The statuette of a nude figure most probably depicts a dancing girl. The girl has very short black hair with a long braid ending in a heavy ball. Dancers would turn their heads rapidly and the ball would twirl around.
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of a Kneeling King
The king is kneeling, wearing a Shendyt kilt and a Nemes headdress with a uraeus, or royal cobra. His arms are stretched before him in a prayerful manner.
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Eternal Egypt: Standing Statuette of Hapi
This statuette portrays Hapi as a man with full breasts symbolizing the nurturing aspects of the river. He wears papyrus and lotus plants as a headdress and a false beard.
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Eternal Egypt: Statuette of Eros Sleeping
The small statue depicts Eros sleeping. He is lying nude on his left side with his head on his right hand as a pillow. His wings are visible behind him.
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Eternal Egypt: Statuette of Ptah Standing
The god Ptah's body is in the shape of a mummy, leaving only his hands uncovered. He holds the Djed and Ankh signs and the "Was" scepter, which touches his false beard.
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Eternal Egypt: Statuette of the God Anhur
This statuette depicts the warrior and hunter god Anhur wearing a headdress of four plumes.
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Eternal Egypt: Statuette of the God Cupid
A bronze statuette of Cupid, the Roman god of love, called Eros by the Greeks, depicts the god as a child of seven years old with two wings. This statuette has lost a wing and part of one foot.
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Eternal Egypt: Statuette of Winged Osiris
Osiris is wrapped as a mummy with outstretched wings instead of arms. Wings are a sign of protection for the deceased, for whom Osiris is the guardian.
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Eternal Egypt: Statuette of a Female Brewer
This statuette is of a female brewer preparing beer using fermented barley bread sprayed with date liquor.
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Eternal Egypt: Statuette of a High Official
This statuette shows a high official in the costume of festivals. Each piece of this statuette was carved separately and then assembled.
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Eternal Egypt: Statuette of a Standing Lady
This statuette shows a lady wearing a great curly wig that ends with three plaits at the back. The statuette was once gilded and painted.
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Eternal Egypt: Wooden Statuette of a Priest
This wooden statuette shows a priest wearing a long garment with a great central flap.
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Eternal Egypt: Sekhmet Amulet
This faience statuette is a magnificent work of art. Sekhmet is standing with her arms close to her body.
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Eternal Egypt: Standing Statue of Thoth
This statue depicts Thoth as an ibis-headed man. He wears a long wig and a tight kilt. He holds a vase containing a liquid that he would pour on the head of a kneeling worshipper.
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of Pa Nefer Nohem
This statue portrays the god of childhood, Pa-Nefer-Nohem. Although he wears a false beard, he is represented as a child with the side lock of childhood coming from his curly wig.
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Eternal Egypt: Headless Statuette of a Woman
The headless statuette of a woman reflects the start of blending the Egyptian and Hellenistic arts. The woman is standing in the traditional Egyptian style with her arms to her sides and her left foot striding forward.
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of Osiris Iah Thot
Osiris is wearing a headdress consisting of a uraeus, the royal cobra, topped with a lunar disk. Above the disk rises an ibis head and the whole headdress is dominated by the Atef crown.
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Eternal Egypt: Standing Statuette of a Priest
This statuette shows a priest in the costume of the festivals. The statuette once held a scepter and traces of the black color around the eyes are still visible.