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Cornerstone of an altar, showing the 19th Dynasty pharaoh Ramesses II “the Great” (r. 1279-1213 BCE) making an offering.  Found at Heliopolis; now in the  Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin.  Photo credit: Wolfgang Sauber/Wikimedia Commons.

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Head of an ibex

Head of an ibex probably of a sacred barque. Made of bronze and gold. Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, ca. 1070-945 BC. Now in the Neues Museum, Berlin.

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INTERVIEW: UNESCO ARCHIVES DIGITIZATION PROJECT: 

ANCIENT History Encyclopedia has partnered with the UNESCO Archives, which we are very excited about. Our mission aligns very much with UNESCO, wanting to bring about peace and international understanding to the world through cultural heritage and education. We sat down with Mr. Adam Cowling, the Digitization Project Manager to talk about their project and where it is headed. What they do in their archives is absolutely fascinating.

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Head from a Large Statue of a Priest or Dignitary, Egyptian Art

Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1902 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Quartzite

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/545108

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virtual reconstruction of the Sacred Animal Necropolis at North Saqqara “The site is dedicated to the funerary cult of the sacred animals, and consists of various sanctuaries and three catacombs: the Mother of Apis, Baboon, and Falcon Catacombs. Discovered by W.B. Emery in 1955. By David Vacas Madrid

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A Queen Uncovered

Queen Ankhnespepy II was a particularly powerful female leader during Egypt’s Old Kingdom. She married not one but two kings during the Sixth Dynasty – Pepy I and Merenre – and she served as regent when her son Pepy II became king at just six years old. Recently, a Swiss-French archaeological mission at the Saqqara necropolis found the top portions of two obelisks, thankfully with inscriptions to help identify them, which would have marked the entrance to Queen Ankhnespepy II’s funerary temple.  They are the oldest Old Kingdom obelisk fragments found, and would have stood more than 16 feet tall.

The obelisks weren’t impressive just for their height. The two were made out of granite, a material usually reserved for kings. Any ancient Egyptian who saw them would instantly know the the power and stature of Queen Ankhnespepy II.

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Ancient Egyptian wooden spoon with a handle in the shape of a jackal.  Artist unknown; ca. 1539-1292 BCE (18th Dynasty, New Kingdom).  From Saqqara; now in the Brooklyn Museum.

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Recumbent Anubis

Statue of Anubis, god of mummification and the afterlife. Limestone, originally painted black. Anubis is one of the most iconic gods of ancient Egypt.

Temple deposit, Sacred Animal Necropolis, North Saqqara, Memphite Region. Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, ca. 664-30 BC. Now in the Metropolitan Museum.

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Restitution de Pi-Ramsès, la capitale de Ramsès II

Virtual Reconstruction of Pi-Ramesses

Virtuelle Rekonstruktion von Pi-Ramesse

http://www.artefacts-berlin.de/portfolio-item/the-reconstruction-of-pi-ramesse/

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~ Amulet of Ptah and Sekhmet. Period: Late Period, 25th-30th Dynasty Date: 760–332 B.C. Place of origin: Egypt, Giza

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Cat under the chair with a tabby mackerel marking, typical of Felis silvestris lybica (The African wildcat).

Copy of a wall painting from the Tomb of Nakht (TT52). New Kingdom, 18th dynasty, reign of Thutmose IV, ca. 1401-1391 BC. Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, West Thebes. Nina de Garis Davies (1881-1965) Now in the Ashmolean Museum.

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Gold signet-ring 

Ancient Egyptian signet-ring with a rectangular bezel bearing a cartouche with the name of Amenhotep II flanked by Nile gods Hapi. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reign of Amenhotep II, ca. 1427-1400 BC. Now in the British Museum.

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Gabriel Lekegian - View of the pyramids and the Great Sphinx. Eclipse of the sun of August 30, 1905

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Tutankhamen’s Great-Grandfather And Great-Grandmother

Pharaoh Thothmes IV, and Tiaa, his queen, an incomparably beautiful black granite group, discovered at Karnak and now a treasured possession of the Cairo Museum.  The coiffure of the queen, two heavy masses of hair falling down the sides of her face to her breast, calls for special notice.  The statue of the king, believed to be a good portrait, shows a powerfully built man in the full vigour of youthful strength. On his head is the royal uraeus, and around his loins the shenti, kept in place by a buckled belt. halftone print, 1923.

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Temple of Isis, Philae 

The temple of Isis from Philae at its current location on Agilkia Island. The most ancient was a temple for Isis, originally built in the reign of Nectanebo I, 4th century BC.

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Dr. James Henry Breasted, his wife Mrs. Breasted, and their son Charles beside the entrance to the great temple, Abu Simbel; the foot of one of the colossi is visible; photograph taken in 1906. The Oriental Institute of Chicago.

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Senusret I embraces Amun-Kamutef

Relief depicting king Senusret I embraces god Amun-Kamutef (“Bull of his mother”), detail from the White Chapel of Senusret I, Karnak Temple Complex.