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Limestone statue of a standing-striding figure of a daughter of the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten. From modern-day Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, 1345 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Limestone stela of the Egyptian nomarch Sobeki. From Abydos, modern-day Egypt. Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, circa 1900 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Quartzite head of a statue which depicts the daughter of the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten. From modern-day Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, 1345 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Syenite statue of the seated figure of Sobekhotep and his wife. From Faiyum, modern-day Egypt. Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, 1800 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Limestone relief fragment of the Egyptian pharaoh Mentuhotep II. From the mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II at Deir El-Bahari, modern-day Egypt. Middle Kingdom, 11th Dynasty, 2030 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Gold chain of ankhs (signs of life; also known as key of life, the key of the Nile, or crux ansata). From the treasure of the Nubian queen Amanishakheto, pyramid N6, Meroe, modern-day northern Sudan. Meroitic period, around 1 CE. (State Museum...

Golden shield ring an Udjat (Eye of Horus) in sun disc. From the treasure of the Nubian queen Amanishakheto, pyramid N6, Meroe, modern-day northern Sudan. Meroitic period, around 1 CE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Golden shield ring with a bust of the goddess Mut. From the treasure of the Nubian queen Amanishakheto, pyramid N6, Meroe, modern-day northern Sudan. Meroitic period, around 1 CE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

Golden shield ring with a ram's head representing the god Amun, from the treasure of the Nubian queen Amanishakheto, Pyramid N6, Meroe, modern-day northern Sudan. Meroitic period, c. 1 CE. State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich.

Golden jackal. From the treasure of the Nubian queen Amanishakheto, pyramid N6, Meroe, modern-day northern Sudan. Meroitic period, around 1 CE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).