Images Dated 27th November 2003

Combine harvester working in a wheat field

Combine harvester. Combine harvester working in a wheat field. Wheat, Triticum sp., is the most important crop in the world, and is largely used to make flour. The harvester's paddlewheel (at the front) turns and pushes the crop against a cutting bar. The crop enters the harvester and is threshed (beaten) to separate the grain from the rest of the plant

© JEREMY WALKER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Battle of Kadesh (1274 B.C.). Ramesseum. Egypt

Relief depicting the battle of Kadesh (generally dated to 1274 b.C.) between the forces of the Egyptian Empire under Ramesses II and the Hittite Empire under Muwatalli II at the city of Kadesh on the Orontes River. Ramesseum. 13th century. Nineteen dynasty. New Kingdom. Necropolis of Thebes. Valley of the kings. Egypt

© Thaliastock / Mary Evans

Ramesseum. Relief depicting the pharaoh making an offering t

Ramesseum. Relief depicting the pharaoh making an offering to the gods Amon, seated, and Ptah. 13th century B.C. Nineteenth Dynasty. New Kingdom. Medinet Habu. Necropolis of Thebes. Valley of the Kings. Egypt

© Thaliastock / Mary Evans

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