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  • Stained glass window, All Hallows by the Tower, London, UK, founded 675 AD, by The Saxon Abbey of Barking. This stained glass window by M C Farrer Bell, c. 1956, shows London before 1666 with Tower of London, All Hallows Church and old St Paul's Cathedral in distance, seen from the River Thames, with a boat with St George's cross on its sail. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Old Man of Storr, or Bodach an Stoir, a massive rock pinnacle on the Trotternish Ridge, on the Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Highlands of Scotland. The pinnacles were left after a huge landslip and this is a popular area for walking. 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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  • 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
    LC22_EGYPT_MC_0692.jpg
  • Statue of Weshka and his family, 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. Weshka is depicted seated with his wife with their son standing between them, in a show of harmony. 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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  • Pavilion of the south, in the funerary complex of Djoser, 2nd pharaoh of the 3rd dynasty in the Old Kingdom, c. 2600 BC, built by the royal architect Imhotep, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Step pyramid of Djoser, or Step Tomb, and courtyard, in the funerary complex of Djoser, 2nd pharaoh of the 3rd dynasty in the Old Kingdom, c. 2600 BC, built by the royal architect Imhotep, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pyramid of Unas, 9th pharaoh of the 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, built c. 2345 BC, and in the foreground, a restored mastaba tomb, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC22_EGYPT_MC_0175.jpg
  • Men carrying birds and trays of food as offerings, painted relief at the Tomb of Sesheshet Idut, princess, probably the daughter of king Unas, 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, on the Unas causeway at Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb of Idut has walls covered with painted reliefs of hunting, fishing, farming and tax payment. The mastaba was usurped and was originally that of the vizier Ihy. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Man hunting hippopotamus in the river Nile, man fishing with net, and (right), birth of a baby hippopotamus, painted relief at the Tomb of Sesheshet Idut, princess, probably the daughter of king Unas, 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, on the Unas causeway at Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb of Idut has walls covered with painted reliefs of hunting, fishing, farming and tax payment. The mastaba was usurped and was originally that of the vizier Ihy. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Valley temple of Unas, 9th pharaoh of the 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, built c. 2345 BC, an access temple for his pyramid, situated next to a lake connected to the river Nile, at Saqqara, Egypt. The valley temple receives the deceased during the funeral for purification before processing to the tomb along a causeway. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Step pyramid of Djoser, or Step Tomb, and chapels (left) in the jubilee courtyard, used when celebrating the Sed festival, in the funerary complex of Djoser, 2nd pharaoh of the 3rd dynasty in the Old Kingdom, c. 2600 BC, built by the royal architect Imhotep, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colonaded entrance to the step pyramid of Djoser, or Step Tomb, in the funerary complex of Djoser, 2nd pharaoh of the 3rd dynasty in the Old Kingdom, c. 2600 BC, built by the royal architect Imhotep, at Saqqara, Egypt. The long entrance hall is flanked by engaged stone columns in the form of bundles of papyrus or palm branches, and at each end, an immobile stone imitation open door. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Collection of taxes from defaulters and scribes recording the accounts of the princess' estates, painted relief at the Tomb of Sesheshet Idut, princess, probably the daughter of king Unas, 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, on the Unas causeway at Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb of Idut has walls covered with painted reliefs of hunting, fishing, farming and tax payment. The mastaba was usurped and was originally that of the vizier Ihy. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Men rowing in a papyrus boat and procession of offering bearers with trays of food, painted relief at the Tomb of Sesheshet Idut, princess, probably the daughter of king Unas, 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, on the Unas causeway at Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb of Idut has walls covered with painted reliefs of hunting, fishing, farming and tax payment. The mastaba was usurped and was originally that of the vizier Ihy. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fishermen using hook and line and dip net, and various fish species in the river Nile, painted relief at the Tomb of Sesheshet Idut, princess, probably the daughter of king Unas, 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, on the Unas causeway at Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb of Idut has walls covered with painted reliefs of hunting, fishing, farming and tax payment. The mastaba was usurped and was originally that of the vizier Ihy. