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Shabti Dolls
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Shabti Dolls

Shabti dolls from ancient Egypt. Shabti dolls were the surrogate workers for the deceased in the afterlife. Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden.
Map of Tartessos with Phoenician and Greek colonies
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Map of Tartessos with Phoenician and Greek colonies

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

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, Temple of Hatshepsut
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Djeser-Djeseru, Temple of Hatshepsut

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
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Model of the Temple of Artemis

Model of the Temple of Artemis, Miniature Park, Istanbul, Turkey.
Lighthouse of Alexandria Illustration
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Lighthouse of Alexandria Illustration

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

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
Herodotus of Halicarnassos
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Herodotus of Halicarnassos

The statue honoring the great historian Herodotus (484-425 BCE) in Halicarnassos (modern day Bodrum, Turkey).
Pythia of the Oracle of Delphi
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Pythia of the Oracle of Delphi

"Priestess of Delphi" by John Collier, 1891. A 19th century vision of how the Pythia might have looked like, and how she became intoxicated by hallucinogenic gases emerging from the floor.
Temple of Hatshepsut, Aerial View
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Temple of Hatshepsut, Aerial View

The Temple of Queen Hatshepsut of Egypt at Deir al-Bahri, Thebes, Egypt
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