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Wooden Models from the Tomb of Henu

Wooden Coffin of Atef Ib

Wood Ivory and Gilt Box

Weighing of the Heart Scene from the Book of the Dead

Wall Around the Step Pyramid Complex

Wall Around the Step Pyramid Complex

Walking Up to the Tombs in the Cliffs of Beni Hasan

Walking up the Cliffs to the Tombs at Beni Hasan

Walking through Meir

Walking Stick Decorated with a Nubian and an Asiatic

Walking Amongst the Ruins

Walking Among the Ruins

Walking Across the Step Pyramid Enclosure

Wadi el Jarf Papyri

Wadi el Jarf Papyri

Wadi el Jarf Papyri

View from the Boundary Stela

View Across the Archaeological Remains at Saqqara

View Across the Archaeological Remains at Saqqara

View Across the Archaeological Remains at Saqqara

View Across the Archaeological Remains at Saqqara

Vase Decorated with Crocodiles and Hippos

Two Feline Headed Figurines

Triad Statue of Menkaure Flanked by Hathor (left) and the Nome Deity of Thebes (right)

Triad Statue of Menkaure Flanked by Hathor (left) and the Nome Deity of Thebes (right)

Traces of Paint on the Rock Outside

Toppled Columns in the Desert

Toppled Baboon Statue

Tombstone with Inscription in Coptic

Tomb Relief with Musicians

Tomb of Ukhhotp Son of Senbi

Tomb of Ukhhotp Son of Senbi

Tomb of Ukhhotp Son of Senbi

Tomb of Ukhhotp Son of Senbi

Tomb of Ukhhotp Son of Senbi

Tomb of Ukhhotp Son of Senbi

Tomb of Ukhhotp Son of Senbi

Tomb of Ukhhotp Son of Senbi

Tomb of Ukhhotp Son of Senbi

Tomb of Ukhhotp Son of Senbi

Tomb of Ukhhotp Son of Senbi

Tomb of Ukhhotp Son of Senbi

Tomb of Ukhhotp Son of Senbi

Tomb of Ukhhotp Son of Senbi

Tomb of Ukhhotp Son of Senbi

Tomb of Ukhhotp Son of Senbi

Tomb of Ukhhotp Son of Senbi

Tomb of Tia at Saqqara

Tomb of Tia at Saqqara

Tomb of Tia at Saqqara

Tomb of Tia at Saqqara

Tomb of Tia at Saqqara

Tomb of Tia at Saqqara

Tomb of Senbi son of Ukh-hotp

Tomb of Senbi son of Ukh-hotp

Tomb of Senbi son of Ukh-hotp

Tomb of Senbi son of Ukh-hotp

Tomb of Senbi son of Ukh-hotp

Tomb of Senbi son of Ukh-hotp

Tomb of Senbi son of Ukh-hotp

Tomb of Senbi son of Ukh-hotp

Tomb of Ptahhotep

Tomb of Petosiris

Tomb of Petosiris

Tomb of Petosiris

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Pepyankh the Youngest

Tomb of Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep (The Two Brothers)

Tomb of Maya at Saqqara

Tomb of Maya at Saqqara

Tomb of Horemheb at Saqqara

Tomb of Horemheb at Saqqara

Tomb of Horemheb at Saqqara

Tomb of Horemheb at Saqqara

Tomb of Horemheb at Saqqara

Tomb of Horemheb at Saqqara

Tomb of Horemheb at Saqqara

Tomb of Horemheb at Saqqara

Tomb of Horemheb at Saqqara

Tomb Entrance in the Cliffs at Beni Hasan

Tomb Entrance at Deir el-Bersha

Tomb Entrance at Beni Hasan

Tomb Entrance at Beni Hasan

TNew Kingdom Temple Tomb at Saqqara

The View up the Nile from the Beni Hasan Cliffs

The Valley Temple of Unas

The Tomb of Senbi

The Tomb of Senbi

The Tomb of Senbi

The Tomb of Senbi

The Tomb of Isadora

The Tomb of Isadora

The Tomb of Isadora

The Road to Meir

The Road to Meir

The Outside of the Tomb of Meruka

The Outside of the Tomb of Meruka

The Name of Djehutihotep

The Name of Djehutihotep

The Meidum Geese

The Meidum Geese

The Meidum Geese

The Imhotep Museum, Saqqara

Temple Tombs at Saqqara

Step Pyramid with the Pyramid of Unas in the Background

Step Pyramid Enclosure

Step Pyramid Enclosure

Step Pyramid Enclosure

Step Pyramid Enclosure

Step Pyramid Enclosure

Step Pyramid Enclosure

Step Pyramid Enclosure

Step Pyramid Enclosure

Step Pyramid Enclosure

Step Pyramid Enclosure

Step Pyramid Enclosure

Step Pyramid Enclosure

Step Pyramid Enclosure

Step Pyramid Enclosure

Step Pyramid Enclosure

Step Pyramid Enclosure

Step Pyramid Enclosure

Step Pyramid Enclosure

Step Pyramid and Reconstructed Enclosure Wall

Stela or Relief with Offerings

Stela of Amenemhat

Statues of Rahotep and Nofret

Statue of the Ka of Wahibre Hor

Statue of the Ka of Wahibre Hor

Statue of Princess Ankhesenpaaten

Statue of Nofret

Statue of Montuhotep II

Statue of Montuhotep II

Statue of Meryre and Iniuy

Statue of Meryre and Iniuia

Statue of Meryre and Iniuia

Statue of Khafre In Front of a False Door

Statue of Khafre

Statue of Khafre

Statue of Khafre

Statue of Hathor with Amenhotep II in a Shrine Dedicated to Hathor by Thutmose III

Statue of Hathor with Amenhotep II in a Shrine Dedicated to Hathor by Thutmose III

Statue of Hathor with Amenhotep II in a Shrine Dedicated to Hathor by Thutmose III

Statue of Ankh Pepi and His Wife

Statue of Ankh Pepi and His Wife

Statue of Amenhotep IV

Statue of Amenhotep IV

Statue of Amenemhat III

Statue of a Seated Scribe

Statue of a Seated Scribe

Statue of a Seated Man

Statue of a King on a Throne with Lion Arms

Statue of a King on a Throne with Lion Arms

Statue of a Family

Statue of a Family

Statue of a Bearer

Statue of a Bearer

Statue of a Bearer

Statue Feet in the Step Pyramid Enclosure

Statue Feet in the Step Pyramid Enclosure

Small Stone Vessels

Small Figure of a Bound Captive

Silver Bracelets Belonging to Hetepheres

Signposting the Way

Shrine for Canopic Chest of Tutankhamun

Shrine for Canopic Chest of Tutankhamun

Shrine for Canopic Chest of Tutankhamun

Shrine for Canopic Chest of Tutankhamun

Shabti of Tutankhamun

Shabti of Tutankhamun

Senet Board and Pieces

Sculpted Heads of Prisoners

Sculpted Heads of Prisoners

Scene of Men Netting Birds

Scattered Carvings

Sarcophagus of Prince Thutmose's Cat

Sarcophagus of Padikem

Sarcophagus of Hatshepsut

Sarcophagus of Hatshepsut

Sarcophagus of Akhenaten

Sarcophagus of Akhenaten

Sarcophagus of Akhenaten

Sarcophagus of Akhenaten

Sand Covered Cliffs

Ruins in the Landscape

Ruins in the Landscape

Ruins in the Landscape

Ruins in the Landscape

Ruins in the Desert

Ruins in the Desert

Ruins in the Desert

Ruins in the Desert

Rocks on the Ridge

Rock Cut Tombs at Deir el Bersha

Reliefs in the Tomb of Maya

Reliefs in the Tomb of Maya

Reliefs in the Tomb of Maya

Reliefs in the Tomb of Maya

Reliefs in the Tomb of Maya

Reliefs in the Tomb of Maya

Reliefs in the Tomb of Maya

Reliefs in the Tomb of Maya

Reliefs from the Tomb of Nefermaat and Itet at Meidum

Reliefs from the Tomb of Nefermaat and Itet at Meidum

Reliefs from the Tomb of Nefermaat and Itet at Meidum

Reliefs from the Tomb of Nefermaat and Itet at Meidum

Reliefs from the Tomb of Nefermaat and Itet at Meidum

Relief With Offering Table, Offering List and Servants Bearing Offerings

Relief With Offering Table, Offering List and Servants Bearing Offerings

Relief With Offering Table, Offering List and Servants Bearing Offerings

Relief with Offering Bearers (?)

