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Egyptian Art. Seated statue of Chertihotep dated ca. 1850 BC

Wooden model of a troop of forty Egyptian soldiers carrying shields and lances

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Constructing the Assiut Barrage

Foundations and masonry in the process of construction during the building of the Assiut or Asyut Barrage on the River Nile in Egypt, about 350 miles downstream of the original Aswan Dam. The Assiut Barrage was designed by British engineer Sir William Willcocks to divert water into Egypt's largest irrigation canal, the Ibrahimiya Canal. Date: 1902

Temple of Hermopolis and Egyptian Tombs of Lycopolis, 1802. Artist: Vivant Denon

'Manfaloot, Egypt', 19th century. Artist: Wilkinson

Byzantine Gold treasure from Assiut or Antinoe, Egypt, 600. Artist: Unknown

Wooden model showing bakers at work, Egyptian, 12th Dynasty, c1900 BC. Artist: Unknown

around 1950 BC (12 th Dynastic) Cemetery of Asyut Painted wood

Egypt, Asyut, Statuette representing a cook trying to roast a duck, coloured plastered

Egypt, Asyut, Bread preparation, wooden model

Wooden model of Nubian regiment made up of soldiers armed with bows and arrows, from Asyut

Featured Asyut Print

Wooden model showing bakers at work, Egyptian, 12th Dynasty, c1900 BC. Artist: Unknown

Detail from painted wooden scene of two bakers, Egyptian, 12th Dynasty, c1900 BC. Models such as this were placed inside tombs and were intended to capture the most characteristic elements of the process in order that it be continued throughout eternity. This example from Asyut shows only kneading and baking, but the process is still recognizable. From the British Museum's Collection.