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Eternal Egypt: Basalt Royal Head
A large royal head made of basalt. It wears a headdress that has embossed vertical lines. On the forehead there is the uraeus (royal cobra).
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Eternal Egypt: Quartz Royal Head
This head, found in Abu Qir Bay, shows a king wearing the royal headdress called nemes, dominated by the sacred cobra.
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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 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: Alabaster Royal Statue
Although there are no inscriptions on this alabaster statue to identify its owner, it appears from the posture that it represents a king of the Old Kingdom in the traditional pose. He is depicted seated on a backless throne, wearing the...
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Eternal Egypt: King Ramesses the Third
Ramesses the Third erected this statue in front of the First Pylon of Luxor temple. He is shown sitting on his throne wearing the nemes headdress and the ceremonial beard.
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Eternal Egypt: Rough Study of a Royal Head
The eyes, ears, small nose, and chin of this rough study of a royal head are completely finished. The lower parts of the headdress and the chest are flat and unfinished.
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Eternal Egypt: Sphinx of Amenemhat the Third
Seven sphinxes of Amenemhat were found in Tanis in the eastern Delta. They were thus called the Tanite sphinxes. Instead of the traditional Nemes headdress, the pharaoh's face is framed by a massive lion's mane that increases the sense...
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Eternal Egypt: Amulet of Ptah in a Gold Shrine
The amulet represents the god Ptah as a mummiform figure, wearing a straight beard and an unusual headdress. His hands emerge from the shroud to hold the djed pillar, the emblem of the god Osiris. This figure is set within a decorated...
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Eternal Egypt: Royal Head Made of Pink Granite
A carved royal head made of pink granite; it is dated to the Hellenistic period. The head is covered by a Nemes headdress, a small part of the nose is broken. This is one of the objects found among the sunken antiquities of Alexandria.
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Eternal Egypt: Oil Lamp Shaped as a Royal Bust
Oil lamp of baked clay, shaped like a bust. It is surmounted by the horns of a cow with the sun disk between them. On the upper part there is the headdress "Nemes" and a pendant on the breast, while below there is a small oil lamp with...
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Eternal Egypt: Sculptor's Study of a Royal Head
This sculptor's study portrays the head of a royal person wearing a headdress and the uraeus, the royal cobra.