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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.

Anorthosite block statue of general Nes-montu. From Thebes, modern-day Egypt. Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, 1950 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Bronze collection of divine figures: the goddess Isis (left) with the child Horus, the god Osiris (middle), and the god Harpokrates (right) wearing the double crown. Egypt, Saite period to Ptolemaic period, 7th to 4th centuries BCE...

Limestone statue of the seated figure of Nefret-Iabet, daughter of the Egyptian pharaoh Khufu. From Giza, Old Kingdom of Egypt, 4th Dynasty, 2580 BCE. State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany.

Quartzite head of god Sopdu (Sopedu or Septu). From modern-day Egypt. Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, circa 1950-1900 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Limestone head from a statuette of the Egyptian pharaoh Khufu (Kheops). From modern-day Egypt. Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty, circa 2600 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Two limestone votive stelae of the Mnevis (also written Mer-Wer) bull. From Heliopolis, modern-day Egypt. New Kingdom, 19th and 20th Dynasties, 12th century BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Calcite double statue of the Egyptian pharaoh Niuserre (also written Nyuserre Ini, Neuserre Izi, or Niuserre Isi). He stands and strides. The pharaoh is depicted as an old man and a young man. From modern-day Egypt. Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty...