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See the Haunting Stone Face of a Ptolemaic Statue Unearthed Near the Ancient Egyptian City of Alexandria
The statue was found at Taposiris Magna, an archaeological site where some researchers suspect Cleopatra and Mark Antony are ...
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Researchers Discover Two-Foot-Tall Buddha Statue, Shed Light on Trade Route Connecting Roman Empire to Ancient World
Researchers Discover Two-Foot-Tall Buddha Statue, Shed Light on Trade Route Connecting Roman Empire to Ancient World ...
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A huge marble head of a monumental statue from the Ptolemaic period, found in a medieval house at Taposiris Magna
Dr. Mohamed Ismail Khaled, Secretary-General of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, noted the statue’s impressive size indicates it was part of a monumental installation, likely situated in a ...
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This New Archeological Museum Is the Largest in the World — With 100,000 Items From Ancient Times
After 20 years of development, The Grand Egyptian Museum brings ancient Egypt back to life.
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Ancient statue discovered at Egyptian temple may be rare Roman bust of Cleopatra
Archaeologists have found a white marble statue of a woman wearing a royal crown under the walls of an ancient temple and suspect it may be of the famous Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII. The dig also ...
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Does This Peculiar Statue Found at an Ancient Egyptian Temple Really Depict Cleopatra?
She says the statue, which is made of white marble and small enough to fit in someone’s hand, portrays Cleopatra wearing a royal diadem. Cleopatra VII was the last ruler of Egypt’s Ptolemaic ...
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Dancing dwarf: A 2,300-year-old ancient Egyptian statue of a godlike man with a muscular 6-pack
But while examples from Greece were usually exaggerated or grotesque, suggesting dwarves were stigmatized, this one from Egypt shows that dwarves were honored members of the culture, rather than ...