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Ancient Egyptian decoration, (1898). Creator: Unknown

Ancient Egyptian decoration, (1898). Examples of architecture and painting from Ancient Egypt: Fig 1: Painted relief-figure from a column of the temple at Denderah. Figs 2 and 3: Paintings from mummy-cases. Figs 4 and 5: From a mummy-case in the Louvre, Paris. Fig 6: Painted border from a sarcophagus. Fig 7: Border from a mummy-case. British Museum, London. Fig 8: Ornament on wooden sarcophagus. London. Fig 9: Border on a mummy-case. British Museum. Fig 10: Portion of a collar. London. Fig 11: Painting on a sarcophagus. London'. Plate 1 from "The Historic Styles of Ornament" translated from the German of H. Dolmetsch. [B.T. Batford, London, 1898]

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Detail from the jewel chest of Tuyu, depicting Heh, the god of the Million Years

Detail from the jewel chest of Tuyu, depicting Heh, the god of the Million Years. Found empty of any jewels as the tomb was robbed in antiquity, the chest was originally constructed for Tuyu's daughter, Tiye, who placed it in the tomb as offering. Tiye became the wife of Amehnhotep III and mother of Akhenaten. Country of Origin: Ancient Egypt. Period/ Date: New Kingdom 1391 - 1353 BC, 18th Dynasty. Material/ Size: Wood, glod leaf, faience, ebony and painted ivory, H=38.5cm W=26.8cm. Place of Origin: Valley of the Kings. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Location 72

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Akhenaten under the rays of the Aten, Ancient Egyptian, Amarna period, c1350-1334 BC

Akhenaten under the rays of the Aten, Ancient Egyptian, Amarna period, c1350-1334 BC. Detail from painted limestone sunken relief from the facade of a shrine showing the Pharaoh Akhenaten and his Queen, Nefertiti, offering libations to Aten, the sun god. During the Amarna period shrines in the form of pylons were placed in private houses to serve as altars for the cult of the royal family and the god Aten. This example was discovered in the house of Paneshy at Amarna. From the Egyptian Museum, Cairo

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