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Base of a calcite royal statue. It depicts four heads of foreigners. From modern-day Egypt. Proto-historical period, 2nd Dynasty, circa 2700 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Limestone seated figures of Sibe and his wife. From modern-day Egypt. New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, circa 1220 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

This rose granite obelisk was found in Rome. Roman period, circa 50 CE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Steatite (soapstone) head of the Egyptian pharaoh Thutmose IV. He wears a blue crown. From modern-day Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, 1380 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Two sycamore wood coffins of Herit-ubekhet, a temple musician at Karnak. From Deir El-Bahari, Western Thebes, modern-day Egypt. 3rd intermediate period, 21st Dynasty, circa 1000 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

In this ophicalcite statue, only the upper half of a seated figure of the Egyptian pharaoh Amenemhat III has survived. Probably from Faiyum, modern-day Egypt. Middle Kingdom, 12 Dynasty, circa 1800 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich...

Calcite/alabaster stela of the hereditary prince Sobeknakht. From the quarries of Amarna, modern-day Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, 1380 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Limestone statue of maned sphinx of the Egyptian pharaoh Amenemhat III. From modern-day Egypt. Middle Kingdom, 12 Dynasty, circa 1800 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

In this limestone tomb relief, the deceased man (with his seated wife) sits before an offering table. From the grave of Imeneminet, Saqqara (Sakkara), modern-day Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, 1320 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich...

Limestone head from lion-shaped water spout, from Tell El-Dab'a, New Kingdom of Egypt, 18th Dynasty, 1450-1400 BCE. State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany.