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Eternal Egypt: Stela of Shedi
This stela shows the owner, Shedi, in a starched kilt in one scene and wearing the traditional kilt in another. The main scene depicts him sitting at an offering table.
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Eternal Egypt: Musicians Playing
This block shows a musical party. The left side of the block shows six girls holding musical instruments. To the right, two men are playing a harp and others are keeping the rhythm by clapping their hands.
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Eternal Egypt: Relief of Horhotep
This low-relief shows Horhotep, Priest of Buto, seated on a chair that has lion's paws. He is receiving offerings from eight men and women.
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Eternal Egypt: Relief of Tep Em Ankh
This low-relief of Tep-em-Ankh shows a nude man being grasped around the legs by a large monkey. A second man leads a female monkey who is carrying a baby.
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Eternal Egypt: Low Relief of Niuserre
This low-relief shows how King Niuserre's funerary furniture was taken to his tomb by a number of men who are carrying his personal belongings.
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Eternal Egypt: Trading Scenes of Punt
This block records a trading expedition to the land of Punt. The Ruler of Punt and his wife receive the Egyptian goods of jewelry and a golden dagger.
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Eternal Egypt: Low Relief of the Heb Sed
On this low-relief, the king is represented in the form of Osiris. He comes out of his palace and performs the ceremonial run of the Heb Sed festival.
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Eternal Egypt: Nefertiti Worshiping Aten
This block illustrates Queen Nefertiti worshiping the god Aten in the form of the sun disk, the rays of which end in human hands holding Ankh signs.
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Eternal Egypt: Relief of Boatmen Jousting
This relief shows a sporting competition of boatmen in a small stream or pond full of water lilies.
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Eternal Egypt: Marble Panel of Saint Minas
The marble relief depicts Saint Minas with two seated camels on either side of him. He is standing and raising his hands toward heaven in prayer.
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Eternal Egypt: Relief of Ptolemy the First
This relief represents King Ptolemy the First standing and making offerings to Thoth. Thoth is represented in his sacred forms, the baboon and the ibis.
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Eternal Egypt: Relief of Two Papyrus Boats
This low-relief shows a beautiful nature scene of two boats made of papyrus in the marshes of the Delta. Several details add life and realism to the scene.
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Eternal Egypt: Scenes From Punt Expedition
These scenes show some details of the expedition that Queen Hatshepsut sent along the Red Sea to Punt, now known as Somalia.
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Eternal Egypt: Block Showing a Woman's Face
This limestone block, sculpted in sunken relief, depicts a woman's face and part of her chest.
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Eternal Egypt: Nefertiti Making an Offering
Queen Nefertiti is depicted with a long face, narrow slanting eyes, long nose, thick lips, and drooping chin. She wears a curly wig and raises her arms in adoration.
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Eternal Egypt: Queen Nefertiti in Nubian Wig
The relief, now incomplete, once showed Queen Nefertiti with her arms upraised making an offering to Aten. She wears a Nubian wig. This wig was first worn by Nubian mercenaries and later was made fashionable by Nefertiti and her daughters.
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Eternal Egypt: Relief of Nefer Hotep and Son
This relief depicts Nefer-Hotep standing and wearing a leopard skin as a sign of his priestly rank. In front of him stands his son, who is embracing his father's leg.
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Eternal Egypt: Relief of Psammetik the First
This relief depicts King Psammetik the First making an offering to the gods Osiris and Horus.
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Eternal Egypt: Relief of a Woman Giving Birth
This plaque shows a woman on the birthing-chair, being assisted by two women with Hathor heads and crowns, the Hathor crown consists of two horns with the sun disk between them and tall plumes. Hathor acted as nurse and was the patroness...
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Eternal Egypt: Relief of Birds in the Marshes
This relief was discovered in the funerary temple of King Userkaf. It depicts a flock of birds in papyrus marshes.
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Eternal Egypt: Sandstone Block With Akhenaten
The block shows King Akhenaten wearing the Red Crown and holding the ceremonial crook and flail. When complete, the relief would have shown him in a short jubilee cloak.
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Eternal Egypt: Low Relief From the Tomb of Ipy
This low-relief is decorated with a scene of Ipy on a chair carried by men. In other scenes, farmers load a donkey with crops, harvest corn and flax, and slaughter oxen.
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Eternal Egypt: Old Kingdom Relief of Unas Ankh
This sunk relief from the Old Kingdom is carved in a provincial style. It shows the owner, Unas-ankh, with a plain wig and broad collar. In front of him are two registers, or sections, with portrayals of his relatives.
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Eternal Egypt: Low Relief of Baking and Brewing
This low-relief shows twelve men making beer. They are shown first fermenting bread and then squeezing the wet mash through sieves to collect the liquid in jars.