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Eternal Egypt: Statue of Atum and Horemheb
The statue shows King Horemheb kneeling before the god Atum.
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of Osiris as a Mummy
A statue of the god Osiris represented as a mummy. He is wearing a long tight garment, and is crowned with the Atef crown, and has the royal cobra (uraeus) on his forehead. His features are clearly defined.
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Eternal Egypt: Meroitic Ba Statue of a Woman
This Ba statue depicts the soul as a bird with a human head. The statue depicts a lady with long wings standing. Three vertical cuts on each of her cheeks illustrate a Nubian custom. She wears a painted collar and a long, wide skirt.
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of the Serpent Neterankh
The serpent Neterankh, or the Living God, was one of the deities in charge of protecting the regions of the underworld and defending the sun god as he passed through each night.
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Eternal Egypt: Sacred Lion Statue
The votive statue of a lion has grooves on the back that were made by faithful pilgrims. They would scrape sand from the sculpture to place in a cloth or leather bag. Carrying the sand was thought to bring benefits to the bearer.
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Eternal Egypt: Block Statue of Be Se en Mut
This statue depicts Be-se-en-mut who was a priest of the god Montu, Mayor of Thebes and judge of the city of Thebes. He is squatting on a round cushion and his body is completely covered by a cloak.
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Eternal Egypt: Headless Statue of Asclepius
This statue depicts the Greek god of healing, Asclepius, who was associated with Imhotep. The staff of Asclepius with the coiled serpent became the symbol of medicine in modern times.
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Eternal Egypt: Standing Statue of Nespamedu
The statue of the Vizier Nespamedu imitates the statuary of the Old Kingdom, especially in the modeling of the body. However, the features resemble those of the Middle Kingdom.
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Eternal Egypt: Standing Statue of Sed Hotep
The statue represents Sed-Hotep standing with his left leg forward. He holds a roll in each hand and there is a dagger under his belt. His name is inscribed on the base of the statue.
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Eternal Egypt: Headless Statue of a Roman Man
The headless statue portrays a Roman man. He is clad in a cloak wrapped around the whole body except the left arm. He stands with his weight on his left foot with the right one more relaxed. The statue possibly was a kind of funeral...
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Eternal Egypt: Standing Statue of a Young Man
This statue depicts a young man standing with his arms hanging at his sides. He holds a small staff in each hand. He wears a round wig of small curls and a short kilt.
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of a Man Holding a Naos
This statue depicts a standing man wearing a short kilt with a belt. He holds a small shrine, called a naos, that contains a figure of a god.
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of the Cat Goddess Bastet
Among the animals that the ancient Egyptians respected and venerated, was the cat. They called it Bastet and it was the patron deity of the Memphite necropolis at Saqqara. The statue of Bastet shows the goddess in characteristic Egyptian...
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Eternal Egypt: Block Statue of Bak en Khonsu
This block statue bears the name of Bak-en-Khonsu. He has the cartouches of King Osorkon the Second of the Twenty-Second Dynasty on his right shoulder.
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Eternal Egypt: Block Statue of Hor With Gods
This block statue represents Hor. His head is completely shaved and his body is entirely covered by a close-fitting garment.
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Eternal Egypt: Ka Statue of King Auib Re Hor
This wooden structure is a magnificent, well-preserved masterpiece. It depicts the Ka statue of King Auib-Re-Hor.
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Eternal Egypt: Seated Statue of Queen Nofret
Queen Nofret is shown seated on a throne, wearing a wig known as a Hathor wig, which has three separate tresses of hair. A large tress falls behind the head, while two wavy tresses are pulled to the front and wrapped in narrow bands.
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Eternal Egypt: Standing Statue of Hatshepsut
Queen Hatshepsut is portrayed wearing the Nemes headdress with a uraeus, or royal cobra, and the Shendyt kilt so that she would be accepted by the Egyptians, whose traditions demanded a male ruler. The statue was destroyed in the time of...
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Eternal Egypt: Standing Statue of Inty Shedu
The statue depicts Inty Shedu standing, wearing a short wig painted black, a broad blue and white collar, and a short kilt. Hieroglyphic signs on the base give his names and titles.
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Eternal Egypt: Standing Statue of Sobekemsaf
The statue depicts Sobekemsaf wearing the Nemes royal headdress and the Shendyt royal kilt. Between his two legs is the image of his son with a vertical line giving his name.
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of Ramesses the Second
The statue depicts the great pharaoh Ramesses the Second sitting on a low-backed throne. He is wearing the Double Crown and the pleated royal kilt.
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of Tuthmosis the Third
This gray schist statue portrays King Tuthmosis the Third as a great athletic warrior king.
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Eternal Egypt: Double Statue of a Man and Wife
This double statue probably depicts Meres-ankh and his wife, as it was found in his mastaba (tomb) at Giza. The man wears a curled wig, and has a fine mustache. He is wearing a short kilt with an overlap and a wide collar of polychrome...
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of a Snake on a Standard
This statue representing a snake deity was once in a shrine of black-varnished wood. It shows Qebhut, the goddess of freshness and daughter of Anubis.