UNEARTHING THE PAST SINCE 1900
Country: Egypt
Location: Luxor
Region: West Bank of Luxor
Description: Man plowing with oxen
Category: Daily Life, People, Animals
Period: Modern
Credit: Susan Ackerman, 2020
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Country: Egypt
Location: Wadi es-Sebua
Description: Nubian Desert
Category: Landscapes
Period: Modern
Credit: Susan Ackerman, 2022
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Country: Egypt
Location: Tanis
Area: Antechamber of Psusennes I’s tomb
Description: Silver Coffin of Heqakheperre Shoshenq II (or Shoshenq IIa) from Tanis
Category: Archaeological Feature
Type: Coffin/ Sarcophagus
Period: 22nd Dynasty, Iron Age
Date: ca. 885 BCE
Current Location: Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Cairo
Credit: From Kate Liszka, 2016
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Country: Egypt
Location: Valley of the Kings
Area: Tomb KV36 (Tomb of Maiherperi)
Description: Part of the Book of the Dead of Maiherperi from the Valley of the Kings
Category: Papyrus
Period: 18th Dynasty, Late Bronze Age
Date: 1400 BCE
Current Location: Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Cairo
Credit: From Kate Liszka, 2016
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Country: Egypt
Location: Lisht
Material: Ivory
Description: Model of Dancing Dwarves made of ivory from Lisht
Category: Statues, Figurines
Period: 12th Dynasty, Middle Bronze Age
Date: 1800 BCE
Current Location: Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Cairo
Credit: From Kate Liszka, 2016
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Country: Egypt
Location: Karnak
Area: Karnak Temple
Description: Statue of Amenhotep Son of Habu—a priest, scribe, and public official who was later deified—from Karnak Temple
Category: Statues
Period: 18th Dynasty, Late Bronze Age
Date: 1300 BCE
Current Location: Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Cairo
Credit: From Kate Liszka, 2016
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Country: Egypt
Location: Aswan
Region: West Aswan
Description: Nubian man riding his donkey carrying supplies
Category: People, Daily Life
Period: Modern
Date: 2011
Credit: Solange Ashby January 2011
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Country: Egypt
Location: New Kalabsha
Region: South of Aswan, on artificial island in Lake Nasser (Nubia)
Area: Temple of Kalabsha
Material: Limestone
Description: Larger image of the Noubade king Silko, a man, and a falcon wearing the double crown. Figural graffito and later 19th c. graffiti next to it. Located on the façade of Temple of Kalabsha, which was dedicated to the sun god Mandulis. Temple relocated to the Island of New Kalabsha in the 1970s in anticipation of the flooding from the High Aswan Dam.
Category: Reliefs
Type: Graffito
Period: Roman, Modern
Date: 27 BCE – 330 CE & 1894
Credit: Solange Ashby January 2011
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Country: Egypt
Location: New Kalabsha
Region: South of Aswan, on artificial island in Lake Nasser (Nubia)
Area: Temple of Beit el Wali
Material: Limestone
Description: Ramses suckled by the goddess Anukis surrounded by hieroglyphics. Located on the left inner door jamb (as seen from inside) at the Temple of Beit el Wali. Temple relocated to the Island of New Kalabsha in the 1970s in anticipation of the flooding from the High Aswan Dam.
Category: Reliefs, Paintings (Ancient), Inscriptions
Period: Egypt’s 19th dynasty, Iron Age
Date: ca. 1292 — 1189 BCE
Credit: Solange Ashby January 2011
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Country: Egypt
Location: Aswan
Region: West Aswan
Description: Nubian woman leading a cow
Category: People, Daily Life
Period: Modern
Date: 2011
Credit: Solange Ashby January 2011
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