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The Golden Sarcophogus of King Tutankhamen

Tomb art describing Egyptian beliefs about the nature of life: Horus the Falcon

More tomb art: the god Osiris, ruler of the afterlife

Famous tomb fresco from Egypt

When Egyptians died, their heart was weighed by Osiris- what would your's do? What about Mr. Finelli's?

the same scene, from the inside of a pyramid

The famous bust of Queen Nefirtiti

The famed Rosetta Stone- written in three languages

 Famous Buildings from most ancient Aegypt

The first real pyramid, the Step Pyramid of Saqqara

The Pyramid complex at Giza, one of the world's famous places

The Great Pyramid at night

The Great Sphinx at Giza

The Temple of Luxor,  part of the Valley of the Kings

The Colossi of Memnon

The Tomb of Ramses, the 'Ramesseum'

It was in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that Egypt sparked

the interest and imagination of many people... making history a popular subject in school!

Here are old planes flying among the pyramids between the wars.

Modern and ancient meet in today's Giza

Papyrus used in modern consumerism: King Tut likes Big Macs???

The Ethiopians (Nubians, Kushites)

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