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  • Funerary stela of Lutatia Lupata, a 16 year old girl, dedicated to the Mane gods or the souls of the deceased, marble, 2nd century AD, from the necropolis at Cerro de San Albin, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The stela is in the style of a temple, depicting the deceased wearing a long sleeved tunic and playing a pandarium or similar stringed musical instrument. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stela, originally a Gallo-Roman funerary stela with 2 heads and a 16th century cross with Virgin and child from a Calvary sculpture, beside the steps to the crypt in the Eglise des Saints-Jumeaux, built 13th century, in Saints-Geosmes, near Langres, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France. The church replaced a 5th century building made to house the relics of the Holy Twins, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stela of Tsa, with bas-relief of columns and ibex, dedicated to the medicine god, Coptic, 7th - 8th century AD, limestone, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, a fine arts museum opened 1801 in a former convent on the Place des Terreaux in Lyon, Rhone, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gallo-Roman funerary stela fragment with wine amphorae, 2nd century AD, in the Musee Saint-Remi, an art and archaeology museum in the Basilique Saint Remi or Abbey of Saint-Remi, founded 6th century, in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. The abbey is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stela of king Nakhtneb, 1st pharaoh of 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 Neith, 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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  • Stela with bas-relief of temple facade, Coptic, 5th century AD, limestone, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, a fine arts museum opened 1801 in a former convent on the Place des Terreaux in Lyon, Rhone, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stela with bas-relief of 2 men with shaved heads holding palm frond and garland, members a funerary brotherhood, Coptic, Roman, from Egypt, 2nd - 3rd century AD, polychrome limestone, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, a fine arts museum opened 1801 in a former convent on the Place des Terreaux in Lyon, Rhone, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary stela of Sentia Amarantis, commissioned by her husband Sentio Victor, dedicated to the Mane gods or the souls of the deceased, Roman, marble, late 2nd - 3rd century AD, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The relief depicts the deceased in a tavern or thermopolium, filling a jug with wine from a barrel. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone stela, with a soldier on horseback and a female figure, in the Solunto Museum at the archaeological site of Solunto, in Sicily, Italy. The Phoenician village of Solunto was expanded by the Greeks after 396 BC and again by the Romans after 254 BC. It was abandoned soon after and rediscovered by archaeologists in the 16th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone stela with female figure, late 6th century BC (3rd excavation phase), with an inscription, from the Tofet of Mozia, in the Mozia Museum or Whitaker Museum, in Mozia, a Phoenician island city, Trapani, Sicily, Italy. Mozia was founded in the 8th century BC by the Phoenicians, and remained an important city and Carthaginian trade outpost, thriving until it was overthrown by the Syracuse Greeks in 397 BC. In 1888 the island was rediscovered by Joseph Whitaker, who, through his Fondazione Giuseppe Whitaker, excavated the site and founded the island's museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone stela with a 'bottle form' stylised figure, possibly late 6th century BC, with a Phoenician Punic inscription, in the Mozia Museum or Whitaker Museum, in Mozia, a Phoenician island city, Trapani, Sicily, Italy. Mozia was founded in the 8th century BC by the Phoenicians, and remained an important city and Carthaginian trade outpost, thriving until it was overthrown by the Syracuse Greeks in 397 BC. In 1888 the island was rediscovered by Joseph Whitaker, who, through his Fondazione Giuseppe Whitaker, excavated the site and founded the island's museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone stela with stylised figure, possibly 6th century BC, with an inscription, in the Mozia Museum or Whitaker Museum, in Mozia, a Phoenician island city, Trapani, Sicily, Italy. Mozia was founded in the 8th century BC by the Phoenicians, and remained an important city and Carthaginian trade outpost, thriving until it was overthrown by the Syracuse Greeks in 397 BC. In 1888 the island was rediscovered by Joseph Whitaker, who, through his Fondazione Giuseppe Whitaker, excavated the site and founded the island's museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone stela with 2 figures in profile, 5th - 6th century BC (3rd excavation phase), dedicated to the Carthaginian