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Archaeologists Unearth a Marble Aphrodite, a Pharaoh’s Cartouche and a Roman Basilica, All in One Ancient Egyptian City

Near the western banks of the Nile in northern Egypt, archaeologists discovered a collection of treasures shaped by ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt. They include a marble head from a statue of ...
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Collection of ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman-era artifacts discovered at Egypt’s Heracleopolis

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marble head belonging to a statue of the Greek goddess Aphrodite and an ancient Egyptian cartouche discovered at Egypt The finds ...
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Carved Cartouche Returned to Egypt

CAIRO, EGYPT—CNBC reports that a tablet carved with the cartouche of Amenhotep I has been returned to Egypt. Shaaban Abdel-Gawad of Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities said the ministry’s antiquities ...
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Royal inscriptions displaying the pharaoh's name in oval cartouche. Abu Simbel, Egypt

"The great temple of Ramses II and the neighboring temple of Nefertari are among the largest and most magnificent monuments of the ancient world. When it was learned that Abu Simbel would be totally ...
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Royal cartouche on base inscription naming the statue of the deified Ramses II. Luxor, Egypt

"The first cartouche of Ramesses II contains motif such as a figure of the goddess of Truth, holding a ritual staff with a jackal head. The second cartouche of Ramesses II also contains a double name, ...