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This column capital is in the form of a basket adorned with doves, crosses, and the ancient Egyptian Ankh, or life, sign. |
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Most offering tables were cut in a rectangular shape, but this one is circular. The lower part of the table is carved with the traditional Hetep hieroglyphic sign, which means "offering." The upper surface is carved with vessels and there are holes cut into the surface so that liquids, such as water, beer or wine, could be poured on the table. |
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The apse from Baweit is what is called an "Eastern Niche." It is decorated with a depiction of the Lord Jesus Christ on a throne on the upper part, and the lower part shows the Virgin Mary carrying Christ, surrounded by the Twelve Apostles. |
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This niche portrays the Lord Jesus Christ with a halo of light over his head. The halo is distinguished by having a cross of three sides inside it. |
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This niche has a portrait of the Lord Jesus Christ with the halo of glory around his head. |
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This niche is called "the Father's Bosom." It is decorated with a wall panel with a portrait of the Holy Virgin. |
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This statue of the baboon of Thoth, represents the deity seated with all the details of the face, the mane, and the hair covering the upper part of the body while leaving the fingers visible. The statue is adorned with a broad pectoral hanging from his neck, decorated with the solar bark containing the sun disk. |
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The base of a statue bears a Greek text of six lines and has a cross inside a laurel crown, the symbol of the Byzantine Empire. It commemorates the purification of the Alexandria Canal. |
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The black varnished wood shrine has a convex roof that slopes away toward the back to resemble the Predynastic temples of southern Egypt. It originally contained two snake statues on a standard. |
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A pottery tile with a black and blue drawing on a white background under a transparent glaze is dominated by a drawing of a huge mosque lamp hanging on a chain. |
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This small hieroglyphic inscription gives only two names for King Sahure. The first one is the Horus name, while the second is the royal cartouche. |
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This limestone block, sculpted in sunken relief, depicts a woman's face and part of her chest. |
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This block bears prayers of Ramesses the Third to the gods Re-Horakhty, Osiris, Isis, and Thoth. |
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The block is decorated with a detailed scorpion in high relief. This scorpion has a tail with its poison glands and stinger; however, for magical reasons, many reliefs depicted the scorpion without its tail to deprive it of the dangerous sting. |
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This block is decorated with a traditional scene representing King Ramesses the Second massacring his enemies who belong to three different peoples: the Nubians, the Libyans and the Syrians. |
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A decorated wooden board with carved adornment that consists of three panels inlaid with ivory and ebony. The lowest panel is the largest. The panels are grouped together, decorated and they are all inlaid with ivory and ebony. |
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A board divided into nine panels and decorated with geometrical designs interlaced with floral designs. Some of the panels are adorned with swastika within lozenge. Other panels are decorated with five-pointed stars encompassing interlaced floral patterns. |
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The bronze door handle is in the shape of Medusa, the snake-haired woman whose gaze turned men to stone. She has frightening eyes and a prominent forehead from which two small wings emerge. Her hair is thick and snakes are coming out of her open mouth. |
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This small figurine of a cat, which was associated with the goddess Bastet and was considered her sacred animal, was given an alert expression by the artist. |
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The walls of this burial chamber are decorated with scenes showing different offerings. Through magic, these offerings would be transformed into real offerings for the deceased in the netherworld. |
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