god Baal Hammon, with the inscription 'Abdmilquart son of SHRR, son of Bal Yasop', in the Mozia Museum or Whitaker Museum, in Mozia, a Phoenician island city, Trapani, Sicily, Italy. Mozia was founded in the 8th century BC by the Phoenicians, and remained an important city and Carthaginian trade outpost, thriving until it was overthrown by the Syracuse Greeks in 397 BC. In 1888 the island was rediscovered by Joseph Whitaker, who, through his Fondazione Giuseppe Whitaker, excavated the site and founded the island's museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary stela with limestone high relief of deceased couple, from the Euphrates region of Zeugma or Hierapolis, 2nd century AD, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, a fine arts museum opened 1801 in a former convent on the Place des Terreaux in Lyon, Rhone, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary stela of Victor with inscription and bas-relief of columns, pediment and birds, Coptic, limestone, 7th - 8th century AD, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, a fine arts museum opened 1801 in a former convent on the Place des Terreaux in Lyon, Rhone, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stela with bas-relief of temple facade, Coptic, 4th - 6th century AD, limestone, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, a fine arts museum opened 1801 in a former convent on the Place des Terreaux in Lyon, Rhone, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stela with bas-relief of 2 men with shaved heads holding a cob, members a funerary brotherhood, Coptic, Roman, from Egypt, 2nd - 3rd century AD, polychrome limestone, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, a fine arts museum opened 1801 in a former convent on the Place des Terreaux in Lyon, Rhone, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stela dedicated to the god Re-Horakhty by the scribe Pehmnefer for Yourekhy, butler to Ramesses II, Egyptian, limestone relief with hieroglyphs, from Nubia, 17th dynasty, c. 1307-1196 BC, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, a fine arts museum opened 1801 in a former convent on the Place des Terreaux in Lyon, Rhone, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stela of Nefer-Ptah, dedicated to the Abydenian family (Osiris, Horus, Isis and Nephtys), with his wife and the members of his family, Egyptian polychrome limestone relief with hieroglyphs, from Abydos, 19th dynasty, c.1307–1196 BC, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, a fine arts museum opened 1801 in a former convent on the Place des Terreaux in Lyon, Rhone, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gallo-Roman funerary stela fragment with relief of fabric press, in the Musee Saint-Remi, an art and archaeology museum in the Basilique Saint Remi or Abbey of Saint-Remi, founded 6th century, in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. The abbey is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. 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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  • 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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  • Stela of Sextantio, limestone, 9th century BC, from Castelnau-le-Lez, in the Musee Archeologique Henri Prades, an archaeology museum at Lattara, an ancient Etruscan settlement founded 6th century BC, rediscovered in 1963, at Lattes, near Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. The stele is of Iberian influence and is decorated with geometric patterns, wheels, a lance and a circular shield. The site was first settled in neolithic times but thrived in Etruscan times as a port settlement, beside lagoons on the Lez delta, and grew again in Roman times from 2nd century BC. The site is a protected archaeological reserve, with an archaeological museum, research centre and excavation depot, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone stela with figure, possibly late 6th century BC, in the Mozia Museum or Whitaker Museum, in Mozia, a Phoenician island city, Trapani, Sicily, Italy. Mozia was founded in the 8th century BC by the Phoenicians, and remained an important city and Carthaginian trade outpost, thriving until it was overthrown by the Syracuse Greeks in 397 BC. In 1888 the island was rediscovered by Joseph Whitaker, who, through his Fondazione Giuseppe Whitaker, excavated the site and founded the island's museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stela with bas-relief of 2 men with shaved heads holding palm frond and garland, members a funerary brotherhood, Coptic, Roman, from Egypt, 2nd - 3rd century AD, polychrome limestone, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, a fine arts museum opened 1801 in a former convent on the Place des Terreaux in Lyon, Rhone, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stela with relief of god Bes, Roman Egyptian stele of the god Bes, 1st - 2nd century AD, polychrome limestone, from Coptos, or Qift, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, a fine arts