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    The Sphinx of Taharqo is a granite gneiss statue of a sphinx with the face of Taharqo. He was a Nubian king, who was one of the 25th Egyptian Dynasty...
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    2010 Sphinx of Memphis Sphinx of Taharqo African lions in culture Lion (heraldry) List of colossal sculpture in situ List of tallest statues See Thutmose...
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    displayed near a temple in honor of Ptah. Ptah was one of the Egyptians' world-creator gods. Sphinx of Taharqo "Alabaster Sphinx". InterCity Oz (Interoz.com)...
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    Taharqa (redirect from Taharqo)
    Taharqa, also spelled Taharka or Taharqo (Egyptian: 𓇿𓉔𓃭𓈎 tꜣhrwq, Akkadian: Tar-qu-ú, Hebrew: תִּרְהָקָה, Modern: Tīrhaqa, Tiberian: Tīrhāqā, Manetho's...
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  • Thumbnail for Statues of Amun in the form of a ram protecting King Taharqa
    the yard of the National Museum of Sudan, Khartoum. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Statue of Amun ram with Taharqa. Sphinx of Taharqo Mysliwiec...
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    Inner and outer coffins of the priest Hor, Deir el-Bahari, Thebes, 25th Dynasty (about 680 BC) Granite statue of the Sphinx of Taharqo (680 BC) Late Period...
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    written description and brief sketch of an Indian rhinoceros brought to Lisbon in 1515. Later that year, the King of Portugal, Manuel I, sent the animal...
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    statue of the Sphinx of Taharqo (680 BC) Late Period (664–332 BC) Saite Sarcophagus of Sasobek, the vizier (prime minister) of the northern part of Egypt...
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  • Thumbnail for Rhind Mathematical Papyrus
    designated as papyrus British Museum 10057 and pBM 10058) is one of the best known examples of ancient Egyptian mathematics. It is named after Alexander Henry...
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  • Tomb 23 Southern Tomb 25 Spell of the Twelve Caves Speos Artemidos Sphinx Sphinx of Memphis Sphinx of Taharqo Sphinx water erosion hypothesis Spine with...
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  • Rosetta Stone Sphinx of Taharqo Amun in the form of a ram protecting King Taharqa Younger Memnon Asia Admonitions Scroll Aphsad inscription of Ādityasena...
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    Farnese Diadumenos (category Roman copies of 5th-century BC Greek sculptures)
    Diadumenos is a 1st-century AD, slightly smaller than lifesize, Roman marble copy of Polyclitus's Diadumenos sculpture. Once in the Farnese collection, it is now...
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    David Vases (category Individual pieces of porcelain)
    The David Vases are a pair of blue-and-white temple vases from the Yuan dynasty. The vases have been described as the "best-known porcelain vases in the...
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    Blau Monuments (category Sculpture of the Ancient Near East)
    Monuments are a pair of inscribed stone objects from Mesopotamia now in the British Museum. They are commonly thought to be a form of ancient kudurru. The...
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    Shabaka (category Pharaohs of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt)
    inscriptions, including the quotation from the Book of the Dead, which is also present on those Taharqo, Tanouetamani and Senkamanisken." All this evidence...
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    founder of the dynasty, some calling him "chieftain", others "king". A 7th century inscription claimed that his sister was the grandmother of king Taharqo. An...
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