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Limestone stela of Usekhu, the overseer of the cabinet. From Abydos, modern-day Egypt. Middle Kingdom, circa 11th to 12th Dynasty, circa 2000 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Limestone fragment of an inscription which mentions the name of the Egyptian pharaoh Senusret I (aka Sesostris I). From Saqqara (Sakkara), modern-day Egypt. Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, circa 1950 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich...

Granite statue of the kneeling figure of the architect Senenmut (also written Senmut or Senmout). He holds a symbol of the goddess Hathor. From Armant (ancient Hermonthis), modern-day Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, circa 1470 BCE. (State...

Only the lower half of this calcite kneeling figure of the Egyptian pharaoh Thutmose III has survived. From Karnak, modern-day Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, circa 1450 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Limestone head from a statue of an Asiatic official. From modern-day Egypt. Middle Kingdom, 12th to 13th Dynasties, 1800-1750 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Limestone head of a falcon god with human ears. The rest of the body is lost. Frpm modern-day Egypt. Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, circa 1800 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Pan & Eros, part of a three-figure group which includes Aphrodite, 100 BCE, from Delos. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens).

A gold rhyton in the form of a lion's head. From Grave Circle A, Mycenae, 16th century BCE. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)

Apollo, detail from a 2nd century CE funerary relief slab. (Archaeological Museum of Piraeus)

Copper cult statue of a crocodile from Faiyum, Middle Kingdom of Egypt, 12th Dynasty, circa 1800 BCE. State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany.