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Under the Protection of the Gods

Under the Protection of the Gods: A Fantasy of ancient and Modern Egypt. A drawing by Howard Carter showing a hoopoe in the crack of a wall which has ancient Egyptian paintings. The impression given is of the modern bird being protected by the outstretched wings of the Goddess Nekhbet, the divine vulture. Date: 1951

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RACIAL/AFRICA/EGYPT/TOMB

A Canaanite or Jew and Lower Egyptian from the Tomb of Ros- she-ra; a Lower Egyptian woman from the Tomb of Hai; Jebusites from the Tombs of Sethos and Amun-ei Date: ancient Egypt

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Africa, Amun, Ancient, Canaanite, Egypt, Egyptian, Ei, Hai, Jebusites, Jew, Lower, Ra, Racial, Ros, Sethos, Tomb, Tombs, Types, Woman

EGYPT/BAS RELIEF/CHEPREN

An ancient Egyptian bas- relief, cut into the rock, near the Pyramid of Chephren. The bas-relief is on the same rock face and same line as the entrance to Santons cave

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Ancient, Archaeology, Bas, Cave, Chephren, Chepren, Cut, Discovery, Egypt, Egyptian, Entrance, Face, Line, Pointing, Pyramid, Relief, Rock, Santon, Santons