Relief with Donkeys and Offering Bearers

Relief of Offering Bearers

Relief in the Tomb of Ukh-hotp Son of Ukh-hotp

Relief in the Tomb of Ukh-hotp Son of Ukh-hotp

Relief in the Tomb of Ukh-hotp Son of Ukh-hotp

Relief in the Tomb of Ukh-hotp Son of Ukh-hotp

Relief in the Tomb of Ukh-hotp Son of Ukh-hotp

Relief in the Tomb of Ukh-hotp Son of Ukh-hotp

Relief in the Tomb of Ukh-hotp Son of Ukh-hotp

Relief in the Tomb of Ukh-hotp Son of Ukh-hotp

Reconstructed Architecture in the Step Pyramid Enclosure

Reconstructed Architecture in the Step Pyramid Enclosure

Reconstructed Architecture at the Step Pyramid Enclosure

Reconstructed Architecture at the Step Pyramid Enclosure

Reconstructed Architecture at the Step Pyramid

Reconstructed Architecture at the Step Pyramid

Reconstructed Architecture at the Step Pyramid

Ramadan Hussein Telling Us About His Excavations at Saqqara

Raised Relief of Woman (and Child)

Pyramid of Userkaf with the Step Pyramid in the Background

Pyramid of Userkaf

Pyramid of Userkaf

Pyramid of Userkaf

Pyramid of Userkaf

Pyramid of Userkaf

Pyramid of Userkaf

Pyramid of Userkaf

Pyramid of Userkaf

Pyramid of Userkaf

Pyramid of Unas

Pyramid of Unas

Pyramid of Unas

Pyramid of Unas

Pyramid of Unas

Pyramid of Unas

Pyramid of Unas

Pyramid of Teti

Predynastic Pot with Boat and Bird Motifs

Precarious Ruins

Pottery Vessel Decorated with Ring of People

Pottery Vessel Decorated with Ring of People

Police Escort Posing for Photos

Palm Tree at Saqqara

Painted Limestone Sarcophagus

Outside the Speos Artemidos

Outer Shrine of Tutankhamun

Outer Shrine of Tutankhamun

Outer and Inner Coffin of One of the Fetuses in Tutankhamun's Tomb

Out in the Desert

Ostracon with Sketches of Sobek

Ostracon with Depiction of Lion Biting a Man's Head

Ostracon with Birds and Dog

Ostracon with a Sketch of a Seated Goddess with Horus Holding a Shen Ring Behind Her

