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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Egyptian Sandal Makers
The Ancient Sandal Maker as pictured on the wall of the ruined temples at Thebes, Egypt. -Bodmer, 1917
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Glazed Coffins, From Warka
Another kind of coffins employed by the Chaldeans consisted of two large earthenware vessels, shaped like ancient water-jars, set mouth to mouth and sealed with bitumen.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Great Pyramid of Giza
The Great Pyramid of Giza, also called Khufu's Pyramid or the Pyramid of Khufu, and Pyramid of Cheops, is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis bordering what is now Cairo, Egypt, and is the only remaining...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Jericho Ruins
Ruins of the houses of ancient Jericho. -Breasted, 1914
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Korsabad Idol
This illusrtration shows an ancient idol found at Korsabad.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Korsabad Idol
This illusrtration shows an ancient idol found at Korsabad.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Luxor Temple
An Ancient Egyptian temple complex founded in 1400 B.C.E.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Monk Copyist
The monks also became copyists, and with great painstaking and industry gathered and multiplied ancient manuscripts, and thus preserved and transmitted to the modern world much classical learning and literature that would otherwise have...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Mound of Babylon
The remains of the ancient city of Babylon.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Nebuchadnezzar
The most illustrious of Babylonian kings, was the son of Nabopolassar, the general of the Babylonian garrison at the time the Assyrian empire fell to pieces after the death of Assur-bani-pal. The Babylonians then thre off the hated yoke...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Niniveh Painting
Ancient wall paintings of Niniveh.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Painting
Egyptian wall-painting of the Ancient Empire in the Bulak Museum.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Ruins of Palmyra
An ancient city located in the heart of the Syrian Desert.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Ruins of Susa
An image depicting the ruins of the ancient city of Susa, in modern-day Iran.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Seal of Sargon I
The ancient King of Akkad, reigning from 2270 BC to 2215 BC.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sella
Sella, the general term for a seat or chair of any description. Sella Curulis, the chair of state. Curulis is derived by the ancient writers from currus, but it more probably contains the same root as curia. The sella curulis is said to...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Shekel
The obverse side of the Shekel, a ancient silver coin used in Mesopotamia and Jerusalem.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Shekel
The reverse side of the Shekel, a ancient silver coin used in Mesopotamia and Jerusalem.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Temple of Karnak
Karnak is a village in Egypt built on the site of Thebes, on the bank of the Nile, and renowned for its magnificent architectural antiquities. The principal one of these is the Great Temple, 1,200 feet long and 330 feet wide. In this are...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Temple of the Sun
The ruins at Balbec in Syria lie amidst desolate mountains, forty miles from the sea. They consist of a group of shattered temples crowning the ancient acropolis. Six massive columns nearly one hundred feet high, supporting a marble...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: The Moabite Stone
Found in 1868 at Diban, east of the Dead Sea. The monument records the victory of Mesha, king of Moab, over the united armies of Israel and Judah, about 850 B.C. The inscription, consisting of 34 lines, is one of the most ancient...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: The Rosetta Stone
A fragment of an Ancient Egyptian text, which provided the key to the modern understanding of Egyptian hieroglyphics.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Wine Press
An Ancient Egyptian Wine-press. The process of treading, which seems to have prevailed from the earliest ages. The treaders are being assisted by ropes fixed to the roof of the press. - Chambers, 1881
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Winged Bull From Nimrud
The Sumerian word lama, which i rendered in Akkadian a lamau, refer to a beneficient protective female deity. The correponding male deity wa called alad, in Akkadian, sedu. In art they were depicted a hybrid, a winged bull or lion with...