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Pharaoh 121 Thutmose III — OBELISKS

Artist’s impression of Cleopatra’s Needle sited outside the Houses of Parliament, London, c late 19th century. Cleopatra’s Needle is an Ancient Egyptian obelisk dating from c1500 BC, transported from Egypt to London in 1878 at the expense of Sir William James Erasmus Wilson, and erected on the Thames Embankment London. It is one of a pair, the other of which was taken to New York and erected in Central Park in 1881.
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Pharaoh 120 Hatshepsut — 2nd Female Pharaoh, Deir el-Bahri temple, Colossal statues

Cairo, EGYPT: Tourists walk past the statue of Queen Hatshepsut, ancient Egypt’s most famous female pharaoh, at the Egyptian Museum 27 June 2007. Egypt announced today the discovery of the long-lost mummy of Queen Hatshepsut, in what is considered as the most important find since the discovery of King Tutankhamen’s tomb. Hatshepsut, who ruled for 21 years from 1479 to 1458 BC, was one of the most powerful female monarchs of the ancient world, who declared herself pharaoh after the death of her husband-brother Tuthmosis II. AFP PHOTO/KHALED DESOUKI (Photo credit should read KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)
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“Statue of Queen Hatshepsut, the female pharaoh ath the Hatshepsut temple in Luxor (Thebes), Egypt.See more of my images from Egypt:”
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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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