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Men carrying birds and trays of food as offerings, painted relief at the Tomb of Sesheshet Idut, princess, probably the daughter of king Unas, 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, on the Unas causeway at Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb of Idut has walls covered with painted reliefs of hunting, fishing, farming and tax payment. The mastaba was usurped and was originally that of the vizier Ihy. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Butchers cutting up a cow and men carrying joints of meat as offerings, painted relief at the Tomb of Sesheshet Idut, princess, probably the daughter of king Unas, 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, on the Unas causeway at Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb of Idut has walls covered with painted reliefs of hunting, fishing, farming and tax payment. The mastaba was usurped and was originally that of the vizier Ihy. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • False door stele with relief, hieroglyph inscriptions and central niche used by the ka or spirit of the deceased, for the journey between the 2 worlds, at the Tomb of Sesheshet Idut, princess, 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, on the Unas causeway at Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb of Idut, probably the daughter of king Unas, has walls covered with painted reliefs of hunting, fishing, farming and tax payment. The mastaba was usurped and was originally that of the vizier Ihy. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC22_EGYPT_MC_0197.jpg
  • Birth of a baby hippopotamus in the river Nile, painted relief at the Tomb of Sesheshet Idut, princess, probably the daughter of king Unas, 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, on the Unas causeway at Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb of Idut has walls covered with painted reliefs of hunting, fishing, farming and tax payment. The mastaba was usurped and was originally that of the vizier Ihy. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Papyrus boat, with details of offering bearers and fishermen using hook and line and dip net, painted relief at the Tomb of Sesheshet Idut, princess, probably the daughter of king Unas, 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, on the Unas causeway at Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb of Idut has walls covered with painted reliefs of hunting, fishing, farming and tax payment. The mastaba was usurped and was originally that of the vizier Ihy. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • False door stele with relief, hieroglyph inscriptions and central niche used by the ka or spirit of the deceased, for the journey between the 2 worlds, at the Tomb of Iynefert, chief justice and vizier, 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, along the Unas causeway at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gateway at the beginning of the Unas causeway, linking the mortuary pyramid of Unas, 9th pharaoh of the 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, built c. 2345 BC, to his valley temple, at Saqqara, Egypt. The causeway is 720-750m long and built of stone with a roof and walls covered with reliefs. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Step pyramid of Djoser, or Step Tomb, and chapels (left) in the jubilee courtyard, used when celebrating the Sed festival, in the funerary complex of Djoser, 2nd pharaoh of the 3rd dynasty in the Old Kingdom, c. 2600 BC, built by the royal architect Imhotep, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bakers making bread, and officials giving finances to scribes who record them, painted relief, on the west wall of the offerings storeroom in the mastaba tomb of Ty, or Ti, an official in the 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Scribes recording goods, with steward Sheset-seped, archivist Imem and scribes Hen and Hemmu (left-right), painted relief, on the west wall of the offerings storeroom in the mastaba tomb of Ty, or Ti, an official in the 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Ty in 1 of the 2 serdabs, seen through a hole in the wall, surrounded by painted reliefs, in the mastaba tomb of Ty, or Ti, an official in the 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ty standing holding his staff of office, on a papyrus boat in marshland with papyrus plants, with men hunting hippopotamus with spears, painted relief, on the north wall of the chapel in the mastaba tomb of Ty, or Ti, an official in the 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Winnowing, with men with pitchforks putting the grain into a large silo or sack, painted relief, on the east wall of the chapel in the mastaba tomb of Ty, or Ti, an official in the 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. 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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  • Great Sphinx of Giza, built during the reign of king Khafre, in the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom, c. 2558-32 BC, at the Giza Pyramid Complex in Giza, Egypt. The sphinx is a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head of a man, in this case king Khafre. Behind is the Great Pyramid of Giza, also known as Pyramid of Khufu or Pyramid of Cheops. The complex also includes the pyramids, built c. 2600-2500 BC, cemeteries, temples and a workers' village. