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Pharaoh 108 Khyan — Avaris Monument

The “Khyan Avaris monument” is not a single intact monument like a pyramid or temple. Instead, it refers to fragments of royal statues and stone blocks inscribed with the name of King Khyan that were discovered at the Hyksos capital Avaris (modern Tell el-Dab‘a in Egypt’s Nile Delta).

The Avaris Asiatic woman statue shows that:

  • people from the Levant lived in Egypt’s Delta
  • foreign elites existed in the Hyksos capital
  • Egyptian and Near Eastern cultures mixed there

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75th Pharaoh Amenemhat II — Pyramid Dahshur, jewelry

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Cowrie Shell Girdle of Sithathoryunet, ca. 1887–1813 B.C. Egyptian, Middle Kingdom Gold, carnelian, feldspar, pellets of copper-silver alloy, cowrie shells; L. 84.3 cm (33 3/16 in.) L. (cowrie) 4.7 cm (1 7/8 in.) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Rogers Fund and Henry Walters Gift, 1916 (16.1.5) http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/545533
Cowrie Shell Girdle of Sithathoryunet (ca. 1887–1813 B.C.). Middle Kingdom. Dynasty 12. Reign of Senwosret II–Amenemhat III. From Fayum Entrance Area, Egypt. Accession number: 16.1.5
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74th Senusret I — Pyramid Lisht, Osiride statues

XIR39176 Statue of the Cult of Osiris (painted wood) by Egyptian, Late Period (715-332 BC); Louvre, Paris, France; (add.info.: Painting by Late Period Egyptian).
STF267970 Representation of Pharaoh Sesostris I (1962-1928 BC) as Osiris (limestone) by Egyptian 12th Dynasty (1991-1786 BC); Luxor Museum of Ancient Art, Egypt; (add.info.: Pfeiler mit dem Pharao Sesostris I also Osiris; Kalkstein; Aegypten;); Bildarchiv Steffens.
IBE5375629 Statue of Mentuhotep II (painted sandstone) by Egyptian 11th Dynasty (2061-2010 BC); Egyptian National Museum, Cairo, Egypt; (add.info.: Enthroned and wearing the red crown of Lower Egypt. From the Mortuary Temple of Mentuhotep II, at Deir el-Bahri, Middle Kingdom); © Iberfoto.
Egyptian Art. Osiride pillar of pharaoh Senusret I, Jeperkara Senusret or Sesostris I, second king of 12th Dynasty. Middle Kingdom. Ruled between 1956 and 1910 BC. Luxor Museum. Egypt. Credit: Album / Prisma

An Osiride statue is a statue of a king shown in the form of the god Osiris. Its main features are:

  • Mummiform body (legs wrapped together like a mummy)
  • Arms crossed over the chest
  • Holding the crook and flail (symbols of kingship)
  • Often attached to pillars or temple walls
  • Wearing the atef crown or nemes headdress
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