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Limestone fragment with hieroglyphics depicting the name of the pharaoh Khufu in the oval cartouche and the symbols of upper and lower Egypt above it. Only the names of royalty were placed in cartouches, which represent both the protection and the…

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Relief carving showing the royal family of the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Akhenaten. Akhenaten, a brother of Tutankhamun established his court at Amarna and replaced the traditional religion with a belief in a single god in the form of Aten, represented on…

Uraeus.jpg
Double figure of Uraeus, disks on heads, originally inlaid, rings for suspension at back.

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sculpture head.jpg
Head of Nectanabo (the last native Egyptian ruler) in polished black stone (basalt?).

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Wooden coffin of Thesaberu, lid painted and inscribed, mask of head raised. Contains mummy of female (24-30yrs), in brown linen swathings. X-ray of mummy shows arms folded over chest.

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Mummy of female (24-30yrs) called Thesaberu, wrapped in brown linen in anthropoid coffin of wood. Remains of a blue and white beaded net over chest on outside of mummy wrapping. Coffin lid is painted, head mask raised and painted red-brown. Although…

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Mummy of a female child in brown hempen swathings, one side coated in starch of rye, no appearance of boiling.

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box ushabti.jpg
Wooden box, encircling band painted yellow with mutilated inscription, containing ushabti figures in clay.

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Ushabti figure, blue glazed, uninscribed.
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