Ostracon with a Sketch of a Duck

Ostracon Showing Two Men Herding Cows

Ostracon Showing Two Chariots

Ostracon Showing a Man Being Bitten By a Lion

Ostracon of a Cat Herding Geese

Ostraca Depicting Meretseger as a Snake

Osirid Statues in the Step Pyramid Enclosure

Osirian Pillar of Senwosret I

Ornamental Alabaster Vase

Oil Jar with Narmer's Name

New Kingdom Temple Tomb at Saqqara

Mummy of an Ibis

Mountains of Pottery

Mountains of Pottery

Mountains of Pottery

Modern Egypt at Tuna el-Gebel

Model Boat from the Tomb of Tutankhamun

Model Boat from the Tomb of Henu

Lost in the Undergrowth

Looking towards the Causeway of Unas

Looking to Modern Egypt

Looking to Modern Egypt

Looking Out to the Greenery at Saqqara

Looking Out to the Greenery at Saqqara

Looking from Desert to Cultivation

Looking Down from the Cliffs at Beni Hasan

Looking Down from the Cliffs at Beni Hasan

Looking Back to Modern Egypt

Looking Back Across the Desert

Looking Along the Wadi at Deir el-Bersha

Looking Across the Nile Valley from the Cliffs of Beni Hasan

Looking Across the Nile Valley from the Cliffs of Beni Hasan

Looking Across the Nile Valley from the Cliffs at Beni Hasan

Looking Across the Nile Valley from the Cliffs at Beni Hasan

Looking Across the Nile Valley from the Cliffs at Beni Hasan

Looking Across the Nile Valley from the Beni Hasan Cliffs

Looking Across the Nile Valley from the Beni Hasan Cliffs

Lion Shaped Vessel

Limestone Sarcophagus with Representation of Panther Skin on Lid

Limestone Sarcophagus with Representation of Panther Skin on Lid

Limestone Sarcophagus with Representation of Panther Skin on Lid

Labels from Tomb U-j

Khaemwaset's Inscription on the Pyramid of Unas

Khaemwaset's Inscription on the Pyramid of Unas

Khaemwaset's Inscription on the Pyramid of Unas

Khaemwaset's Inscription on the Pyramid of Unas

J on the Cliffs at Deir el-Bersha

Ivory Figurines

Ivory Figurines

Ivory Figurines

Interior Decoration of the Pyramid of Unas

Interior Decoration of the Pyramid of Unas

Interior Decoration of the Pyramid of Unas

Inscriptions in the Ruins

Inscriptions in the Landscape

Inscriptions in the Landscape

Inscriptions in the Landscape

Inscription in the Ruins

Inner Coffin and Mask of One of the Fetuses from Tutankhamun's Tomb

Hut with Distant Pyramids

Hunting in the Marshes

Hill Path Past Rock Cut Tombs at Deir el-Bersha

Hill Path at Deir el-Bersha

Hill Path at Deir el-Bersha

Hill Path at Deir el-Bersha

Hieroglyphs in the Sand

Hieratic Graffiti from Ancient Tourists

Hieratic Graffiti from Ancient Tourists

Heading towards the Village

Head with Wig and Wig Ornaments

Head of a Ptolemaic King

Head a of New Kingdom Queen

Greek Inscription

Greek Inscription

Greek Inscription

Game Pieces Shaped Like Lions

Game Pieces Shaped Like Lions

Furniture of Queen Hetepheres

Funerary Papyrus (Book of the Dead?)

Funerary Papyrus

Funerary Bed with Lion Heads from the Tomb of Tutankhamun

Funerary Bed with Lion Heads from the Tomb of Tutankhamun

Funerary Bed with Hippo Heads from the Tomb of Tutankhamun

Funerary Bed with Hippo Heads from the Tomb of Tutankhamun

Funerary Bed with Cow Heads from the Tomb of Tutankhamun

Fragments of Floor or Wall Paintings

Fragment of Paving or Wall Decoration

Fragment of Paving or Wall Decoration

Fragment of Paving or Wall Decoration

Fragment of Paving or Wall Decoration

Fragment of Paving or Wall Decoration

Fragment of Paving from Amarna

Flooring from Amarna

Flooring from Amarna

Flooring from Amarna

Floor from a Building at Amarna

Floor from a Building at Amarna

Floor from a Building at Amarna

Floor from a Building at Amarna

Floor from a Building at Amarna

Family Group Statue(?)

Face of a Statue of Thutmose III with a Modern Cast of the Body

Facade of a Small Shrine

Facade of a Small Shrine

Facade of a Small Shrine

Eyes from a Statue (?)

