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Ancient Egyptian Brewery and Bakery
A funerary model of a bakery and brewery, dating the 11th dynasty, circa 2009-1998 B.C. Painted and gessoed wood, originally from Thebes.
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Bust of Julius Caesar
The "Tusculum portrait", one of two surviving busts of Julius Caesar made during his lifetime.
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Map of Roman Britain, 150 AD
Map of Roman Britain ca. 150 AD, showing the main Roman roads, cities, and Brythonic tribes.
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Map of Sogdiana, ca. 300 BCE
Map of Sogdiana ca. 300 BCE. (Alternate names: Sughd, Sugdiane, Sughuda, Sute)
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Map of the Successor Kingdoms, c. 303 BCE
Map of the Diadochi successor kingdoms to Alexander the Great's empire, before the Battle of Ipsus (301 BCE).
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Avenue of the Sphinxes, Thebes
The Avenue of the Sphinxes is a 3-km ancient processional route that once linked Luxor temple with the Temple of Mut at Karnak to the south. The avenue and sphinxes were built during the reign of Nectanebo I (380-363 BCE) who ruled during...
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The Rams of Amon
Ram-headed sphinxes deposited in the first court in the Temple of Karnak, Egypt. Before the temple was extended by the construction of the first court and its pylon, these sphinxes were part of the original approach. When the approach avenue...
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Egyptian Royal Woman
An Egyptian Royal Woman, probably of the 18th Dynasty, possibly Nefertiti.
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Library of Celsus
The Library of Celsus in Ephesos (completed 117 AD), with a statue of Arete in the foreground.
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Map of Mesopotamia, 2000-1600 BCE
A general map of Mesopotamia and its neighbouring territories which roughly covers the period from 2000-1600 BCE reveals the concentration of city states in Sumer, in the south. This is where the first true city-states arose, although...
