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Eternal Egypt: Marble Molding
This round marble ornament is decorated with a raised carved circle consisting of six cups with double interlaced branches from a six-headed star.
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Eternal Egypt: Panel With Eagle
This oblong panel has a circular top, over which is a gable of two connected triangles, separated by a decoration in the form of dots.
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Eternal Egypt: Plaque Made of Rock
A plaque made of basalt, or a dark rock, in the shape of a rectangle is decorated with a pentagonal rose.
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Eternal Egypt: Panel of Zeus and Leda
The low-relief carved in limestone shows the mythological union of Leda and Zeus, who is disguised in the form of a swan.
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Eternal Egypt: Terra Sigillata Plaque
A fragment of a plaque on which, at the top, two persons are shown facing each other with a tree between them. The two were called respectively, the Mauritanian and the African. At the top of the scene there are two figures of predatory...
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Eternal Egypt: Painting of Zeus and Leda
A painted low-relief depicts Zeus and Leda. Zeus took the shape of a swan and abducted Leda with the help of Eros, the god of love. The engraving shows the influence of Ancient Greek mythology in the Christian era.
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Eternal Egypt: Pannel With a Singer in Prayer
This panel is of a singer standing in prayer while in the process of making a necklace.
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Eternal Egypt: Marble Panel With Mihrab Design
The marble panel with a mihrab, or niche, design is decorated with a lamp and two candlesticks set on a geometric and plant-like background, bearing a Naskh inscription.
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Eternal Egypt: Wooden Panel With Winged Animal
An oblong wooden panel, cut not very deep, is framed with an undulated, or wavy, floral branch. The center of the panel is decorated with animals and a winged creature with a human head.
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Eternal Egypt: Marble Panel With Pairs of Birds
The marble panel depicts an abstracted tree with three oval areas, each containing a pair of birds face to face. The upper section has a pair of fish with closed mouths.
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Eternal Egypt: Painted Tablet Depicting a Cross
This Christian fresco shows a painted Latin cross. The background of the cross itself is painted yellow and decorated with red and green squares.
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Eternal Egypt: Stucco Window With Colored Glass
An oblong window from stucco with colored glass. It is divided into three horizontal oblong zones. Windows like this were used in various buildings to reduce the strong sunlight that penetrates plain glass windows. Also they produce a...