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  • Head of Tuthmosis III, 1485-21 BC, 6th pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of the New Kingdom, in alabaster, found at the mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II at Deir el Bahri, in the Egyptian Museum on Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. The museum houses collections of ancient Egyptian artefacts, built 1901, designed by Marcel Dourgnon, and inaugurated in 1902. It is the oldest archaeological museum in the Middle East and houses the largest collection of Egyptian antiquities in the world. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Main hall of the Egyptian Museum on Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, housing collections of ancient Egyptian artefacts, built 1901, designed by Marcel Dourgnon, and inaugurated in 1902. It is the oldest archaeological museum in the Middle East and houses the largest collection of Egyptian antiquities in the world. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colossus of Ramesses II, 1303–1213 BC, 3rd pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of the New Kingdom, c. 1279-03 BC in pink granite, from Hermopolis, in the Egyptian Museum on Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. The statue was usurped by Ramses' son and successor Merenptah, who carved his name on the shoulders, breast, and base. The museum houses collections of ancient Egyptian artefacts, built 1901, designed by Marcel Dourgnon, and inaugurated in 1902. It is the oldest archaeological museum in the Middle East and houses the largest collection of Egyptian antiquities in the world. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wooden quiver with arrows, and 2 model wooden shields, painted with cowhide patterns, ancient Egyptian, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Tuthmosis III, 6th pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, wearing Nemes headdress with protective uraeus, false royal beard and kilt with buckle inscribed with his cartouche, 1490-36 BC, New Kingdom, greywacke sandstone, from the Karnak Temple, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. This statue is one of the finest in ancient Egypt, with the king eternally youthful and confidant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Tuthmosis III, 6th pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty, detail, wearing Nemes headdress with protective uraeus, false royal beard and kilt with buckle inscribed with his cartouche, 1490-36 BC, New Kingdom, greywacke sandstone, from the Karnak Temple, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. This statue is one of the finest in ancient Egypt, with the king eternally youthful and confidant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Paser, chief archer, and his wife Henut, 1279-13 BC, Ramesside Period, from the New Kingdom fortress at Tell el Hibua, at Sinai, grey granite, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Tell el Hibua was one of the first outspots along the ancient road of Horus, travelled by the pharaoh and his army on their way to military campaigns in Syria Palestine. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wooden A-frame with a stone plumb bob, used to level the horizon during construction work, used by Egyptian architects, probably belonged to artisans from Deir el-Medina who built the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • West tower of the Pylon of Ramesses II, built c. 1260, 19th dynasty, New Kingdom, and the Court of Ramesses II, 57x51m with 74 papyrus columns and colossal statues of Ramesses II, and colonnade, at the Luxor Temple, built c. 1392 BC, under Amenhotep III, 18th dynasty, New Kingdom, and Tutankhamun, Horemheb and Ramesses II, at Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. In the distance is the Mosque of Abu Haggag, converted from a christian church in 640 AD, originally part of the ancient Egyptian temple itself. Thebes is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pylon of Ramesses II, built c. 1260, 19th dynasty, New Kingdom, and the Court of Ramesses II, 57x51m with 74 papyrus columns and colossal statues of Ramesses II, at the Luxor Temple, built c. 1392 BC, under Amenhotep III, 18th dynasty, New Kingdom, and Tutankhamun, Horemheb and Ramesses II, at Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. On the right is the Mosque of Abu Haggag, converted from a christian church in 640 AD, originally part of the ancient Egyptian temple itself. Thebes is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • West tower of the Pylon of Ramesses II, built c. 1260, 19th dynasty, New Kingdom, and the Court of Ramesses II, 57x51m with 74 papyrus columns and colossal statues of Ramesses II, at the Luxor Temple, built c. 1392 BC, under Amenhotep III, 18th dynasty, New Kingdom, and Tutankhamun, Horemheb and Ramesses II, at Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. In the distance is the Mosque of Abu Haggag, converted from a christian church in 640 AD, originally part of the ancient Egyptian temple itself. Thebes is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pylon