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Egyptian sculpture, Luxor Museum, Egypt

Statue of Sobek with crocodile head holding ankh, and Amenhotep III wearing Nemes headdress with uraeus and false royal beard, c. 1390-52 BC, New Kingdom, in alabaster, from the Sobek temple at Dahamsha, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. The statue was later usurped by Ramesses II and carved with his name in hieroglyphs. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Image Size: 7087x4725 / 7.1MB; www.manuelcohen.com; 1390-52 BC Africa African alabaster Amenhotep III Amenhotep the Great Amenhotep the Magnificent Amenophis III ancient Ancient Egypt Ancient Egyptian animal ankh archaeological archaeology archeological archeology beard civilisation civilization cobra collection color image colour image crocodile Dahamsha double statue Egypt Egyptian false beard headdress heritage hieroglyph hieroglyphic history horizontal indoors inscription inside interior key of life king Luxor Luxor Museum museum Neb-Maat-Ra Nemes headdress New Kingdom North Africa North African pharaoh portrait portraiture protection Rameses II Ramesses II Ramses II royal royal beard ruler sculpture Sebek serpent snake Sobek Sobek temple statue stone Thebes tourist attraction Upper Egypt uraeus visitor attraction Waset
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Statue of Sobek with crocodile head holding ankh, and Amenhotep III wearing Nemes headdress with uraeus and false royal beard, c. 1390-52 BC, New Kingdom, in alabaster, from the Sobek temple at Dahamsha, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. The statue was later usurped by Ramesses II and carved with his name in hieroglyphs. Picture by Manuel Cohen