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Photo by <n>Maria Conceicao Prazeres Coelho</n>.

A cat at the <n>Philae temple</n> in Aswan, Egypt.

A 5th Dynasty painted relief of the military scribe <n>Kaaper</n> from his mastaba in South Abusir.

A <n>Nagabandham</n> stone carving of intertwined Nāgas from Karnataka, India.

A 1:25 scale replica of the <n>Great Sphinx of Giza</n> at Japan's <n>Tobu World Square</n> theme park.

A painted relief detail from the <n>Tomb of Nakhtamon (TT335)</n> in Deir el-Medina.

A sculpture of an <n>Egyptian Mau cat</n> in the <n>Ancient Egyptian</n> style.

Installation for the <n>Phoneican Exhibition</n> by <n>Gae Aulenti</n> and <n>Tecno</n> at The Palazzo Grassi Museum, Venice, 1988.

A limestone <n>Relief plaque of cobra on a neb basket</n> from Egypt, ca. 400–30 B.C.

Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs in Egypt. Photo by <n>Hannah Faith</n>.

<n>Pair of Clappers in Form of Human Hands</n>, ca. 1390-1352 B.C.E.

<n>Under the Same Sun</n> by <n>Stephanie Deumer</n> at <n>Desert X AlUla</n> 2022. Photo by <n>Lance Gerber</n>.

Aerial view of the <n>Pyramid of Khafre</n> at the <n>Giza Pyramid Complex</n>. Photo by <n>Mostafa Eldiasty</n>.

Relief of the goddess <n>Isis</n> on the outer golden coffin of <n>King Tutankhamun</n>, 18th Dynasty.

The <n>Ring of Priest Sienamun</n>, a gold signet ring from ca. 664–525 B.C.

Relief carving of the Egyptian god <n>Thoth</n> from a shrine of <n>Tutankhamun</n>.

<n>Etruscan</n> <n>gold earrings</n>, 4th–early 3rd century B.C. From the collection of <n>The Metropolitan Museum of Art</n>.

Cover of the book <n>Detti e fatti dei padri del deserto</n>.

Bas-relief from the <n>Chapel of Nefertem</n> at the <n>Temple of Seti I</n> in Abydos, Egypt.

A bas-relief of the Egyptian god <n>Nehebkau</n> at the <n>Temple at Kom Ombo</n>.