museum opened 1801 in a former convent on the Place des Terreaux in Lyon, Rhone, France. Picture 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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  • 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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  • Carved stone stela with a 'bottle form' stylised figure, late 6th century BC (4th excavation phase), dedicated to the Carthaginian god Baal Hammon, with an inscription 'consecrated by HMLKT', in the Mozia Museum or Whitaker Museum, in Mozia, a Phoenician island city, Trapani, Sicily, Italy. Mozia was founded in the 8th century BC by the Phoenicians, and remained an important city and Carthaginian trade outpost, thriving until it was overthrown by the Syracuse Greeks in 397 BC. In 1888 the island was rediscovered by Joseph Whitaker, who, through his Fondazione Giuseppe Whitaker, excavated the site and founded the island's museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone stela with figure and columns, possibly 6th century BC, with an inscription, in the Mozia Museum or Whitaker Museum, in Mozia, a Phoenician island city, Trapani, Sicily, Italy. Mozia was founded in the 8th century BC by the Phoenicians, and remained an important city and Carthaginian trade outpost, thriving until it was overthrown by the Syracuse Greeks in 397 BC. In 1888 the island was rediscovered by Joseph Whitaker, who, through his Fondazione Giuseppe Whitaker, excavated the site and founded the island's museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary stela of Hygious in white marble, with inscription, Roman, 2nd - 3rd century AD, from Sidon in Lebanon, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, a fine arts museum opened 1801 in a former convent on the Place des Terreaux in Lyon, Rhone, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stela with bas-relief of 2 men with shaved heads holding a cob, members a funerary brotherhood, Coptic, Roman, from Egypt, 2nd - 3rd century AD, polychrome limestone, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, a fine arts museum opened 1801 in a former convent on the Place des Terreaux in Lyon, Rhone, France. 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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  • Funerary stela known as 'stele maison', Gallo-Roman, 4th century AD, from Thin-le-Moutier, in the Musee de l'Ardenne, on the Place Ducale in Charleville-Mezieres, Ardennes, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stela with portrait of married couple, Caesia and her husband Pomponianus, with the left hand of the woman resting on her husband's hand as a symbol of the marriage, 2nd century AD, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone stela with female figure (detail), late 6th century BC (3rd excavation phase), with an inscription, from the Tofet of Mozia, in the Mozia Museum or Whitaker Museum, in Mozia, a Phoenician island city, Trapani, Sicily, Italy. Mozia was founded in the 8th century BC by the Phoenicians, and remained an important city and Carthaginian trade outpost, thriving until it was overthrown by the Syracuse Greeks in 397 BC. In 1888 the island was rediscovered by Joseph Whitaker, who, through his Fondazione Giuseppe Whitaker, excavated the site and founded the island's museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone stela with male figure in profile, late 6th century BC (4th excavation phase), dedicated to the Carthaginian god Baal Hammon, with the inscription 'consecrated by YKNSLM son of ABDMLQRT who heard the word', in the Mozia Museum or Whitaker Museum, in Mozia, a Phoenician island city, Trapani, Sicily, Italy. Mozia was founded in the 8th century BC by the Phoenicians, and remained an important city and Carthaginian trade outpost, thriving until it was overthrown by the Syracuse Greeks in 397 BC. In 1888 the island was rediscovered by Joseph Whitaker, who, through his Fondazione Giuseppe Whitaker, excavated the site and founded the island's museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stela with relief of a man and his family, and inscription of offering formula, 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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  • Carved stone stela with female figure, late 6th century BC (3rd excavation phase), in the Mozia Museum or Whitaker Museum, in Mozia, a Phoenician island city, Trapani, Sicily, Italy. Mozia was founded in the 8th century BC by the Phoenicians, and remained an important city and Carthaginian trade outpost, thriving until it was overthrown by the Syracuse Greeks in 397 BC. In 1888 the island was rediscovered by Joseph Whitaker, who, through his Fondazione Giuseppe Whitaker, excavated the site and founded the island's museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_ITALY_MC126.jpg
