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Werner Forman Archive |
ANCIENT EGYPT |
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Werner Forman Archive |
ANCIENT EGYPT |
Archaeological sites and masterpieces of ancient Egyptian art from the pre-dynastic period, the Old, Middle and New Kingdoms and the Late and Ptolemaic periods photographed in many of the great museums of the world.
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Ivory haircomb. Predynastic Period. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. |
The Sphinx with the pyramid of Khephren. Giza, Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty. |
Head of Queen Nefertiti. Tell el Amarna, 1373-1375 BC. The Egyptian Museum, Cairo. |
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The mask of Tutankhamun. 18th Dynasty, 1357-1349 BC. The Egyptian Museum, Cairo. |
Painting of hunting scene from the tomb of Nebamun. Dra Abu el-Naga, 18th Dynasty c.1550-1295 BC. British Museum, London. |
Queen Tiye. 18th Dynasty, c.1403-1365 BC. The Egyptian Museum, Berlin. |
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Scarab pectoral from the tomb of Psusennes I. Tanis, 21st Dynasty, 1039-991 BC. The Egyptian Museum, Cairo. |
Painting of cattle inspection from the tomb of Nebamun. Dra Abu el-Naga, 18th Dynasty, 1550-1295 BC. British Museum, London. |
Funerary mask of Psusennes I. Tanis, 21st Dynasty, 1039-991 BC. The Egyptian Museum, Cairo. |
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Hieroglyphic text on the coffin of Petosiris. Tuna el-Gebel, Ptolemaic Period. The Egyptian Museum, Cairo. |
Portrait of Augustus. Alexandria, Graeco-Roman Period. Graeco-Roman Museum, Alexandria, Egypt. |
Decorated box of cosmetics. . 18th Dynasty, 1386-1349 BC. Museo Egizio, Turin. |
