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This is the set of the TV series “Rome” showing the Roman Forum that you can visit at the Cinecittà studios in Rome. The series was filmed in various locations, but most notably in Cinecittà.

This limestone fragment shows carpenters making funeral furniture at a quayside. The block came from a wall of the dismantled mastaba tomb-chapel of Tepemankh (Djadjamankh). From Saqqara, Egypt. 5th Dynasty, 2494 to 2345 BCE. The Petrie...

Limestone block carved with a kheker frieze at the upper part, from Kopotos (Qift), Egypt, 1580-1550 BCE. At the lower middle part, we can see the the double plume headdress of the god Min; on its either side, the hieroglyphic inscriptions...

This limestone block fragment came from the debris of the north wall of the antechamber within the pyramid of king Pepi (Pepy) I at Saqqara. The fragment contains 5 vertical columns of green-filled hieroglyphic inscriptions. The cartouche...

This limestone fragment depicts a standing man, who faces to the right. The hieroglyphic inscriptions read "official of property of the king(or one known to the king) Rahotep". From Egypt, precise provenance is unknown. Old Kingdom, 2686-2181...

This limestone fragment of a stela or a block from chapel wall depicts a butcher who cuts up a leg of beef. At the upper part, there is a pile of meat. Some of the the hieroglyphic inscriptions read "meat of ox". From Saqqara, Egypt. Old...

On this sandstone stela, there are 10 lines of hieroglyphs inside the border line. The stela mentions the name of the guard of the bureau of fields, Sehetepibre (born of Ite). From the Tombs of The Courtiers at Abydos, Egypt. Middle Kingdom...

This limestone slab was found beneath the sand of the Ptolemaic temple at Kopyos (Qift). At the left side, the figure of the king Pepi II looks to the right. Before him, the rope-border cartouche containing the birth-name and throne-name...

This limestone fragment depicts a prow of a ship. There are sailors, facing right; the foremost sailor holds a pole or a spear. The ship was originally painted black while the sailors were painted red. From Egypt, precise provenance is unknown...

This limestone wall block depicts the Nile-Flood god Hapy who wears the plants of Upper Egypt; his head and shoulders are shown. He faces to the left and and brings offerings of hetep-mat, qebeh-jar, hes-jar and was-sceptre. From the foundations...