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Queen's pyramids, Pyramid of Menkaure, Pyramid of Khafre and Great Pyramid of Giza (left-right), built as tombs for pharaohs, at the Giza Pyramid Complex in Giza, Egypt. The pyramids were built in the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom, 2600-2500 BC. The complex also includes the Great Sphinx, cemeteries, temples and a workers' village. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Queen's pyramids, Pyramid of Menkaure, Pyramid of Khafre and Great Pyramid of Giza (left-right), built as tombs for pharaohs, at the Giza Pyramid Complex in Giza, Egypt. The pyramids were built in the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom, 2600-2500 BC. The complex also includes the Great Sphinx, cemeteries, temples and a workers' village. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Queen's pyramids, Pyramid of Menkaure, Pyramid of Khafre and Great Pyramid of Giza (left-right), built as tombs for pharaohs, at the Giza Pyramid Complex in Giza, Egypt. The pyramids were built in the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom, 2600-2500 BC. The complex also includes the Great Sphinx, cemeteries, temples and a workers' village. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Queen's pyramids, Pyramid of Menkaure, Pyramid of Khafre and Great Pyramid of Giza (left-right), built as tombs for pharaohs, at the Giza Pyramid Complex in Giza, Egypt. The pyramids were built in the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom, 2600-2500 BC. The complex also includes the Great Sphinx, cemeteries, temples and a workers' village. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pyramid of Khafre, also known as Pyramid of Chephren, built 2570 BC, at the Giza Pyramid Complex in Giza, Egypt. The pyramids at Giza were built in the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom, 2600-2500 BC. The complex also includes the Great Sphinx, cemeteries, temples and a workers' village. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pyramid of Khafre, also known as Pyramid of Chephren, built 2570 BC, at the Giza Pyramid Complex in Giza, Egypt. The pyramids at Giza were built in the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom, 2600-2500 BC. The complex also includes the Great Sphinx, cemeteries, temples and a workers' village. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Queen's pyramids, Pyramid of Menkaure, Pyramid of Khafre and Great Pyramid of Giza (left-right), built as tombs for pharaohs, at the Giza Pyramid Complex in Giza, Egypt. The pyramids were built in the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom, 2600-2500 BC. The complex also includes the Great Sphinx, cemeteries, temples and a workers' village. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pyramid of Khafre, also known as Pyramid of Chephren, built 2570 BC, and the ruins of the funerary temple of Khafre, at the Giza Pyramid Complex in Giza, Egypt. On the left is the Pyramid of Menkaure, also called Pyramid of Mykerinos, built c. 2510 BC, with 3 subsidiary queen's pyramids. The pyramids at Giza were built in the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom, 2600-2500 BC. The complex also includes the Great Sphinx, cemeteries, temples and a workers' village. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Great Pyramid of Giza, also known as Pyramid of Khufu or Pyramid of Cheops, built 2560 BC, at the Giza Pyramid Complex in Giza, Egypt. The pyramids at Giza were built in the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom, 2600-2500 BC. The complex also includes the Great Sphinx, cemeteries, temples and a workers' village. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Standing nude male figure in wood, Old Kingdom Egyptian, c. 2500 BC, from a private collection, in the Idols exhibition, Sept 2018-Jan 2019, exploring 3-dimensional images of the human body created 4000–2000 BC, at the Fondazione Giancarlo Ligabue, Venice, Italy. 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Servant making bread to serve his master in the afterlife, polychrome limestone sculpture, 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 of Pepi-Sennefer, depicting him standing holding a staff and sceptre, and inscribed with an offering formula, Old 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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  • Statue, depicting seated man wearing wig and kilt, polychrome limestone, Old Kingdom, from Edfu, with cartouche of king Menkaure on the base, 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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  • Step pyramid of Djoser, or Step Tomb, and chapels (left) in the jubilee courtyard, used when celebrating the Sed festival, in the funerary complex of Djoser, 2nd pharaoh of the 3rd dynasty in the Old Kingdom, c. 2600 BC, built by the royal architect Imhotep, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pavilion of the south, in the funerary complex of Djoser, 2nd pharaoh of the 3rd dynasty in the Old Kingdom, c. 2600 BC, built by the royal architect Imhotep, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pyramid