  • 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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  • Funerary stela known as Lyon ladies stela, with portraits probably of mother and daughter, stone, Roman, 3rd century AD, in Lugdunum Museum, an archaeology museum housing Celtic, Roman and pre-Roman artefacts, designed by Bernard Zehrfuss and opened 1975, on the Roman site of Lugdunum in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. The Roman city of Lugdunum was founded in 43 BC by Lucius Munatius Plancus on an existing Gallic site, now part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Child's funerary stela, dedicated to the Mane gods or the souls of the deceased, erected by Musicus Sodalis, 2nd century AD, limestone, discovered in 1863 in the necropolis of the citadel in Langres, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary stela, with blacksmith and his wife, dedicated to the Mane gods or the souls of the deceased, High Empire Gallo-Roman, 1st - 3rd century AD, limestone, discovered near the Hospital de la Charite in Langres, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary stela, erected by Domina, High Empire Gallo-Roman, 1st - 3rd century AD, limestone, discovered in 1844 near the citadel in Langres, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary stela, dedicated to the Mane gods or the souls of the deceased, erected by a man in memory of December, his pupil, and of Regine, his wife, detail, Gallo-Roman, 2nd century AD, limestone, discovered in 1845 between the Tour Saint-Ferjeux and the Tour Virot, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary stela of Tilicus, a slave, High Empire Gallo-Roman, 1st - 3rd century AD, limestone, discovered in 1863 at the citadel in Langres, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary stela of a freed slave, erected by Araricus, and dedicated to the Mane gods or the souls of the deceased and to his daughter Alelia, High Empire Gallo-Roman, 1st - 3rd century AD, limestone, discovered in 1863 at the citadel at Langres, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • House stela depicting Epona, Gallo-Roman goddess and protector of horses, High Empire Gallo-Roman, 1st - 3rd century AD, limestone, discovered at the chatelet in Gourzon, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • House stela with Epona, Gallo-Roman goddess and protector of horses, High Empire Gallo-Roman, 1st - 3rd century AD, limestone, discovered at Chalmessin, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • House stela with Epona, Gallo-Roman goddess and protector of horses, High Empire Gallo-Roman, 1st - 3rd century AD, limestone, discovered in the chatelet at Gourzon, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Family funerary stela, erected by Novellus for his wife Sacrobenna, dedicated to the Mane gods or the souls of the deceased, Gallo-Roman, 2nd century AD, limestone, discovered in Langres, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Family funerary stela of Lutuccus, Pixtasis and Samoricos, High Empire Gallo-Roman, 1st - 3rd century AD, limestone, discovered in 1845 south of the citadel in Langres, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Child's funerary stela, detail, dedicated to the Mane gods or the souls of the deceased, erected by Musicus Sodalis, 2nd century AD, limestone, discovered in 1863 in the necropolis of the citadel in Langres, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary stela of Tilicus, a slave, detail, High Empire Gallo-Roman, 1st - 3rd century AD, limestone, discovered in 1863 at the citadel in Langres, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary stela of Tilicus, a slave, detail, High Empire Gallo-Roman, 1st - 3rd century AD, limestone, discovered in 1863 at the citadel in Langres, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • House stela with Epona, Gallo-Roman goddess and protector of horses, detail, High Empire Gallo-Roman, 1st - 3rd century AD, limestone, discovered in the chatelet at Gourzon, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary stela, erected by Urbicus, dedicated to the Mane gods or the souls of the deceased, early 3rd century AD, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary stela, erected by Urbicus, dedicated to the Mane gods or the souls of the deceased, early 3rd century AD, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary stela, dedicated to the Mane gods or the souls of the deceased, erected by a man in memory of December, his pupil, and of Regine, his wife, Gallo-Roman, 2nd century AD, limestone, discovered in 1845 between the Tour Saint-Ferjeux and the Tour Virot, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Family funerary stela of Lutuccus, Pixtasis and Samoricos, detail, High Empire Gallo-Roman, 1st - 3rd century AD, limestone, discovered in 1845 south of the citadel in Langres, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_FRANCE_MC_1015.jpg
  • Funerary stela of a slave, dedicated to the Mane gods or the souls of the deceased and to Thallus, slave of Hedistus, High Empire Gallo-Roman, 2nd century AD, limestone, discovered to the east of the citadel at Langres, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_FRANCE_MC_1012.jpg
