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 A small painted core glass unguent container in the form of a tilapia fish which was a symbol of rebirth, Blue glass was modelled around the central core of probably mainly organic materials and the garland decoration was created by applying softened rods of white and yellow glass. Egypt. Ancient Egyptian. 18th dynasty c 1352 1336 BC. Tell el Amarna.

core glass unguent container

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 Chalice shaped lamp from the tomb of Tutankhamun, The cup is in the shape of an open lotus flower flanked by two carvings of the god Heh kneeling on papyrus plants. The cup was intented to be filled with oil and when the whick was lit then the scene of Tutankhamun and Ankhesenamun was visible. Back view. Egypt. Ancient Egyptian. New Kingdom, 18th dynasty, 1333 1323 BC. Material/ Size:Calcite, H=51.4 cm. Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Tomb TV62.

Chalice shaped lamp from the tomb of Tutankhamun

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 Relief from the White Chapel of Sesostris I, The chapel was built to celebrate the sed festival, the festival connected with the royal jubilee during which rituals of renewal and regeneration took place. The Kings head. Egypt. Ancient Egyptian. Middle Kingdom 12th Dynasty

Relief from the White Chapel of Sesostris I

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A visit to Aswan Egypt ❤

Have you ever been in Aswan before?

Aswan is a city in the south of Egypt.
Aswan is a busy market and tourist center located just north of the Aswan Dams on the east bank of the Nile at the first cataract. The modern city has expanded and includes the formerly separate community on the island of Elephantine.

Here are some pictures from some places you can visit in Aswan.

Archangel Michael's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, Aswan (Egypt), consecrated in 2006

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Nefertari's Temple at Abu Simbel,Aswan Egypt 

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Hot air balloon #Luxor #Egypt 

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El-Tabia-Mosque in Assuan

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Ramsis II Temple, Abu Simbel, Aswan 

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Aswan Spices Market 

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Great view of the Blue Nile in the city of Aswan in Egypt 

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The roof of the Hathor Temple at Dendera

Located on the roof of the Hathor Temple at Dendera this kiosk was used during the celebration of the New Year's Festival. 

On the eve of New Year a golden statue of the soul (ba) of Hathor was brought up here from a crypt below the southern wall in a solemn procession. 

The statue, together with images of other gods, was placed below a cloth which was suspended over the Hathor headed columns of the kiosk. 

During the first day of the New Year the cloth was removed at some time so that the rays of the sun could touch the statue, thus rejuvenating its vital energy.

Images of guardian deities decorating the exterior walls of the kiosk protected Hathor's soul statute from the bad spirits of the year's last day.

This part of the Dendera Temple was built during the later Ptolemaic period (first century BC).

Photo by Mick Palarczyk.

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قصر المنتزه .. الإسكندريه - مصر

قصر المنتزه: هو أحد القصور الملكية بمصر. 

بناه الخديوي عباس حلمي الثاني عام 1892 م (الخديوي عباس الثاني، آخر حكام أسرة محمد علي الذى حمل لقب الخديوي على مصر والسودان.) بمدينة الإسكندرية. 

يقع القصر داخل حدائق تعرف باسمه " حدائق المنتزه ".

تاريخيا

كان قصر المنتزة أساسا فى عهد الخديوي عباس حلمي الثاني قصر السلاملك(مكان الرجال) و كان يستخدم كمكان للراحة و الصيد للخديوى و أصدقاءه.

إضاف الملك فؤاد الأول للسلاملك, قصر أكبر وهو الحراملك (مكان للسيدات) , وأيضا أضاف الحدائق الملكية فى عام 1932, و إستخدم كقصر صيفي.

قصر المنتزه و الحدائق

التكوين المعمارى

مزيج من الأنماط التركية والفلورنسية مع برجين، أحدهما يرتفع إرتفاع عال متميز فى تفاصيل تصميم نهضة إيطاليا.

قصر المنتزه من جهة البحر

حديثا

إستخدم قصر السلاملك الأصليكمقر الرئاسة الرسمية فى عهد الرؤساء, جمال عبد الناصر وانور السادات و حسنى مبارك. أما الآن فهو مستخدم كفندق.

و يستخدم السلاملك متحف للعامة يعرض تاريخ اسرة محمد على و مقتنياتهم الفنيه.

أما المنتزه بارك .. الحدائق الملكية الواسعة السابقة 150 فدان (61 هكتار), فهى مفتوحة للعامة كمنظر طبيعى رأئع.

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