of Ramesses II, built c. 1260, 19th dynasty, New Kingdom, and the Court of Ramesses II, 57x51m with 74 papyrus columns and colossal statues of Ramesses II, at the Luxor Temple, built c. 1392 BC, under Amenhotep III, 18th dynasty, New Kingdom, and Tutankhamun, Horemheb and Ramesses II, at Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. In the distance is the Mosque of Abu Haggag, converted from a christian church in 640 AD, originally part of the ancient Egyptian temple itself. Thebes is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pylon of Ramesses II, built c. 1260, 19th dynasty, New Kingdom, and the Court of Ramesses II, 57x51m with 74 papyrus columns and colossal statues of Ramesses II, at the Luxor Temple, built c. 1392 BC, under Amenhotep III, 18th dynasty, New Kingdom, and Tutankhamun, Horemheb and Ramesses II, at Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. In the distance is the Mosque of Abu Haggag, converted from a christian church in 640 AD, originally part of the ancient Egyptian temple itself. Thebes is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Arrival of the Egyptian troops in Punt, painted relief of the Expedition to the Land of Punt, on the Punt Portico on the middle terrace of the mortuary temple of Hatshepsut, built 15th century BC, at Deir el-Bahari in the Theban Necropolis, Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. The Egyptians took 5 boats of goods to Punt in Somalia to trade for frankincense trees, gold, ebony, ivory and exotic animals. Queen Hatshepsut was the 5th pharaoh of the 18th dynasty in the New Kingdom. The temple consists of 3 terraces built into the cliffs, with the sanctuary of the barque of Amun-Re, Hathor shrine and Anubis shrine. The Theban Necropolis is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Arrival of the Egyptian troops in Punt and the king of Somalia (left), painted relief of the Expedition to the Land of Punt, on the Punt Portico on the middle terrace of the mortuary temple of Hatshepsut, built 15th century BC, at Deir el-Bahari in the Theban Necropolis, Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. The Egyptians took 5 boats of goods to Punt in Somalia to trade for frankincense trees, gold, ebony, ivory and exotic animals. Queen Hatshepsut was the 5th pharaoh of the 18th dynasty in the New Kingdom. The temple consists of 3 terraces built into the cliffs, with the sanctuary of the barque of Amun-Re, Hathor shrine and Anubis shrine. The Theban Necropolis is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpture of Sekhmet, goddess of war and healing (woman with a lioness' head), with sun disc, date unknown, from the Mut Precinct at Karnak, grey granite, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Seated scribal statue of Amenhotep, son of Hapu, 18th dynasty, an official in the reign of Amenhotep III, New Kingdom, grey granite, from Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. The inscription identifies it as an intermediary between the public, not otherwise allowed access to the temple precinct, and the god Amun. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Victory parade, with standard bearers followed by soldiers carrying shields, lances, and swords, celebrating a military victory in Kush, late 18th dynasty, painted sandstone relief, from a chapel or temple wall in Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Thai, royal scribe and overseer of the stables during the reign of Amenhotep III, 18th dynasty, in ebony from Saqqara, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. The gold collar, bracelets and armlets are the gold of honour, awarded by the king for bravery on the battlefield or great loyalty. Also known as shebyu collars, these were important as solar symbols. When discovered, the statue was wrapped in linen, traces of which still remain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Ramses III, 2nd pharaoh of the 20th dynasty, detail, 1186-55 BC, wearing short wig with double crown and pleated clothes, cult statue in greywacke from the Mut Precinct at Karnak, New Kingdom, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. He was originally depicted with the mummiform god Osiris. The statue was discovered in 2 parts in the 1930s and in 2002. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Ramses III, 2nd pharaoh of the 20th dynasty, detail, 1186-55 BC, wearing short wig with double crown and pleated clothes, cult statue in greywacke from the Mut Precinct at Karnak, New Kingdom, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. He was originally depicted with the mummiform god Osiris. The statue was discovered in 2 parts in the 1930s and in 2002. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Block statue of Yamunedjeh the scribe, royal herald and architect, 18th dynasty, 1479-25 BC, New Kingdom, reign of Tuthmosis III, grey granite, from Qurna, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. The statue was discovered near Tuthmosis III's mortuary temple and its inscription describes how he accompanied the king to Syria in Year 33. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Female fertility figurine, depicted naked with arms at the hips, shaved head with 3 head-locks, and legs without feet, limestone, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Seti I, 2nd pharaoh of the 19th dynasty, New Kingdom, 1323-1279 BC, alabaster, from Karnak in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. The statue has been extensively restored by the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Canopic jar lid with sculpture of queen Tuya, mother of Ramesses II and wife of Seti I, 19th dynasty, from a vessel which once contained her viscera, 1300-1250 BC, from the Valley of the Queens, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Votive kneeling statue of Nitocris, female pharaoh of the 6th dynasty in the Old Kingdom, with a statuette of goddess Aba, 26th dynasty, 3rd intermediate period, from the Karnak temple, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Queen Hatshepsut as a women making offerings to the god Amun, detail, 1475-68 BC, 18th dynasty, New Kingdom, limestone relief from Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colossal head of Amenhotep I, 2nd pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, wearing a tall crown with a protective uraeus, 1525-04 BC, New Kingdom, from the Temple of Amon in Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colossal head of Amenhotep I, 2nd pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, wearing a tall crown with a protective uraeus, 1525-04 BC, New Kingdom, from the Temple of Amon in Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Men carrying goods, working in temple storehouses, workshops and breweries, painted sandstone relief, 1365-60 BC, 18th dynasty, New Kingdom, from the wall of the Temple of Amenhotep IV in Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Many fragments like this, or talatat, were used as filling material, removed from the interior of the 9th pylon at Karnak. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Man driving oxen, working in temple storehouses, workshops and breweries, painted sandstone relief, 1365-60 BC, from the wall of the Temple of Amenhotep IV in Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Many fragments like this, or talatat, were used as filling material, removed from the interior of the 9th pylon at Karnak. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Man using weighing scales, working in temple storehouses, workshops and breweries, painted sandstone relief, 1365-60 BC, from the wall of the Temple of Amenhotep IV in Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Many fragments like this, or talatat, were used as filling material, removed from the interior of the 9th pylon at Karnak. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colossal statue of Akhenaton or Amenhotep IV, 10th pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, detail, wearing the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt and false royal beard, holding heka and wast, symbols of judgement, c. 1365-60 BC, sandstone, from Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. The early Amarna style representations of Amenhotep IV are executed in an exaggerated, rather than idealised, style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colossal statue of Akhenaton or Amenhotep IV, 10th pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, wearing the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt and false royal beard, holding heka and wast, symbols of judgement, c. 1365-60 BC, sandstone, from Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. The early Amarna style representations of Amenhotep IV are executed in an exaggerated, rather than idealised, style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colossal statue of Akhenaton or Amenhotep IV, 10th pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, detail, wearing the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt and false royal beard, holding heka and wast, symbols of judgement, c. 1365-60 BC, sandstone, from Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. The early Amarna style representations of Amenhotep IV are executed in an exaggerated, rather than idealised, style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pillar of Sesotris I, 2nd pharaoh of the 12th dynasty, Middle Kingdom, depicting the king in the form of Osiris, god of the afterlife, with arms folded and holding 2 ankhs or keys of life, with false royal beard, from the courtyard of the Amun temple in Karnak, limestone, 1971-26 BC, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colossal statue of Akhenaton or Amenhotep IV, 10th pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, detail, wearing the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt and false royal beard, holding heka and wast, symbols of judgement, c. 1365-60 BC, sandstone, from Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. The early Amarna style representations of Amenhotep IV are executed in an exaggerated, rather than idealised, style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colossal statue of Akhenaton or Amenhotep IV, 10th pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, wearing the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt and false royal beard, holding heka and wast, symbols of judgement, c. 1365-60 BC, sandstone, from Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. The early Amarna style representations of Amenhotep IV are executed in an exaggerated, rather than idealised, style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Amenhotep III, 9th pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, wearing double crown with protective uraeus and false royal beard, 1403-1365 BC, New Kingdom, from Qurna, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. This head was part of a colossal statue, one of a series decorating the funeral temple of the king in western Thebes. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sphinx of Tutankhamun, wearing tall crown and Nemes headdress, 18th dynasty, 1347-30 BC, New Kingdom, polychrome alabaster, from the Valley of the Kings, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Amenhotep III, 9th pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, wearing double crown with protective uraeus and false royal beard, 1405-1367 BC, New Kingdom, pink quartzite, from the Luxor temple, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. The statue was originally adorned with gold armlets. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Seated headless statue of Mentuhotep, sitting cross legged and working as a scribe, about to write, 1971-36 BC, Middle Kingdom, granite, from the Karnak temple, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Mentuhotep was a scribe, vizier and prime minister in the reign of Senusret I. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Standing statue of Amenemhat III, 6th pharaoh of the 12th dynasty, wearing Nemes headdress with protective uraeus, Middle Kingdom, 1841-1792 BC, black granite, from the Karnak temple, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cartouches of Thutmosis III, with priests in adoring stances facing inwards, and inscription in hieroglyphs, limestone lintel with polychrome  in red, green and yellow, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Amun-Min, or Amun merged with the fertility god Minin profile wearing double crown, collar and false beard, god of the Hermopolitan Ogdoad, painted limestone relief, 1479-25 BC, New Kingdom, from the Temple of Thutmosis III, 18th dynasty, at Deir el Bahri, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. This relief was later destroyed and restored. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Ramesses VI, 5th pharaoh of the 20th dynasty, wearing double crown, Nemes headdress and false royal beard, presenting a votive statuette of Amun-Re, 1150-45 BC, New Kingdom, green schist, from Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. The statue was usurped from Ramesses IV or V and altered. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Ramesses VI, 5th pharaoh of the 20th dynasty, detail, wearing double crown, Nemes headdress and false royal beard, presenting a votive statuette of Amun-Re, 1150-45 BC, New Kingdom, green schist, from Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. The statue was usurped from Ramesses IV or V and altered. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Ramesses VI, 5th pharaoh of the 20th dynasty, detail, wearing double crown, Nemes headdress and false royal beard, presenting a votive statuette of Amun-Re, 1150-45 BC, New Kingdom, green schist, from Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. The statue was usurped from Ramesses IV or V and altered. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stela of Ramesses III, 2nd pharaoh of the 20th dynasty, with relief of the pharaoh wearing a tall crown and false royal beard, presenting an offering to the god Amun Re, with inscription in hieroglyphs, 1193-62 BC, New Kingdom, sandstone, from Qurna, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Amun and Mut, part of a group of statues of the god Amun and his wife the goddess Mut, on the throne of king Seti I, 1224 BC, New Kingdom, granite, from the Karnak Temple, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Second stela of Kamose, last pharaoh of the Theban 17th dynasty, detail, with inscription in hieroglyphs detailing his his victories over the Hyksos, whom he pushed back into their Delta capital of Avaris, limestone, from Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Horse of Amenhotep II, detail from relief of the pharaoh on a chariot shooting arrows at a target,  with an inscription in hieroglyphs boasting of his strength and prowess, 18th dynasty, 1426-00 BC, red granite, from Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Amenhotep II, 7th pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, New Kingdom, wearing double crown and false royal beard, red granite, from Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. This would probably have been a seated statue but only the top half remains. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Amenhotep II, 7th pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, New Kingdom, wearing double crown and false royal beard, red granite, from Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. This would probably have been a seated statue but only the top half remains. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of Nakhtmin, royal scribe and army general under Tutankhamun and his successors, part of a fragmentary monolithic statue of husband and wife, 1336-27 BC, 18th dynasty, New Kingdom, limestone, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. There are remains of the ostrich-plume fan on the wig, symbol of his rank. He was supplanted by Horemheb, who may have had this statue destroyed. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of Nakhtmin, royal scribe and army general under Tutankhamun and his successors, part of a fragmentary monolithic statue of husband and wife, 1336-27 BC, 18th dynasty, New Kingdom, limestone, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. There are remains of the ostrich-plume fan on the wig, symbol of his rank. He was supplanted by Horemheb, who may have had this statue destroyed. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Nebre, military commander of the Zawyet Umm El Rakham fortress near the Libyan border, under Ramesses II, holding his staff of office topped by the head of Sekhmet, lioness-headed goddess of war, 19th dynasty, sandstone, from Zawyet Umm El Rakham, Mersa Matruh, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Nebre, military commander of the Zawyet Umm El Rakham fortress near the Libyan border, under Ramesses II, holding his staff of office topped by the head of Sekhmet, lioness-headed goddess of war, 19th dynasty, sandstone, from Zawyet Umm El Rakham, Mersa Matruh, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Seated scribal statue of Amenhotep, son of Hapu, 18th dynasty, an official in the reign of Amenhotep III, New Kingdom, grey granite, from Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. The inscription identifies it as an intermediary between the public, not otherwise allowed access to the temple precinct, and the god Amun. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Sekhmet, goddess of war and healing (woman with a lioness' head), 18th dynasty, reign of Amenhotep III, grey granite, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Block statue of Yamunedjeh the scribe, royal herald and architect, 18th dynasty, 1479-25 BC, New Kingdom, reign of Tuthmosis III, grey granite, from Qurna, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. The statue was discovered near Tuthmosis III's mortuary temple and its inscription describes how he accompanied the king to Syria in Year 33. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Sekhmet, goddess of war and healing (woman with a lioness' head), 18th dynasty, reign of Amenhotep III, grey granite, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Block statue of Yamunedjeh the scribe, royal herald and architect, 18th dynasty, 1479-25 BC, New Kingdom, reign of Tuthmosis III, grey granite, from Qurna, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. The statue was discovered near Tuthmosis III's mortuary temple and its inscription describes how he accompanied the king to Syria in Year 33. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Victory parade, with standard bearers followed by soldiers carrying shields, lances, and swords, celebrating a military victory in Kush, late 18th dynasty, painted sandstone relief, from a chapel or temple wall in Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Victory parade, with standard bearers followed by soldiers carrying shields, lances, and swords, celebrating a military victory in Kush, late 18th dynasty, painted sandstone relief, from a chapel or temple wall in Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Officer wearing the Gold of Honour, 18th dynasty, painted sandstone, Middle Kingdom, c. 1427-1391 BC, from Qau el-Kebir, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. The gold collar, bracelets and armlets are the gold of honour, awarded by the king for bravery on the battlefield or great loyalty. Also known as shebyu collars, these were important as solar symbols. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Officer wearing the Gold of Honour, 18th dynasty, painted sandstone, Middle Kingdom, c. 1427-1391 BC, from Qau el-Kebir, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. The gold collar, bracelets and armlets are the gold of honour, awarded by the king for bravery on the battlefield or great loyalty. Also known as shebyu collars, these were important as solar symbols. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Shabti or mummiform funerary statuette of the 'Scribe of the 2 treasuries of the lord of the 2 lands, Usernakht', faience, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Sekhmet, goddess of war and healing (woman with a lioness' head), 18th dynasty, reign of Amenhotep III, grey granite, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Ramses III, 2nd pharaoh of the 20th dynasty, 1186-55 BC, wearing short wig with double crown and pleated clothes, cult statue in greywacke from the Mut Precinct at Karnak, New Kingdom, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. He was originally depicted with the mummiform god Osiris. The statue was discovered in 2 parts in the 1930s and in 2002. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Ramses III, 2nd pharaoh of the 20th dynasty, detail, 1186-55 BC, wearing short wig with double crown and pleated clothes, cult statue in greywacke from the Mut Precinct at Karnak, New Kingdom, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. He was originally depicted with the mummiform god Osiris. The statue was discovered in 2 parts in the 1930s and in 2002. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC22_EGYPT_MC_0023.jpg
  • Mummy of a pharaoh, possibly Ramesses I, late 18th - early 19th dynasty, 1292-1290 BC, from Deir el-Bahari, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Mentuhotep III, pharaoh in the 11th dynasty, depicted as Osiris, god of the afterlife, with crossed arms wearing tall crown with false royal beard and full-length cloak, sandstone, Middle Kingdom, 2010-1998 BC, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Mentuhotep III, pharaoh in the 11th dynasty, depicted as Osiris, god of the afterlife, with crossed arms wearing tall crown with false royal beard and full-length cloak, sandstone, Middle Kingdom, 2010-1998 BC, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC22_EGYPT_MC_0028.jpg
  • Queen Hatshepsut as a women making offerings to the god Amun, 1475-68 BC, 18th dynasty, New Kingdom, limestone relief from Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Queen Hatshepsut following her husband Thutmosis II, originally depicted as a royal consort, wearing a long dress and holding the sceptre of the god's wives, later modified, relief from a wall fragment, 18th dynasty, c. 1480 BC, New Kingdom, limestone, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colossal head of Amenhotep I, 2nd pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, wearing a tall crown with a protective uraeus, 1525-04 BC, New Kingdom, from the Temple of Amon in Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Amenhotep III, 9th pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, wearing double crown with protective uraeus and false royal beard, with left fist closed suggesting the statue originally stood to the left of a doorway, 1403-1365 BC, granite, from the Luxor Temple, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head from a colossal statue of Akhenaten or Amenhotep IV, 10th pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, wearing double crown with protective uraeus, c. 1380-35 BC, sandstone, from Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. The early Amarna style representations of Amenhotep IV are executed in an exaggerated, rather than idealised, style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head from a colossal statue of Akhenaten or Amenhotep IV, 10th pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, wearing double crown with protective uraeus, c. 1380-35 BC, sandstone, from Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. The early Amarna style representations of Amenhotep IV are executed in an exaggerated, rather than idealised, style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head from a colossal statue of Akhenaten or Amenhotep IV, 10th pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, wearing double crown with protective uraeus, c. 1380-35 BC, sandstone, from Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. The early Amarna style representations of Amenhotep IV are executed in an exaggerated, rather than idealised, style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC22_EGYPT_MC_0041.jpg
  • Men carrying goods, working in temple storehouses, workshops and breweries, painted sandstone relief, 1365-60 BC, from the wall of the Temple of Amenhotep IV in Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Many fragments like this, or talatat, were used as filling material, removed from the interior of the 9th pylon at Karnak. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC22_EGYPT_MC_0043.jpg
  • Men carrying goods, working in temple storehouses, workshops and breweries, painted sandstone relief, 1365-60 BC, from the wall of the Temple of Amenhotep IV in Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Many fragments like this, or talatat, were used as filling material, removed from the interior of the 9th pylon at Karnak. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC22_EGYPT_MC_0044.jpg
  • Men working in temple storehouses, workshops and breweries, painted sandstone relief, 1365-60 BC, from the wall of the Temple of Amenhotep IV in Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Many fragments like this, or talatat, were used as filling material, removed from the interior of the 9th pylon at Karnak. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC22_EGYPT_MC_0045.jpg
  • Men working in temple storehouses, workshops and breweries, painted sandstone relief, 1365-60 BC, from the wall of the Temple of Amenhotep IV in Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Many fragments like this, or talatat, were used as filling material, removed from the interior of the 9th pylon at Karnak. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC22_EGYPT_MC_0046.jpg
