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Bust of one of the four external seated statues of Ramesses II at Abu Simbel
Ramesses II — Bust of one of the four external seated statues of Ramesses II at Abu Simbel
Photo Credit: By Hajor - Own work, Hajor., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20459
Ramesses II Bust of one of the four external seated statues of Ramesses II at Abu Simbel
A Roman painting from the House of Giuseppe II in Pompeii, early 1st century AD, most likely depicting Cleopatra, wearing her royal diadem, consuming poison in an act of suicide, while her son Caesarion, also wearing a royal diadem, stands behind her
Cleopatra comitting suicide — A Roman painting from the House of Giuseppe II in Pompeii, early 1st century AD, most likely depicting Cleopatra, wearing her royal diadem, consuming poison in an act of suicide, while her son Caesarion, also wearing a royal diadem, stands behind her
Photo Credit: By Ancient Roman painter(s) - VIII.2.39 Pompeii. Casa di Giuseppe II or Casa di Fusco or House of Emperor Joseph II., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=67628691
Cleopatra comitting suicide A Roman painting from the House of Giuseppe II in Pompeii, early 1st century AD, most likely depicting Cleopatra, wearing her royal diadem, consuming poison in an act of suicide, while her son Caesarion, also wearing a royal diadem, stands behind her
Ancient Roman marble sculpture of Cleopatra VII's head as displayed at the Altes Museum in Berlin
Cleopatra VII — Ancient Roman marble sculpture of Cleopatra VII's head as displayed at the Altes Museum in Berlin
Photo Credit: Photo by Louis le Grand - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2597825
Cleopatra VII Ancient Roman marble sculpture of Cleopatra VII's head as displayed at the Altes Museum in Berlin
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Psamtik III — cropped
Photo Credit: Photo by Juan R. Lazaro, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26251952
Psamtik III cropped
Amasis II —
Photo Credit: By Ben Pirard, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1797509
Amasis II
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Gizah Pyramids — cropped
Photo Credit: By Ricardo Liberato - All Gizah Pyramids, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2258048
Gizah Pyramids cropped
Meeting Between Cambyses II and Psammetichus III —
Photo Credit: By Adrien Guignet (1854) - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30405983
Meeting Between Cambyses II and Psammetichus III
Dated to the regnal year 6 of Cambyses , and depicting the king (kneeling, left) as an Egyptian pharaoh, while worshiping a dead Apis bull (right). Ironically, later Greek traditions depicted Cambyses as the slayer of this Apis bull.
Apis stele (524 BC) — Dated to the regnal year 6 of Cambyses , and depicting the king (kneeling, left) as an Egyptian pharaoh, while worshiping a dead Apis bull (right). Ironically, later Greek traditions depicted Cambyses as the slayer of this Apis bull.
Photo Credit: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=78408401
Apis stele (524 BC) Dated to the regnal year 6 of Cambyses , and depicting the king (kneeling, left) as an Egyptian pharaoh, while worshiping a dead Apis bull (right). Ironically, later Greek traditions depicted Cambyses as the slayer of this Apis bull.
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Cambyses II — cropped
Photo Credit: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=76105807
Cambyses II cropped
Killing the sacred Apis, according to legend, caused Cambyses to go mad, kill, his brother, marry his sister, and lose his throne.<br>By Ward - The illustrated history of the world Published 1881-1884
Cambyses killing the Apis — Killing the sacred Apis, according to legend, caused Cambyses to go mad, kill, his brother, marry his sister, and lose his throne.
By Ward - The illustrated history of the world Published 1881-1884
Photo Credit: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=76105807
Cambyses killing the Apis Killing the sacred Apis, according to legend, caused Cambyses to go mad, kill, his brother, marry his sister, and lose his throne.
By Ward - The illustrated history of the world Published 1881-1884
Achaemenid Persian queen —
Photo Credit: By Unknown - Perspolis rock reliefs, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5017754
Achaemenid Persian queen
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