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The Phoenician alphabet.

The Sarcophagus of Ahiram, king of Byblos, bearing the oldest inscription of the Phoenician alphabet, which reads: "Coffin which Ittobaal, son of Ahiram, king of Byblos, made for Ahiram, his father, when he placed him in the 'house of...

The Phoenician alphabet and its equivalents in four modern alphabets. From left to right: Latin, Greek, Phoenician, Hebrew, Arabic. Legend: In the middle column you'll find the original Phoenician letters, with their modern equivalents in...

Shabti dolls from ancient Egypt. Shabti dolls were the surrogate workers for the deceased in the afterlife. Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden.

A map of Tartessos, showing its sphere of influence, as well as Greek and Phoenician colonies in southern Spain.

Detail of Hatshepsut, Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt, c. 1473-1458 B.C. Indurated limestone sculpture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. Hatshepsut is depicted in the clothing of a male king though with a feminine form. Inscriptions...

Djeser-Djeseru is the main building of Hatshepsut's mortuary temple complex at Deir al-Bahri. Designed by Senemut, her vizier, the building is an example of perfect symmetry that predates the Parthenon, and it was the first complex built...

Model of the Temple of Artemis, Miniature Park, Istanbul, Turkey.

A drawing of the Lighthouse of Alexandria, also known as Pharos, by German archaeologist Prof. H. Thiersch (1909).

Silver coin of Euthydemid king Menander. On the obverse: Basileus Soteros Menandros (King Savior Menander) Same thing on the reverse, in kharosti, with the Goddess Athena Alkidemos