  • Men working in temple storehouses, workshops and breweries, painted sandstone relief, 1365-60 BC, from the wall of the Temple of Amenhotep IV in Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Many fragments like this, or talatat, were used as filling material, removed from the interior of the 9th pylon at Karnak. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC22_EGYPT_MC_0047.jpg
  • Men carrying equipment, working in temple storehouses, workshops and breweries, painted sandstone relief, 1365-60 BC, from the wall of the Temple of Amenhotep IV in Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Many fragments like this, or talatat, were used as filling material, removed from the interior of the 9th pylon at Karnak. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC22_EGYPT_MC_0049.jpg
  • Men carrying goods, working in temple storehouses, workshops and breweries, painted sandstone relief, 1365-60 BC, from the wall of the Temple of Amenhotep IV in Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Many fragments like this, or talatat, were used as filling material, removed from the interior of the 9th pylon at Karnak. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC22_EGYPT_MC_0050.jpg
  • Colossal statue of Akhenaton or Amenhotep IV, 10th pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, detail, wearing the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt and false royal beard, holding heka and wast, symbols of judgement, c. 1365-60 BC, sandstone, from Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. The early Amarna style representations of Amenhotep IV are executed in an exaggerated, rather than idealised, style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC22_EGYPT_MC_0058.jpg
  • Colossal statue of Akhenaton or Amenhotep IV, 10th pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, detail, wearing the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt and false royal beard, holding heka and wast, symbols of judgement, c. 1365-60 BC, sandstone, from Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. The early Amarna style representations of Amenhotep IV are executed in an exaggerated, rather than idealised, style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • False door stela, with carved double gateway representing the door to the hereafter, used in tomb architecture since the third millennium BC, <br />
2nd - 1st century BC, sandstone, from Thebes, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Amenhotep III, 9th pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, detail, wearing double crown with protective uraeus and false royal beard, 1405-1367 BC, New Kingdom, pink quartzite, from the Luxor temple, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. The statue was originally adorned with gold armlets. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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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
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  • Colossal statue of Akhenaton or Amenhotep IV, 10th pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, detail, wearing the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt and false royal beard, holding heka and wast, symbols of judgement, c. 1365-60 BC, sandstone, from Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. The early Amarna style representations of Amenhotep IV are executed in an exaggerated, rather than idealised, style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of the god Amun of Karnak, depicted as king Tutankhamun, holding Isis knots, limestone, New Kingdom, 1347-36 BC, from the Karnak temple, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of the god Amun of Karnak, depicted as king Tutankhamun, holding Isis knots, limestone, New Kingdom, 1347-36 BC, from the Karnak temple, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of king Sesostris III, 5th pharaoh of the 12th dynasty, depicted wearing double crown with protective uraeus and false royal beard, granite, Middle Kingdom 1878-40 BC, from Karnak, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Seated headless statue of Mentuhotep, sitting cross legged and working as a scribe, about to write, 1971-36 BC, Middle Kingdom, granite, from the Karnak temple, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Mentuhotep was a scribe, vizier and prime minister in the reign of Senusret I. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Standing statue of Amenemhat III, 6th pharaoh of the 12th dynasty, wearing Nemes headdress with protective uraeus, Middle Kingdom, 1841-1792 BC, black granite, from the Karnak temple, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Standing statue of Amenemhat III, 6th pharaoh of the 12th dynasty, wearing Nemes headdress with protective uraeus, Middle Kingdom, 1841-1792 BC, black granite, from the Karnak temple, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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