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Eternal Egypt: Statue of a Man
The statue represents a man in a very special seated posture. There are a few hieroglyphic signs on the base beside the foot of the statue.
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Eternal Egypt: Group Statue of Two Men
The painted statue depicts two men with different features standing side by side, with one placing his arm around the other. They wear the same simple kilt with a pleated section wrapped across the front to tie it. The men wear wigs in...
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of Isis
The beautiful painted statue represents the goddess Isis standing, and wearing the white headdress called the khat ornamented with a red headband. She is stretching out her arms to protect the invisible body of her husband, the god Osiris.
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of a Lion
The block statue, which might be a symbolic representation of a king, depicts a lion sitting on its hindquarters. With its front paws, the lion is holding a human face, which could represent a Syrian captive.
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of the God Ptah
Statue of Ptah, standing with sceptres Djed and Was.
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of Cupid
Cupid, the god of love, is depicted in white marble as a winged sleeping child. He rests his head on his left arm, and the left wing can be seen behind him.
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of Harwa
Harwa is depicted as seated on the ground with his left knee drawn up and with dangling breasts and rolls of fat.
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of Rawer
Rawer wears a short curly wig and a short kilt. He holds circular objects that were probably symbols used to identify his high rank.
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of a Satyr
This statue depicts a Satyr, a deity in Greek mythology. His ears are pointed and his hair is short and curly.
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of a Farmer
The statue, its head now missing, depicts a farmer, carrying on his back some goods to sell in the city market. The statue's trunk is sculpted in an extremely accurate and realistic manner.
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of a Nubian
The partly damaged statue of a young male figure was finely carved in a single piece and was at least partly painted. The facial features together with the local style of headdress suggest that the owner of this statue had Nubian ancestry.
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of a Uraeus
The uraeus, or royal cobra, is depicted with its hood extended, rearing up to powerfully strike any enemy of the king.
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of an Orator
A headless statue of a literary person or an orator is depicted standing on a base and wearing a Roman toga.
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of the God Thoth
This statue portrays the god Thoth in the form of a sitting ibis. The bronze head and the white limestone body give the statue a realistic appearance.
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of Rahotep
This statue depicts Rahotep wearing a large wig and a short kilt. He is holding kerchiefs. On the back pillar, his name and titles are engraved.
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Eternal Egypt: Statuette of a Harpist
The statuette represents a seated man wearing a short black wig and a long white kilt. He is sitting in a very special way in order to be able to hold the harp, which is bigger and taller than he is. The harp, the body of the man and the...
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of the God Osiris
A fine standing statue of the god Osiris who is shown wrapped in a long, fitted garment and wearing the White Crown of Upper Egypt and the sacred false beard. His crossed arms hold the usual two sacred insignia; the crook and the flail,...
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of Duamutef
Duamutef, one of the four sons of Horus, was typically shown with a jackal's head. The statue depicts him in a completely human shape, wrapped as a mummy and wearing the broad collar and the divine false beard.
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of Ra Hotep
Ra-Hotep is depicted in the traditional posture of a scribe, seated cross-legged with a roll of papyrus on his lap. He is not shown writing, but in a resting pose.
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of the Lady Hel
Limestone statue of the Lady Hel, with traces of red on the lips.
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of the God Serapis
A statue showing the upper part of the god Serapis, who is wearing the Greek chiton and a cloak that hangs from his left shoulder. The hairstyle is conventional with abundant thick curls; the beard and moustache are also curly. The...
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of the Goddess Mut
The statue represents the goddess Mut in animal form as a vulture. She was usually depicted, on temple walls, as a woman wearing a long brightly colored dress and a vulture headdress surmounted by the Double Crown. This statue of the...
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Eternal Egypt: Block Statue of Hor
This statue depicts Hor in a squatting position, completely enveloped in a cloak; only his arms can be seen in front of his head.
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Eternal Egypt: Statue of Apis Bull
The gigantic statue represents Serapis in the form of a strong bull with a solar disk and uraeus, or royal cobra, between his horns. The inscription indicates that the statue was erected around AD 130 in the time of the Roman Emperor...