  • House stela depicting Epona, Gallo-Roman goddess and protector of horses, High Empire Gallo-Roman, 1st - 3rd century AD, limestone, discovered at the chatelet in Gourzon, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_FRANCE_MC_0958.jpg
  • Funerary stela, erected by Aprilanus, dedicated to the Mane gods or the souls of the deceased and to Aprilis, son of Montanus, 2nd century AD, limestone, discovered at the citadel of Langres, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_FRANCE_MC_1031.jpg
  • Funerary stela, with blacksmith and his wife, dedicated to the Mane gods or the souls of the deceased, High Empire Gallo-Roman, 1st - 3rd century AD, limestone, discovered near the Hospital de la Charite in Langres, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_FRANCE_MC_1022.jpg
  • Family funerary stela of Lutuccus, Pixtasis and Samoricos, detail, High Empire Gallo-Roman, 1st - 3rd century AD, limestone, discovered in 1845 south of the citadel in Langres, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_FRANCE_MC_1017.jpg
  • Funerary stela, with blacksmith and his wife, detail, dedicated to the Mane gods or the souls of the deceased, High Empire Gallo-Roman, 1st - 3rd century AD, limestone, discovered near the Hospital de la Charite in Langres, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_FRANCE_MC_0987.jpg
  • House stela with Epona, Gallo-Roman goddess and protector of horses, High Empire Gallo-Roman, 1st - 3rd century AD, limestone, discovered in the chatelet at Gourzon, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_FRANCE_MC_0954.jpg
  • Child's funeral stela, 2nd century AD, erected by Gemellus, his father, and dedicated to the Mane gods or the souls of the deceased, and to Lollius Geminus, limestone, discovered at Faubourg des Franchises in Langres, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_FRANCE_MC_1007.jpg
  • Funerary stela, detail, dedicated to the Mane gods or the souls of the deceased, commissioned by Scottus for the burial place of his wife Divixta, shown wearing 2 tunics and a cloak, holding a basket of fruit, excavated in Langres in 1834, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. The statue would originally have been painted. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Uu, a tall stela carved in very dense ironwood and treated with coconut oil, around 130cm tall, with a face-like pattern including small tiki heads in the eyes and nose, and standardised decorations over the torso, in the Musee de Tahiti et des Iles, or Te Fare Manaha, at Punaauia, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. The Museum of Tahiti and the Islands was opened in 1974 and displays collections of nature and anthropology, habitations and artefacts, social and religious life and the history of French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_POLYNESIA_MC_276.jpg
  • Funerary stela carved with scene of sanctuary, with a woman in the adoration position, shell and inscription, 3rd - 4th century, Coptic early christian, in the Alexandria National Museum, inaugurated 2003, housing collections from the pharaonic, Hellenistic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods, in Alexandria, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC22_EGYPT_MC_0135.jpg
  • Gallo-Roman funerary stela with relief of a couple, in the Musee Saint-Remi, an art and archaeology museum in the Abbey of Saint-Remi, founded 6th century, in Reims, Marne, France. The seated god holds his attributes, torque, deer horns, bag of seeds, flanked by Apollo and Mercury. The abbey is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • False door stela, with carved double gateway representing the door to the hereafter, used in tomb architecture since the third millennium BC, <br />
2nd - 1st century BC, sandstone, from Thebes, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC22_EGYPT_MC_0063.jpg
  • 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
    LC22_EGYPT_MC_0102.jpg
  • 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
    LC22_EGYPT_MC_0103.jpg
  • Funerary stela of Turrania Philematio and Chia, with portrait reliefs of Chia (right), a freed slave who commissioned the monument and Philematio a former Greek slave of Sextius Terranius, Gallo-Roman, stone with traces of polychrome, 1st century AD, excavated in Arles in 1810, at Arles, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. Both women wear tunics, cloaks, earrings, rings and bracelets and Philematio pulls a veil across her face. The museum is built on the ruins of the Roman Circus, and houses many artefacts from the town's Gallo-Roman history from 1st century BC. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_FRANCE_MC_1190.jpg
  • Funerary stela, detail, depicting a man holding a hammer within an arched frame, High Empire Gallo-Roman, 1st - 3rd century AD, excavated in the Langres citadel, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_FRANCE_MC_1021.jpg
