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Tomb of Khaemwaset (QV 44) NOTE: Simple conical cup. Cups can hold a variety of offerings, such as liquids and piles of incense pellets, but are often shown (as here) with a flame indicating the presence of burning...
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Temple of Ramses III at Medinet Habu NOTE: These disc attachements are consistently found on royal chariots. Examples found among the chariot equipment from the tomb of Tutankhamun show that these discs actually faced forward. Tutankhamun’s equipment...
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Awesome digital reconstruction of the Ramesseum developed by CyArk, a project dedicated to creating a digital archive of World Heritage sites. Using a large archive of photographs and a wide array of other data, the CyArk Ancient Thebes project provides 3-D point...
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Temple of Ramses III at Medinet Habu NOTE: For more on this important offering, see E. Teeter’s examination, “The Presentation of Maat: Ritual and Legitimacy in Ancient...
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Tomb of Ramses VI (KV 9) NOTE: These tiny panther or leopard pelts appear at the top of the king’s apron. Sometimes, only the head of the cat is articulated, other examples (like this one) also show the forelegs and paws, and others include the hind legs...
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Temple of Ramses III at Medinet Habu NOTE: This designation refers to royal aprons that have two uraei at the base, flanking the bottom and usually facing out. This particular example also shows ribbons (red and blue, when preserved in color) on ether side of...
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Temple of Seti I at Abydos NOTE: The shwty crown (the name is a dual form of the word shw, meaning plume–also known as the ‘double plume’ crown), like other royal headgear, had a basic form that could be elaborated upon by adding other...
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Tomb of Khaemwaset (QV 44) NOTE: This term refers to the voluminous overgarment that was worn first by Amenhotep III and becomes common on pharaoh in the later New Kingdom. The garment is often rendered as being elaborately pleated and quite sheer, so that...
