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1111870328Rosetta Stonewas used by scholars to translate Egyptian Hieroglyphics from Ancient Greece0
1111870329Palette of NarmerHolds eye makeup used to shield the eyes from the sun. Commemorates the joining of Upper and Lower Egypt by King Narmer1
1111870330Djoser's Step Pyramidbuilt before the Great Pyramids by the architect Imhotep2
1111870331Great Pyramids3
1111870332Sphinx4
1111907824Seated Khafre5
1111907825Menkaure and his Wife6
1111907826Seated Scribe7
1111907827Queen Hatshepsut's Funerary TempleThis structure was built in direct alignment with the older and more established Temple of Amun-Re at Carnak.8
1111907828Statues of Queen HatshepsutDespite being a woman, this pharaoh had herself portrayed as a man with a beard in statues. These statues, many of which were located at her funerary temple, were eventually defaced because later Egyptians resented the fact that a woman ruled as pharaoh9
1111947175Bust of AkenatonThis pharaoh worshiped only one god, Aten.10
1111947176Bust of NefertitiWife of Akenaton11
1111947178Death Mask of Tutankhamunson of Akenaton, forced to bring back polytheism12
1111947179Temple of Ramses II13
1111947181Last Judgment of Hu-Nefer14
1111947183Temple of HorusThe façade of this temple depicts Horus and Hathor witnessing an oversized King Ptolemy XIII striking down undesired enemies. Ptolemy XIII was Cleopatra's brother. The Ptolemys were descendent of Alexander the Great's general, Ptolemy.15

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