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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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  • GEORGES LABIT MUSEUM, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - MARCH 03 - EXCLUSIVE : A view from behind of Professor Pomar executing the tissue sampling operation of the muscles and tissues from the neck of the cervix of the Egyptian mummy on March 3, 2009 in the Georges Labit Museum, Toulouse, France. The Egyptian mummy arrived in Toulouse in 1849, encased in a sarcophagus labelled "In-Imen" from the 7th or 8th century BC. It is preserved at the Labit Museum since 1949. The mummy is now the subject of a very rare tissue sampling operation to determine its datation.  (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • GEORGES LABIT MUSEUM, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - MARCH 03 - EXCLUSIVE : A view from the top of the Egyptian mummy on March 3, 2009 in the Georges Labit Museum, Toulouse, France. The Egyptian mummy arrived in Toulouse in 1849, encased in a sarcophagus labelled "In-Imen" from the 7th or 8th century BC. It is preserved at the Labit Museum since 1949. The mummy is now the subject of a very rare tissue sampling operation to determine its datation.  (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • GEORGES LABIT MUSEUM, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - MARCH 03 - EXCLUSIVE : A detail of the Egyptian mummy on March 3, 2009 in the Georges Labit Museum, Toulouse, France. The Egyptian mummy arrived in Toulouse in 1849, encased in a sarcophagus labelled "In-Imen" from the 7th or 8th century BC. It is preserved at the Labit Museum since 1949. The mummy is now the subject of a very rare tissue sampling operation to determine its datation.  (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • GEORGES LABIT MUSEUM, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - MARCH 03 - EXCLUSIVE : A general view of the Egyptian mummy after the tissue sampling operation on March 3, 2009 in the Georges Labit Museum, Toulouse, France. The Egyptian mummy arrived in Toulouse in 1849, encased in a sarcophagus labelled "In-Imen" from the 7th or 8th century BC. It is preserved at the Labit Museum since 1949. The mummy has been the subject of a very rare tissue sampling operation to determine its datation and is now ready to go back to its sarcophagus.  (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • GEORGES LABIT MUSEUM, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - MARCH 03 - EXCLUSIVE : A detail of Professor Pomar executing the tissue sampling operation in the orifice left by the head of the Egyptian mummy on March 3, 2009 in the Georges Labit Museum, Toulouse, France. The Egyptian mummy arrived in Toulouse in 1849, encased in a sarcophagus labelled "In-Imen" from the 7th or 8th century BC. It is preserved at the Labit Museum since 1949. The mummy is now the subject of a very rare tissue sampling operation to determine its datation.  (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • GEORGES LABIT MUSEUM, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - MARCH 03 - EXCLUSIVE : A detail of Professor Pomar executing the tissue sampling operation in the orifice left by the head of the Egyptian mummy on March 3, 2009 in the Georges Labit Museum, Toulouse, France. The Egyptian mummy arrived in Toulouse in 1849, encased in a sarcophagus labelled "In-Imen" from the 7th or 8th century BC. It is preserved at the Labit Museum since 1949. The mummy is now the subject of a very rare tissue sampling operation to determine its datation.  (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • GEORGES LABIT MUSEUM, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - MARCH 03 - EXCLUSIVE : A detail of the orifice left by the head of the Egyptian mummy on March 3, 2009 in the Georges Labit Museum, Toulouse, France. The Egyptian mummy arrived in Toulouse in 1849, encased in a sarcophagus labelled "In-Imen" from the 7th or 8th century BC. It is preserved at the Labit Museum since 1949. The mummy is now the subject of a very rare tissue sampling operation to determine its datation.  (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • GEORGES LABIT MUSEUM, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - MARCH 03 - EXCLUSIVE : A view from behind of Professor Pomar executing the tissue sampling operation in the orifice left by the head of the Egyptian mummy on March 3, 2009 in the Georges Labit Museum, Toulouse, France. The Egyptian mummy arrived in Toulouse in 1849, encased in a sarcophagus labelled "In-Imen" from the 7th or 8th century BC. It is preserved at the Labit Museum since 1949. The mummy is now the subject of a very rare tissue sampling operation to determine its datation.  (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • GEORGES LABIT MUSEUM, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - MARCH 03 - EXCLUSIVE : A view from behind of Professor Pomar executing the tissue sampling operation in the orifice left by the head of the Egyptian mummy on March 3, 2009 in the Georges Labit Museum, Toulouse, France. The Egyptian mummy arrived in Toulouse in 1849, encased in a sarcophagus labelled "In-Imen" from the 7th or 8th century BC. It is preserved at the Labit Museum since 1949. The mummy is now the subject of a very rare tissue sampling operation to determine its datation.  (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • GEORGES LABIT MUSEUM, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - MARCH 03 - EXCLUSIVE : A view from behind of Professor Pomar executing the tissue sampling operation in the orifice left by the head of the Egyptian mummy on March 3, 2009 in the Georges Labit Museum, Toulouse, France. The Egyptian mummy arrived in Toulouse in 1849, encased in a sarcophagus labelled "In-Imen" from the 7th or 8th century BC. It is preserved at the Labit Museum since 1949. The mummy is now the subject of a very rare tissue sampling operation to determine its datation.  (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • GEORGES LABIT MUSEUM, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - MARCH 03 - EXCLUSIVE : A general view of the table with the head of the Egyptian mummy and the sample bottle prepared for the tissue sampling operation on March 3, 2009 in the Georges Labit Museum, Toulouse, France. The Egyptian mummy arrived in Toulouse in 1849, encased in a sarcophagus labelled "In-Imen" from the 7th or 8th century BC. It is preserved at the Labit Museum since 1949. The mummy is now the subject of a very rare tissue sampling operation to determine its datation.  (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • GEORGES LABIT MUSEUM, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - MARCH 03 - EXCLUSIVE : A general view of the table with surgery tools and Professor Pomar holding the head of the Egyptian mummy in hands on March 3, 2009 in the Georges Labit Museum, Toulouse, France. The Egyptian mummy arrived in Toulouse in 1849, encased in a sarcophagus labelled "In-Imen" from the 7th or 8th century BC. It is preserved at the Labit Museum since 1949. The mummy is now the subject of a very rare tissue sampling operation to determine its datation.  (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • GEORGES LABIT MUSEUM, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - MARCH 03 - EXCLUSIVE : A view from behind of Professor Pomar executing the tissue sampling operation of the muscles and tissues from the neck of the cervix of the Egyptian mummy on March 3, 2009 in the Georges Labit Museum, Toulouse, France. The Egyptian mummy arrived in Toulouse in 1849, encased in a sarcophagus labelled "In-Imen" from the 7th or 8th century BC. It is preserved at the Labit Museum since 1949. The mummy is now the subject of a very rare tissue sampling operation to determine its datation.  (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • GEORGES LABIT MUSEUM, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - MARCH 03 - EXCLUSIVE : A view from the side of Professor Pomar hands holding the head of the Egyptian mummy on March 3, 2009 in the Georges Labit Museum, Toulouse, France. The Egyptian mummy arrived in Toulouse in 1849, encased in a sarcophagus labelled "In-Imen" from the 7th or 8th century BC. It is preserved at the Labit Museum since 1949. The mummy is now the subject of a very rare tissue sampling operation to determine its datation.  (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • GEORGES LABIT MUSEUM, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - MARCH 03 - EXCLUSIVE : A view from the side of Professor Pomar hands holding the head of the Egyptian mummy on March 3, 2009 in the Georges Labit Museum, Toulouse, France. The Egyptian mummy arrived in Toulouse in 1849, encased in a sarcophagus labelled "In-Imen" from the 7th or 8th century BC. It is preserved at the Labit Museum since 1949. The mummy is now the subject of a very rare tissue sampling operation to determine its datation.  (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • GEORGES LABIT MUSEUM, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - MARCH 03 - EXCLUSIVE : A view from behind of the beheaded Egyptian mummy with the hands of the nurses showing the orifice on March 3, 2009 in the Georges Labit Museum, Toulouse, France. The Egyptian mummy arrived in Toulouse in 1849, encased in a sarcophagus labelled "In-Imen" from the 7th or 8th century BC. It is preserved at the Labit Museum since 1949. The mummy is now the subject of a very rare tissue sampling operation to determine its datation.  (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • GEORGES LABIT MUSEUM, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - MARCH 03 - EXCLUSIVE : A view from the side of the Egyptian mummy with the hands of the nurses taking her head off with Professor Pomar executing the tissue sampling operation of the muscles and tissues from the neck of the cervix on March 3, 2009 in the Georges Labit Museum, Toulouse, France. The Egyptian mummy arrived in Toulouse in 1849, encased in a sarcophagus labelled "In-Imen" from the 7th or 8th century BC. It is preserved at the Labit Museum since 1949. The mummy is now the subject of a very rare tissue sampling operation to determine its datation.  (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • GEORGES LABIT MUSEUM, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - MARCH 03 - EXCLUSIVE : A view from behind of the Egyptian mummy with the hands of the nurses taking her head off with Professor Pomar looking carefully at the operation in the background on March 3, 2009 in the Georges Labit Museum, Toulouse, France. The Egyptian mummy arrived in Toulouse in 1849, encased in a sarcophagus labelled "In-Imen" from the 7th or 8th century BC. It is preserved at the Labit Museum since 1949. The mummy is now the subject of a very rare tissue sampling operation to determine its datation.  (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • GEORGES LABIT MUSEUM, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - MARCH 03 - EXCLUSIVE : A view from behind of the Egyptian mummy with the hands of the nurses taking the bandages off the head with the help of small scissors on March 3, 2009 in the Georges Labit Museum, Toulouse, France. The Egyptian mummy arrived in Toulouse in 1849, encased in a sarcophagus labelled "In-Imen" from the 7th or 8th century BC. It is preserved at the Labit Museum since 1949. The mummy is now the subject of a very rare tissue sampling operation to determine its datation.  (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • GEORGES LABIT MUSEUM, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - MARCH 03 - EXCLUSIVE : A general view of the Egyptian mummy encased in a sarcophagus moved by warehousemen that are about to take the cover off under the control of the Conservationist on March 3, 2009 in the Georges Labit Museum, Toulouse, France. The Egyptian mummy arrived in Toulouse in 1849, encased in a sarcophagus labelled "In-Imen" from the 7th or 8th century BC. It is preserved at the Labit Museum since 1949. The mummy has been the subject of a very rare tissue sampling operation to determine its datation.  (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • GEORGES LABIT MUSEUM, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - MARCH 03 - EXCLUSIVE : A general view of the Egyptian mummy encased in a sarcophagus moved by warehousemen that are about to take the cover off on March 3, 2009 in the Georges Labit Museum, Toulouse, France. The Egyptian mummy arrived in Toulouse in 1849, encased in a sarcophagus labelled "In-Imen" from the 7th or 8th century BC. It is preserved at the Labit Museum since 1949. The mummy has been the subject of a very rare tissue sampling operation to determine its datation.  (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • GEORGES LABIT MUSEUM, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - MARCH 03 - EXCLUSIVE : A view from behind of the Egyptian mummy with the hands of the nurses taking the bandages off the head on March 3, 2009 in the Georges Labit Museum, Toulouse, France. The Egyptian mummy arrived in Toulouse in 1849, encased in a sarcophagus labelled "In-Imen" from the 7th or 8th century BC. It is preserved at the Labit Museum since 1949. The mummy is now the subject of a very rare tissue sampling operation to determine its datation.  (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • GEORGES LABIT MUSEUM, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - MARCH 03 - EXCLUSIVE : A general view of the Egyptian mummy encased in a sarcophagus moved by warehousemen on March 3, 2009 in the Georges Labit Museum, Toulouse, France. The Egyptian mummy arrived in Toulouse in 1849, encased in a sarcophagus labelled "In-Imen" from the 7th or 8th century BC. It is preserved at the Labit Museum since 1949. The mummy has been the subject of a very rare tissue sampling operation to determine its datation.  (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • GEORGES LABIT MUSEUM, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - MARCH 03 - EXCLUSIVE : A general view of the Egyptian mummy encased in a sarcophagus moved by warehousemen on March 3, 2009 in the Georges Labit Museum, Toulouse, France. The Egyptian mummy arrived in Toulouse in 1849, encased in a sarcophagus labelled "In-Imen" from the 7th or 8th century BC. It is preserved at the Labit Museum since 1949. The mummy has been the subject of a very rare tissue sampling operation to determine its datation.  (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • GEORGES LABIT MUSEUM, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - MARCH 03 - EXCLUSIVE : A general view of the Egyptian mummy encased in a sarcophagus moved by warehousemen under the control of the Conservationist on March 3, 2009 in the Georges Labit Museum, Toulouse, France. The Egyptian mummy arrived in Toulouse in 1849, encased in a sarcophagus labelled "In-Imen" from the 7th or 8th century BC. It is preserved at the Labit Museum since 1949. The mummy has been the subject of a very rare tissue sampling operation to determine its datation.  (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • GEORGES LABIT MUSEUM, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - MARCH 03 - EXCLUSIVE : A view from behind of the Egyptian mummy with the hands of the nurses taking the bandages off the head on March 3, 2009 in the Georges Labit Museum, Toulouse, France. The Egyptian mummy arrived in Toulouse in 1849, encased in a sarcophagus labelled "In-Imen" from the 7th or 8th century BC. It is preserved at the Labit Museum since 1949. The mummy is now the subject of a very rare tissue sampling operation to determine its datation.  (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • GEORGES LABIT MUSEUM, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - MARCH 03 - EXCLUSIVE : A general view of the surgery tools with the Egyptian mummy in the background on March 3, 2009 in the Georges Labit Museum, Toulouse, France. The Egyptian mummy arrived in Toulouse in 1849, encased in a sarcophagus labelled "In-Imen" from the 7th or 8th century BC. It is preserved at the Labit Museum since 1949. The mummy is now the subject of a very rare tissue sampling operation to determine its datation.  (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • GEORGES LABIT MUSEUM, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - MARCH 03 - EXCLUSIVE : A general view of the Egyptian mummy encased in a sarcophagus on March 3, 2009 in the Georges Labit Museum, Toulouse, France. The Egyptian mummy arrived in Toulouse in 1849, encased in a sarcophagus labelled "In-Imen" from the 7th or 8th century BC. It is preserved at the Labit Museum since 1949. The mummy is now the subject of a very rare tissue sampling operation to determine its datation.  (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • GEORGES LABIT MUSEUM, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - MARCH 03 - EXCLUSIVE : A detail of the tissue sampling of the Egyptian mummy on March 3, 2009 in the Georges Labit Museum, Toulouse, France. The Egyptian mummy arrived in Toulouse in 1849, encased in a sarcophagus labelled "In-Imen" from the 7th or 8th century BC. It is preserved at the Labit Museum since 1949. The mummy is now the subject of a very rare tissue sampling operation to determine its datation.  (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • GEORGES LABIT MUSEUM, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - MARCH 03 - EXCLUSIVE : A detail of the head of the Egyptian mummy held by Professor Pomar on March 3, 2009 in the Georges Labit Museum, Toulouse, France. The Egyptian mummy arrived in Toulouse in 1849, encased in a sarcophagus labelled "In-Imen" from the 7th or 8th century BC. It is preserved at the Labit Museum since 1949. The mummy is now the subject of a very rare tissue sampling operation to determine its datation.  (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • GEORGES LABIT MUSEUM, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - MARCH 03 - EXCLUSIVE : A view from behind of Professor Pomar hands holding the head of the Egyptian mummy on March 3, 2009 in the Georges Labit Museum, Toulouse, France. The Egyptian mummy arrived in Toulouse in 1849, encased in a sarcophagus labelled "In-Imen" from the 7th or 8th century BC. It is preserved at the Labit Museum since 1949. The mummy is now the subject of a very rare tissue sampling operation to determine its datation.  (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • GEORGES LABIT MUSEUM, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - MARCH 03 - EXCLUSIVE : A general view from behind of the Egyptian mummy on March 3, 2009 in the Georges Labit Museum, Toulouse, France. The Egyptian mummy arrived in Toulouse in 1849, encased in a sarcophagus labelled "In-Imen" from the 7th or 8th century BC. It is preserved at the Labit Museum since 1949. The mummy is now the subject of a very rare tissue sampling operation to determine its datation.  (Photo 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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  • 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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  • Stele of Djed-Khousou, offering to the god Ra-Horakhty, with Isis and the 4 sons of Horus (left), ancient Egyptian, 26th dynasty, stuccoed and painted wood, probably from Thebes, in the Musee Lapidaire, or Lapidary Museum, in Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur, France. The museum houses archaeological artefacts from the Collection Archeologique de la Fondation Calvet, from the Musee Calvet. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Egyptian relief above the fireplace, in the Oak Room, c. 1800 and enlarged in 1820, in Malahide Castle, originally built in the 12th century by the Talbot family, and home to them for almost 800 years, near Malahide in County Dublin, Ireland. The room is lined with oak panels which have darkened with age, some of them intricately carved. Malahide castle is situated in a 260 acre estate, the Malahide Demesne Regional Park, and is home to the Talbot Botanical Gardens. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Banquet scene, fresco from the tomb of Nebamun, scribe and accountant in granary offerings to Amun at Karnak, ancient Egyptian, 18th dynasty, 1400-1390 BC, from the reign of Amenhotep III, from west Thebes, in the Musee Lapidaire, or Lapidary Museum, in Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur, France. The museum houses archaeological artefacts from the Collection Archeologique de la Fondation Calvet, from the Musee Calvet. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stele with scene of pilgrimage to Abydos, from an Anydenian chapel of the cupbearer Scary-Hotep, ancient Egyptian, Middle Empire, 13th dynasty, in the Musee Lapidaire, or Lapidary Museum, in Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur, France. The museum houses archaeological artefacts from the Collection Archeologique de la Fondation Calvet, from the Musee Calvet. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus) preening itself, in the Menagerie or Zoo of the Jardin des Plantes, part of the Musee National d'Histoire Naturelle (National Museum of Natural History), in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus), in the Menagerie or Zoo of the Jardin des Plantes, part of the Musee National d'Histoire Naturelle (National Museum of Natural History), in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • GEORGES LABIT MUSEUM, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - MARCH 03 - EXCLUSIVE : A low angle view of the museum entrance on March 3, 2009 in the Georges Labit Museum, Toulouse, France. Founded by Georges Labit in the 19th century, the museum is housed in a moorish building near the Canal du Midi (French Midi Canal) and preserves the most important collection of Asian Art after the Guimet Museum in Paris. Since 1949, it also preserves an Egyptian mummy arrived in Toulouse in 1849, encased in a sarcophagus labelled "In-Imen" from the 7th or 8th century BC. The mysterious mummy is now the subject of a very rare tissue sampling operation to determine its datation.  (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • Stela of Inwy, polychrome limestone, New Kingdom, with reliefs of the owner's family, in the Alexandria National Museum, opened 2003, in the former US consulate, a palace built 1926 on Tariq Al-Horreya street, in Alexandria, Egypt. The reliefs depict the udjat-eye and winged sun disc, the owner and his son making offering to Isis and Osiris, the son and daughter offering to their parents, and the family smelling lotus flowers. The museum houses collections from Alexandria and Egypt, from the Pharaonic, Hellenistic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of an Old Kingdom boat with mast, sail rigging and cabin in painted wood, from Saqqara, in the Alexandria National Museum, opened 2003, in the former US consulate, a palace built 1926 on Tariq Al-Horreya street, in Alexandria, Egypt. The boat would have been a funerary model symbolising the journey of the deceased through the underworld. The museum houses collections from Alexandria and Egypt, from the Pharaonic, Hellenistic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Group statue of Mersuankh, a triple statue showing the man, inspector of ka-priests during the 5th dynasty, at different ages, polychrome limestone, Old Kingdom, in the Alexandria National Museum, opened 2003, in the former US consulate, a palace built 1926 on Tariq Al-Horreya street, in Alexandria, Egypt. The museum houses collections from Alexandria and Egypt, from the Pharaonic, Hellenistic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Seated statue of Ptah-hor-Nefer, wearing kilt and wig, polychrome limestone, Old Kingdom, from Saqqara, in the Alexandria National Museum, opened 2003, in the former US consulate, a palace built 1926 on Tariq Al-Horreya street, in Alexandria, Egypt. The museum houses collections from Alexandria and Egypt, from the Pharaonic, Hellenistic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stela with relief of a man and his family, and inscription of offering formula, detail, Middle Kingdom, polychrome limestone, in the Alexandria National Museum, opened 2003, in the former US consulate, a palace built 1926 on Tariq Al-Horreya street, in Alexandria, Egypt. The funerary reliefs show the owner and his wife at an offering table, receiving offerings from 2 sons, and many sons and daughters. The museum houses collections from Alexandria and Egypt, from the Pharaonic, Hellenistic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods. 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, in black granite, in the Alexandria National Museum, opened 2003, in the former US consulate, a palace built 1926 on Tariq Al-Horreya street, in Alexandria, Egypt. The museum houses collections from Alexandria and Egypt, from the Pharaonic, Hellenistic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Standing statue of Amenemhat III, 6th pharaoh of the 12th dynasty, detail, wearing Nemes headdress with protective uraeus, Middle Kingdom, 1841-1792 BC, in black granite, in the Alexandria National Museum, opened 2003, in the former US consulate, a palace built 1926 on Tariq Al-Horreya street, in Alexandria, Egypt. The museum houses collections from Alexandria and Egypt, from the Pharaonic, Hellenistic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Horus, falcon god, wearing a double crown, detail from a wall relief of Sesostris I, 2nd pharaoh of the 12th dynasty, Middle Kingdom, limestone, in the Alexandria National Museum, opened 2003, in the former US consulate, a palace built 1926 on Tariq Al-Horreya street, in Alexandria, Egypt. The museum houses collections from Alexandria and Egypt, from the Pharaonic, Hellenistic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Heads of prisoners and enemies of Egypt, black granite sculpture from an architectural feature, from the Step Pyramid complex at Saqqara, in the Alexandria National Museum, opened 2003, in the former US consulate, a palace built 1926 on Tariq Al-Horreya street, in Alexandria, Egypt. The museum houses collections from Alexandria and Egypt, from the Pharaonic, Hellenistic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods. 