of Unas, 9th pharaoh of the 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, built c. 2345 BC, and in the foreground, mastaba tombs, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Step pyramid of Djoser, or Step Tomb, and courtyard, in the funerary complex of Djoser, 2nd pharaoh of the 3rd dynasty in the Old Kingdom, c. 2600 BC, built by the royal architect Imhotep, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Men carrying joints of meat as offerings, painted relief at the Tomb of Sesheshet Idut, princess, probably the daughter of king Unas, 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, on the Unas causeway at Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb of Idut has walls covered with painted reliefs of hunting, fishing, farming and tax payment. The mastaba was usurped and was originally that of the vizier Ihy. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Butchers cutting up a cow to present joints of meat as offerings, painted relief at the Tomb of Sesheshet Idut, princess, probably the daughter of king Unas, 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, on the Unas causeway at Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb of Idut has walls covered with painted reliefs of hunting, fishing, farming and tax payment. The mastaba was usurped and was originally that of the vizier Ihy. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Butchers cutting up a cow to present joints of meat as offerings, painted relief at the Tomb of Sesheshet Idut, princess, probably the daughter of king Unas, 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, on the Unas causeway at Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb of Idut has walls covered with painted reliefs of hunting, fishing, farming and tax payment. The mastaba was usurped and was originally that of the vizier Ihy. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Men on a papyrus boat fishing with nets, with hippopotamus, crocodile and fish in the river below, painted relief at the Tomb of Sesheshet Idut, princess, probably the daughter of king Unas, 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, on the Unas causeway at Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb of Idut has walls covered with painted reliefs of hunting, fishing, farming and tax payment. The mastaba was usurped and was originally that of the vizier Ihy. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Scribes recording the taxes and accounts of the princess' estates, painted relief at the Tomb of Sesheshet Idut, princess, probably the daughter of king Unas, 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, on the Unas causeway at Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb of Idut has walls covered with painted reliefs of hunting, fishing, farming and tax payment. The mastaba was usurped and was originally that of the vizier Ihy. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance in enclosure wall to the funerary complex of Djoser, and (right), the step pyramid of Djoser, or Step Tomb, 2nd pharaoh of the 3rd dynasty in the Old Kingdom, c. 2600 BC, built by the royal architect Imhotep, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Step pyramid of Djoser, or Step Tomb, in the funerary complex of Djoser, 2nd pharaoh of the 3rd dynasty in the Old Kingdom, c. 2600 BC, built by the royal architect Imhotep, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Collection of taxes from defaulters, painted relief at the Tomb of Sesheshet Idut, princess, probably the daughter of king Unas, 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, on the Unas causeway at Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb of Idut has walls covered with painted reliefs of hunting, fishing, farming and tax payment. The mastaba was usurped and was originally that of the vizier Ihy. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fishing scene with fishermen on papyrus boats busing both hook and line and dip net, relief at the Tomb of Sesheshet Idut, princess, probably the daughter of king Unas, 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, on the Unas causeway at Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb of Idut has walls covered with painted reliefs of hunting, fishing, farming and tax payment. The mastaba was usurped and was originally that of the vizier Ihy. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cattle crossing the river and men in a papyrus boat, with crocodile and fish in the river below, painted relief at the Tomb of Sesheshet Idut, princess, probably the daughter of king Unas, 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, on the Unas causeway at Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb of Idut has walls covered with painted reliefs of hunting, fishing, farming and tax payment. The mastaba was usurped and was originally that of the vizier Ihy. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Offering bearers carrying trays of food, painted relief at the Tomb of Sesheshet Idut, princess, probably the daughter of king Unas, 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, on the Unas causeway at Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb of Idut has walls covered with painted reliefs of hunting, fishing, farming and tax payment. The mastaba was usurped and was originally that of the vizier Ihy. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Men leading oxen to be sacrificed for the prince, painted relief in the mastaba tomb of Unasankh, prince and son of king Unas, 9th pharaoh of the 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Step pyramid of Djoser, or Step Tomb, in the funerary complex of Djoser, 2nd pharaoh of the 3rd dynasty in the Old Kingdom, c. 2600 BC, built by the royal architect Imhotep, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Step pyramid of Djoser, or Step Tomb, in the funerary complex of Djoser, 2nd pharaoh of the 3rd dynasty in the Old Kingdom, c. 2600 BC, built by the royal architect Imhotep, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Shipyard workers, with men building boats, painted relief, on the east wall of the chapel in the mastaba tomb of Ty, or Ti, an official in the 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, at Saqqara, Egypt. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sarcophagus of Ty in the burial chamber in the mastaba tomb of Ty, or Ti, an official in the 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, at Saqqara, Egypt. The sarcophagus and burial chamber are undecorated, in contrast to the walls of the other spaces in the tomb. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Valley temple of Unas, 9th pharaoh of the 5th dynasty, Old Kingdom, built c. 2345 BC, an access temple for his pyramid, situated next to a lake connected to the river Nile, at Saqqara, Egypt. The valley temple receives the deceased during the funeral for purification before processing to the tomb along a causeway. The burial site at Saqqara, containing pyramids, mastabas and tombs from 1st dynasty to the Greco Roman period, was the royal necropolis for Memphis. Saqqara is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of the Great Sphinx of Giza, built during the reign of king Khafre, in the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom, c. 2558-32 BC, and behind, the Pyramid of Khafre, also known as Pyramid of Chephren, built 2570 BC, seen from the ruins of the Temple of the Sphinx, at the Giza Pyramid Complex in Giza, Egypt. The sphinx is a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head of a man, in this case king Khafre. The complex also includes the pyramids, built c. 2600-2500 BC, cemeteries, temples and a workers' village. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Queen's pyramids, Pyramid of Menkaure, Pyramid of Khafre and Great Pyramid of Giza (left-right), built as tombs for pharaohs, at the Giza Pyramid Complex in Giza, Egypt. The pyramids were built in the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom, 2600-2500 BC. The complex also includes the Great Sphinx, cemeteries, temples and a workers' village. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Great Sphinx of Giza, built during the reign of king Khafre, in the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom, c. 2558-32 BC, at the Giza Pyramid Complex in Giza, Egypt. The sphinx is a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head of a man, in this case king Khafre. Behind is the Great Pyramid of Giza, also known as Pyramid of Khufu or Pyramid of Cheops. The complex also includes the pyramids, built c. 2600-2500 BC, cemeteries, temples and a workers' village. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Queen's pyramids, Pyramid of Menkaure, Pyramid of Khafre and Great Pyramid of Giza (left-right), built as tombs for pharaohs, at the Giza Pyramid Complex in Giza, Egypt. The pyramids were built in the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom, 2600-2500 BC. The complex also includes the Great Sphinx, cemeteries, temples and a workers' village. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mortuary Temple of Khufu, built by pharaoh Chephren c. 2520 BC to hold the sed festival, next to the Great Pyramid of Giza, also known as Pyramid of Khufu or Pyramid of Cheops, built 2560 BC, at the Giza Pyramid Complex in Giza, Egypt. The pyramids at Giza were built in the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom, 2600-2500 BC. The complex also includes the Great Sphinx, cemeteries, temples and a workers' village. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Great Pyramid of Giza, also known as Pyramid of Khufu or Pyramid of Cheops, built 2560 BC, at the Giza Pyramid Complex in Giza, Egypt. On the left is the base of the Pyramid of Khafre, also known as Pyramid of Chephren, built 2570 BC. The pyramids at Giza were built in the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom, 2600-2500 BC. The complex also includes the Great Sphinx, cemeteries, temples and a workers' village. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pyramid of Khafre, Pyramid of Menkaure, and the queen's pyramids (left-right), built as tombs for pharaohs, at the Giza Pyramid Complex in Giza, Egypt. The pyramids were built in the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom, 2600-2500 BC. The complex also includes the Great Sphinx, cemeteries, temples and a workers' village. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Queen's pyramids, Pyramid of Menkaure, Pyramid of Khafre and Great Pyramid of Giza (left-right), built as tombs for pharaohs, at the Giza Pyramid Complex in Giza, Egypt. The pyramids were built in the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom, 2600-2500 BC. The complex also includes the Great Sphinx, cemeteries, temples and a workers' village. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Queen's pyramids, Pyramid of Menkaure, Pyramid of Khafre and Great Pyramid of Giza (left-right), built as tombs for pharaohs, at the Giza Pyramid Complex in Giza, Egypt. The pyramids were built in the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom, 2600-2500 BC. The complex also includes the Great Sphinx, cemeteries, temples and a workers' village. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Queen's pyramids and the Pyramid of Menkaure, at the Giza Pyramid Complex in Giza, Egypt. The pyramids were built as tombs in the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom, 2600-2500 BC. The complex also includes the Great Sphinx, cemeteries, temples and a workers' village. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Queen's pyramids and the Pyramid of Menkaure, at the Giza Pyramid Complex in Giza, Egypt. The pyramids were built as tombs in the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom, 2600-2500 BC. The complex also includes the Great Sphinx, cemeteries, temples and a workers' village. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pyramid of Menkaure, also called Pyramid of Mykerinos, built c. 2510 BC, with 3 subsidiary queen's pyramids, at the Giza Pyramid Complex in Giza, Egypt. The pyramids were built in the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom, 2600-2500 BC. The complex also includes the Great Sphinx, cemeteries, temples and a workers' village. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Great Sphinx of Giza, built during the reign of king Khafre, in the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom, c. 2558-32 BC, at the Giza Pyramid Complex in Giza, Egypt. The sphinx is a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head of a man, in this case king Khafre. Behind is the Great Pyramid of Giza, also known as Pyramid of Khufu or Pyramid of Cheops. The complex also includes the pyramids, built c. 2600-2500 BC, cemeteries, temples and a workers' village. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Great Sphinx of Giza, built during the reign of king Khafre, in the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom, c. 2558-32 BC, and behind, the Pyramid of Khafre, also known as Pyramid of Chephren, built 2570 BC, at the Giza Pyramid Complex in Giza, Egypt. The sphinx is a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head of a man, in this case king Khafre. On the left is the causeway. The complex also includes the pyramids, built c. 2600-2500 BC, cemeteries, temples and a workers' village. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Old Truman Brewery (former Black Eagle Brewery), 18th century, Brick Lane, Spitalfields area, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Friday fashion day at Old Spitalfields Market, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Friday fashion day at Old Spitalfields Market, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Patio with white marble porticoes at each end, a galleried second storey and rectangular pool in the Zafra House, a small Nasrid palace built in the 14th century, in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The house opened to the public in 1991 after 2 years of restoration and is now used as the Centre for Historic Studies of Granada and its Kingdom. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the wall decoration including Arabic script in a room on the first floor of the Zafra House, a small Nasrid palace built in the 14th century, in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The house opened to the public in 1991 after 2 years of restoration and is now used as the Centre for Historic Studies of Granada and its Kingdom. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Patio with white marble porticoes at each end, a galleried second storey and rectangular pool in the Zafra House, a small Nasrid palace built in the 14th century, in El Albayzin, the medieval Moorish old town of Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The house opened to the public in 1991 after 2 years of restoration and is now used as the Centre for Historic Studies of Granada and its Kingdom. From the 8th to the 15th centuries, Granada was under muslim rule and retains a distinctive Moorish heritage. Granada was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Musicians playing benet or harp and out or lute, detail from a fresco of a festive banquet for the men, in the chapel of the tomb of Rekhmire, an Egyptian noble, official, high priest and governor of Thebes in the 18th dynasty of the New Kingdom, in the Valley of the Nobles, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, in the Theban Necropolis, Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. The Tombs of the Nobles are the burial sites of workers, priests, soldiers and officials. Thebes is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Covent Garden Market seen from the Royal Opera House, London, UK. The man seen from behind, with black suit and top hat is probably an old street artist waiting for the rain to stop. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chateau Royal (left), old village of Collioure (centre), on the top of the hill Fort Miradou by Vauban, and Eglise Notre Dame des Anges (right), Collioure, France, seen from Boutigue beach. Much of the castle was built in the 13th and 14th centuries by the Dukes of Roussillon and the Knights Templar. In the 16th century Collioure was under Spanish control and Philip II modernised and reinforced the castle. It was taken by the French in 1659 after which the bastions were built by Vauban (1633-1707). Picasso, Matisse, Derain, Dufy, Chagall, Marquet, and many others immortalized the small Catalan harbour in their works. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Adam and Eve with the serpent and the tree of knowledge, reverse of triptych Madonna Col Bambino tra angeli, Santa Dorotea y Santa Caterina d’Alessandria, or Virgin and child with angels, St Dorothy and St Catherine of Alexandria, by Jan Gossaert known as Jan Mabuse, 1478-1532, gift of Alessandro Migliaccio, prince of Malvagna, in the Galleria Regionale della Sicilia, or Gallery of Art for the Sicilian region, in the Palazzo Abatellis, designed by Matteo Carnelivari in Gothic-Catalan style, 15th century, on the Via Alloro in the Kalsa district of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The palace was originally the home of Francesco Abatellis, port master of the Kingdom of Sicily, subsequently became a monastery before opening as a museum in 1954. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Decorated door on a house in the the old town of Muharraq, Bahrain, a city on the Pearling Path and with a strong history of pearl diving and pearl trade. 17 buildings in Muharraq form part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site celebrating the pearl trade. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Muharraq Green Gate, a vertical garden by botanist and vertical garden designer Patrick Blanc, planted in 2011 at the entrance to the old town of Muharraq, Bahrain, a city on the Pearling Path and with a strong history of pearl diving and pearl trade. 17 buildings in Muharraq form part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site celebrating the pearl trade. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • House of Coffee, a contemporary coffee shop opened in 2009 within 3 old traditional Bahraini houses in the old town of Muharraq, Bahrain. The buildings were restored as part of the Sheik Ebrahim Center. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Abdulla Mohamed, dhow designer, standing in front of pearl diving dhows Sambouk (right), a 6 year old traditional Arabian dhow made in Tek, and Jal Boat (left), 500 years old, under restoration, in the dhow building boatyard in Muharraq, Bahrain. Wooden Arabian dhows are built here by hand using traditional methods and this is the last dhow shipyard remaining in Bahrain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Regimental Museum and Home Headquarters of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, in the King's Old Building in Stirling Castle, with current buildings dating to 15th and 16th centuries, on Castle Hill, in Stirling, Scotland. The castle was an important royal palace for centuries and has seen many coronations and sieges. The castle is listed as a scheduled ancient monument and is run by Historic Environment Scotland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Old Leanach Cottage, built early 18th century, on the Culloden Battlefield on Culloden Moor, believed to be the only remaining building from the battle in 1746, in the Highlands of Scotland. The battlefield was the site of the final Jacobite Rising, when Charles Edward Stuart, or Bonnie Prince Charlie, 1720-88, was defeated by loyalist troops led by the Duke of Cumberland on 16th April 1746. The cottage is one of the last surviving examples of the single-storey thatched buildings common in this area. There would have been many agricultural smallholdings here and the cottage originally stood next to a barn and a stable. The site is now run by the National Trust for Scotland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Skeleton representing death, pointing an arrow at an old woman, carving from a stone tombstone, 17th century, from Arbroath Abbey, founded in 1178 by King William the Lion and consecrated 1197, for a group of Tironensian Benedictine monks from Kelso Abbey, in Arbroath, Angus, Scotland. Pictures and symbols were often used rather than words on gravestones as many people were illiterate. The Declaration of Scottish Independence is believed to have been written at the abbey by Abbot Bernard in 1320. The building is now managed by Historic Scotland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Amesbury Archer, a Late Neolithic skeleton, 2400-2200 BC, found in a grave near Stonehenge, in the Salisbury Museum, housing archaeological collections from Stonehenge and other local sites from prehistory to the present day, in The King's House, Cathedral Close, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. The burial site is over 4000 years old, one of the earliest bell beaker graves in Britain. The Archer was 35-45 years old when he died and was placed in a wooden chamber beneath a low mound. His left kneecap was missing which would have caused him to have a bad limp. His grave contained an unusually large number and variety of objects, including 5 beaker pots, 18 arrowheads, 2 bracers (archer’s wrist guards), 4 boars’ tusks, 122 flint tools, 3 copper knives, a pair of gold hair ornaments, and a cushion stone. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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