Founded in 1902, the Egyptian Museum, or Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, is Egypt’s largest museum that houses ancient Egyptian antiquities. It also currently houses Egypt’s most famous archaeological objects. Located in Tahrir Square, a central square in downtown Cairo, it experienced some looting and damage during Egypt’s 2011 revolution. I had the opportunity to visit…
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Ancient Near Eastern Motifs
Del el-Bahari in Luxor, Egypt has an extensive mortuary temple complex. In Queen Hatshepsut’s mortuary temple, some of the artwork was not exposed to the elements, so it is amazingly well-preserved and vivid in color. In one section of the temple, you can see a winged sun disk, which is a common Ancient Egyptian motif….
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