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Cartouches of Thutmosis I and Thutmosis III, originally part of a huge temple wall, 1490-36 BC, 18th dynasty, New Kingdom, painted limestone, from El Deir el Bahari, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Stela, 30th dynasty, Late Period, black granite, detail, with relief illustrating royal decree that 1/10 of imported goods and products offered to the temple of Neit, from Abu Qir, in the Alexandria National Museum, opened 2003, in the former US consulate, a palace built 1926 on Tariq Al-Horreya street, in Alexandria, Egypt. The museum houses collections from Alexandria and Egypt, from the Pharaonic, Hellenistic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of kneeling man holding shrine of Osiris, god of the underworld, New Kingdom, in the Alexandria National Museum, opened 2003, in the former US consulate, a palace built 1926 on Tariq Al-Horreya street, in Alexandria, Egypt. The museum houses collections from Alexandria and Egypt, from the Pharaonic, Hellenistic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Block statue of the scribe Nebnetro, possibly a priest, with inscriptions and reliefs showing the gods Ptah, Rehorakhty, Osiris and Amun, granite, New Kingdom, from Karnak, in the Alexandria National Museum, opened 2003, in the former US consulate, a palace built 1926 on Tariq Al-Horreya street, in Alexandria, Egypt. The museum houses collections from Alexandria and Egypt, from the Pharaonic, Hellenistic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Block statue of Ahmose, basalt, New Kingdom, from Karnak, in the Alexandria National Museum, opened 2003, in the former US consulate, a palace built 1926 on Tariq Al-Horreya street, in Alexandria, Egypt. The museum houses collections from Alexandria and Egypt, from the Pharaonic, Hellenistic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Procession carrying sacred barque, architectural relief fragment, in the Alexandria National Museum, opened 2003, in the former US consulate, a palace built 1926 on Tariq Al-Horreya street, in Alexandria, Egypt. The museum houses collections from Alexandria and Egypt, from the Pharaonic, Hellenistic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stela of Inwy, detail, polychrome limestone, New Kingdom, with relief of the owner's son and daughter making offerings to their parents, in the Alexandria National Museum, opened 2003, in the former US consulate, a palace built 1926 on Tariq Al-Horreya street, in Alexandria, Egypt. The museum houses collections from Alexandria and Egypt, from the Pharaonic, Hellenistic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stela of Inwy, polychrome limestone, New Kingdom, with relief of the udjat-eye and winged sun-disk, the owner and his son making offering to Isis and Osiris, in the Alexandria National Museum, opened 2003, in the former US consulate, a palace built 1926 on Tariq Al-Horreya street, in Alexandria, Egypt. The museum houses collections from Alexandria and Egypt, from the Pharaonic, Hellenistic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of queen Meresankh, depicted standing wearing a dress and short wig, with inlaid eyes, limestone, from Giza, in the Alexandria National Museum, opened 2003, in the former US consulate, a palace built 1926 on Tariq Al-Horreya street, in Alexandria, Egypt. The museum houses collections from Alexandria and Egypt, from the Pharaonic, Hellenistic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reserve head funerary sculpture, limestone, Old Kingdom, from Dahshur, in the Alexandria National Museum, opened 2003, in the former US consulate, a palace built 1926 on Tariq Al-Horreya street, in Alexandria, Egypt. The human head has excised ears and lines carved around the neck and down the back of the cranium. These heads were placed in the burial chamber close to the corpse, as a substitute for the real head of the deceased in the afterlife. The museum houses collections from Alexandria and Egypt, from the Pharaonic, Hellenistic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Nimaatre, depicted standing wearing a kilt and wig, polychrome limestone, Old Kingdom, from Saqqara, in the Alexandria National Museum, opened 2003, in the former US consulate, a palace built 1926 on Tariq Al-Horreya street, in Alexandria, Egypt. The museum houses collections from Alexandria and Egypt, from the Pharaonic, Hellenistic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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