Eroded Inscription

Eroded Inscription

Entrance to Tomb of Ty

Entrance to Tomb of Idut

Entrance to the Tomb of Maya

Entrance to the Tomb of Maya

Entrance to the Tomb of Khnumhotep II at Beni Hassan

Entrance to the Tomb of Khety

Entrance to the Tomb of Amenemhat (Ameni) at Beni Hasan

Entrance to the Step Pyramid Complex

Entrance to the Step Pyramid Complex

Entrance to the Step Pyramid Complex

Entrance to the Step Pyramid Complex

Entrance to the Step Pyramid Complex

Entrance to the Step Pyramid Complex

Entrance to the Speos Artemidos

Entrance to 2nd Dynasty Underground Galleries at Saqqara

Down the Steps from Cliffs to Cultivation

Double Statue of Amun and Mut

Double Statue of Amun and Mut

Double Statue of Amenemhat III as a Nile God

Double Statue of Amenemhat III as a Nile God

Double Statue of Amenemhat III as a Nile God

Disc from the Tomb of Hemaka

Disc from the Tomb of Hemaka

Disc from the Tomb of Hemaka

Detail from Coffin of Khui, Depicting Him and His Dog Iupu

Desert Sands at Meir

Desert Sands and Distant Structures

Desert Sands and Distant Ruins

Desert Cliffs with Tombs

Decoration on the Third Shrine of Tutankhamun

Decoration on the Second Shrine of Tutankhamun

Decoration on the Second Shrine of Tutankhamun

Decorated Metal Vessel

Decorated Metal Bowl

Decorated Column

Cultivation at Beni Hasan

Cosmetic Jar with Lions, Hunting Scenes and Captives

Coptic Icon of the Virgin & Child

Copper Statue of Pepi I

Copper Statue of Pepi I

Copper Statue of Pepi I

Columns with People for Scale

Columns with People for Scale

Columns Rising from the Green

Columns in the Desert

Columns in the Desert

Columns at el Ashmunein

Columns Amongst the Desert

Columns Against the Sky

Columns & Tourists

Colossal Statue of Amenhotep III and Tiye

Colossal Statue of Amenhotep III and Tiye

Collosal Statue of Amenhotep III and Tiye

Collosal Statue of Amenhotep III and Tiye

Collapsed and Upright Pillars

Coffin with Inscription

Coffin of Ahmose-Nefertari with J for Scale

Coffin of Ahmose Meritamun

Coffin of Ahmose Meritamun

Coffin from KV55, Possibly That of Akhenaten

Coffin from KV55, Possibly That of Akhenaten

Coffin from KV55, Possibly That of Akhenaten

Coffin from KV55, Possibly That of Akhenaten

Coffin from KV55, Possibly That of Akhenaten

Coffin from KV55, Possibly That of Akhenaten

Coffin Decorated with the Book of the Dead

Climbing the Pathway to the Tombs at Deir el Bersha

Cliffs at Deir el-Bersha

Cliffs at Beni Hasan

Clay Head from Merimde Beni Salama

Chair with Legs in the Shape of Duck Heads

Ceramic Mask from Hierakonpolis

Causeway of the Pyramid Complex of Unas

Causeway of the Pyramid Complex of Unas

Causeway of the Pyramid Complex of Unas

Causeway of the Pyramid Complex of Unas

Causeway of the Funerary Complex of Unas

Carrying Chair of Queen Hetepheres

Carrying Chair of Queen Hetepheres

Canopic Jars of Kiya

Canopic Jars of Kiya

Canopic Jar of Tjuyu

Canopic Jar of Tjuyu

Canopic Chest of Tutankhamun

Canopic Chest of Tutankhamun

Canopic Chest of Tutankhamun

Canopic Chest of Tutankhamun

Camel and Guardpost

Calcite Cup in the Form of a Lotus Flower

Calcite Cup in the Form of a Lotus Flower

Bust of Queen Meritamun

Bust of Queen Meritamun

Building amidst the ruins

Box with Name of Amenhotep III, plus Beads

Box with Cartouche of Tutankhamun

Box with Cartouche of Tutankhamun

Behind the Fence

Bed of Tutankhamun

Bed of Tutankhamun

Bed of Queen Hetepheres

Baboon Sculpture at el-Ashmunein

Baboon Sculpture at el-Ashmunein

Baboon Sculpture at el-Ashmunein

Baboon Sculpture at el-Ashmunein

Baboon Sculpture at el-Ashmunein

Baboon Sculpture at el-Ashmunein

Baboon Sculpture at el-Ashmunein

Baboon Sculpture at el-Ashmunein

Baboon Sculpture at el-Ashmunein

Auguste Mariette's Mausoleum

Approaching Tuna el-Gebel

Approaching the Serapeum

Approaching the Serapeum

Approaching the Serapeum

Approaching the Serapeum

Approaching the Amarna Bounday Stela

Approaching the Amarna Bounday Stela

Anubis On a Shrine

Anubis On a Shrine

Anubis On a Shrine

Anthropomorphic Vessel

Anthropoid Coffin

Ancient Ruins, Propped Up

Ancient Columns

Ancient Column, Modern Scaffolding

Ancient Brickwork

Ancient Brickwork

Ancient & modern

Ancient & Modern

Ancient & Modern

An Ancient Quarry with Crosses

An Ancient Quarry

An Ancient Quarry

Among the Ruins

Amenemhat III in Priestly Costume

Amenemhat III in Priestly Costume

Amarna Boundary Stela

Almost Intact Pot Amongst the Debris

Alcove in the Tomb of Ukh-hotp Son of Ukh-hotp

Alabaster Vessel and Statuette

Alabaster Vase in the Form of an Ibex

Alabaster Basin with Boat with Antelope-Headed Bow and Stern

Akhenaten, Nefertiti and Two Princesses Worshipping the Aten

Across the Cliffs at Meir

About to go up the cliffs at Deir el-Bersha

A Seat with a View

A Queue of Animals

A Fairly Intact Pot Amongst the Sherds

3 Wooden Shabti of Tutankhamun

3 Ceramic Strainers

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