  • Funerary stela, detail, dedicated to the Mane gods or the souls of the deceased, commissioned by Scottus for the burial place of his wife Divixta, shown wearing 2 tunics and a cloak, holding a basket of fruit, excavated in Langres in 1834, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. The statue would originally have been painted. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_FRANCE_MC_1002.jpg
  • Stela of Minerva, goddess of wisdom, detail, High Empire Gallo-Roman, 1st - 3rd century AD, limestone, discovered in Champigny-les-Langres, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_FRANCE_MC_0963.jpg
  • Head of a carved wooden tiki stela, 182cm tall, acquired by the Papeete Museum in 1976, 1 of 4 tikis from the Marae Mateheimanu in the Hanaei Valley on the East coast of Ua Huka, Marquesas Islands, in the Musee de Tahiti et des Iles, or Te Fare Manaha, at Punaauia, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. Tikis are protective statues representing Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. The Museum of Tahiti and the Islands was opened in 1974 and displays collections of nature and anthropology, habitations and artefacts, social and religious life and the history of French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_POLYNESIA_MC_260.jpg
  • Head of a carved wooden tiki stela, 1 of 4 tikis from the Marae Mateheimanu in the Hanaei Valley on the East coast of Ua Huka, Marquesas Islands, in the Musee de Tahiti et des Iles, or Te Fare Manaha, at Punaauia, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. Tikis are protective statues representing Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. The Museum of Tahiti and the Islands was opened in 1974 and displays collections of nature and anthropology, habitations and artefacts, social and religious life and the history of French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_POLYNESIA_MC_257.jpg
  • Carved stone victors' stelae designed by Karl Bauer in 1936 for the 1906 German Olympic champions, on the South side of the Olympic gate on the Reichssportfeld, now Olympiapark Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC14_BERLIN_MC0940.jpg
  • Gallo-Roman stela with relief of Gallic gods Rosmerta et Teutates, in the Musee Saint-Remi, an art and archaeology museum in the Basilique Saint Remi or Abbey of St Remi, Romanesque, 11th century, in Reims, Marne, Grand Est, France. The abbey is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_FRANCE_MC_2604.jpg
  • Funerary stela of Primilla built by her father in form of cippus topped by cone, with niche containing relief portrait of girl wearing jewellery, stone, 4th century AD, in Lugdunum Museum, an archaeology museum housing Celtic, Roman and pre-Roman artefacts, designed by Bernard Zehrfuss and opened 1975, on the Roman site of Lugdunum in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. The Roman city of Lugdunum was founded in 43 BC by Lucius Munatius Plancus on an existing Gallic site, now part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC22_FRANCE_MC_0588.jpg
  • Stela with relief of a cataphract centurion on horseback with cuirass and 2 servants, 4th - 5th century AD, in Lugdunum Museum, an archaeology museum housing Celtic, Roman and pre-Roman artefacts, designed by Bernard Zehrfuss and opened 1975, on the Roman site of Lugdunum in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. The Roman city of Lugdunum was founded in 43 BC by Lucius Munatius Plancus on an existing Gallic site, now part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC22_FRANCE_MC_0615.jpg
  • Stela, with relief of 2 lions and a gazelle, symbolising christianity under attack by the Jews and the Greeks, and a border of a pomegranate tree, Coptic, 5th - 6th century AD, 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_0670.jpg
  • Funerary stela carved with scene of sanctuary, with a man in the adoration position, wearing Greek dress, flanked by Anubis and Horus, 3rd - 4th century, Coptic early christian with Hellenistic and pharaonic influences, in the Alexandria National Museum, inaugurated 2003, housing collections from the pharaonic, Hellenistic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods, in Alexandria, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC22_EGYPT_MC_0133.jpg
  • Funerary stela, depicting a man holding a hammer within an arched frame, High Empire Gallo-Roman, 1st - 3rd century AD, excavated in the Langres citadel, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_FRANCE_MC_1020.jpg
  • Funerary stela, detail, dedicated to the Mane gods or the souls of the deceased, commissioned by Scottus for the burial place of his wife Divixta, shown wearing 2 tunics and a cloak, holding a basket of fruit, excavated in Langres in 1834, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. The statue would originally have been painted. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_FRANCE_MC_1004.jpg
