Images Dated 29th March 2008

The Rosetta Stone. Demotic and Greek scripture

The Rosetta Stone. Fragment of a black granite stele with an inscription in different languages A?a?A?a?of a decree of Ptolemy V Epiphanes king. Ptolemaic era. 196 BC. Demotic and Greek scripture. Detail. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

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Terracottas female figure. Egypt

Terracotta's female figure. Sculpted with an elaborate hairstyle, a necklace and incised points around the navel and buttocks as a tattoo. These figures had a distinctly sexual and they are placed at chapels to invoke fertility or at tombs for the reincarnation of the deceased. 1985-1550 BC. Middle Kingdom (12th Dynasty) or Second Intermediate Period. Origin unknown. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

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Meroitic stela

Sandstone Meroitic stela with one of the longest known texts in meroitic language. Are recognisable the names of the Queen Amanirenas and Prince Akinidad who lived during the 1st century BC at the time of Meroe conflict with the Romans. Kushite period. From Hamadab. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

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