  • Funerary stela, detail, dedicated to the Mane gods or the souls of the deceased, commissioned by Scottus for the burial place of his wife Divixta, shown wearing 2 tunics and a cloak, holding a basket of fruit, excavated in Langres in 1834, in the Musee de Langres, or Langres Museum of Art and History, in Langres, Haute-Marne, France. The statue would originally have been painted. Founded in 1841, the museum has been housed in a new building in the old town since 1997. It exhibits art, artefacts and archaeology from prehistory to the 20th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC21_FRANCE_MC_1003.jpg
  • Carved wooden tiki stela, 173cm tall, from Hohoi, on Ua Pou, Marquesas Islands, the only one found on the island, in the Musee de Tahiti et des Iles, or Te Fare Manaha, at Punaauia, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. This tiki differs from others in that it is more in proportion, with gaps between the arms and torso, hands on the stomach and small male genitals. This tiki formed part of the facade of the funerary building where the dead were displayed on the paepae or sacred platform at Hakaohoka. Tikis are protective statues representing Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. The Museum of Tahiti and the Islands was opened in 1974 and displays collections of nature and anthropology, habitations and artefacts, social and religious life and the history of French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_POLYNESIA_MC_266.jpg
  • Carved wooden tiki stela, 173cm tall, from Hohoi, on Ua Pou, Marquesas Islands, the only one found on the island, in the Musee de Tahiti et des Iles, or Te Fare Manaha, at Punaauia, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. This tiki differs from others in that it is more in proportion, with gaps between the arms and torso, hands on the stomach and small male genitals. This tiki formed part of the facade of the funerary building where the dead were displayed on the paepae or sacred platform at Hakaohoka. Tikis are protective statues representing Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. The Museum of Tahiti and the Islands was opened in 1974 and displays collections of nature and anthropology, habitations and artefacts, social and religious life and the history of French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_POLYNESIA_MC_265.jpg
  • Carved wooden tiki stela, 173cm tall, from Hohoi, on Ua Pou, Marquesas Islands, the only one found on the island, in the Musee de Tahiti et des Iles, or Te Fare Manaha, at Punaauia, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. This tiki differs from others in that it is more in proportion, with gaps between the arms and torso, hands on the stomach and small male genitals. This tiki formed part of the facade of the funerary building where the dead were displayed on the paepae or sacred platform at Hakaohoka. Tikis are protective statues representing Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. The Museum of Tahiti and the Islands was opened in 1974 and displays collections of nature and anthropology, habitations and artefacts, social and religious life and the history of French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_POLYNESIA_MC_264.jpg
  • Carved stone victors' stelae celebrating German Olympic champions, and the Relay Runners statue, 1935-37, by Karl Albiker, outside the Olympiastadion on the Reichssportfeld, now Olympiapark Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone victors' stelae designed by Magdalena Muller-Martin for the 1952 German Olympic champions, outside the Olympiastadion on the Reichssportfeld, now Olympiapark Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC14_BERLIN_MC0938.jpg
  • Stela with relief of a crouching lamb, representing Jesus Christ, Coptic, 6th century AD, 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_0671.jpg
  • Funerary stela carved with scene of sanctuary, with a man in the adoration position, wearing Greek dress, flanked by Anubis and Horus, 3rd - 4th century, Coptic early christian with Hellenistic and pharaonic influences, in the Alexandria National Museum, inaugurated 2003, housing collections from the pharaonic, Hellenistic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods, in Alexandria, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC22_EGYPT_MC_0134.jpg
  • Funerary stela carved with crosses, Coptic inscriptions and the ankh or key of life, on both sides, 4th - 5th century, Coptic early christian, in the Alexandria National Museum, inaugurated 2003, housing collections from the pharaonic, Hellenistic, Roman, Coptic and Islamic periods, in Alexandria, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC22_EGYPT_MC_0131.jpg
  • Gallo-Roman funeral stela of a cobbler, 2nd century AD, limestone, discovered in 1852, in the Musee Saint-Remi, an art and archaeology museum in the Abbey of Saint-Remi, founded 6th century, in Reims, Marne, France. The cobbler or clog maker wears a hooded tunic and works at his shoemaking bench. The abbey is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Early Christian stela from a grave with crosses and christian symbolism, Coptic christian, 6th - 7th century AD, sandstone, from Thebes, in the Luxor Museum, inaugurated 1975, in Luxor, Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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