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The Abu Simbel temple complex
Abu Simbel

Ramsis, Aswan Governorate, Egypt

Photograph by youssef_alam.

The Valley of the Kings at Luxor
Valley of the Kings

Luxor, Tal der Könige

Photograph by Peter J. Bubenik.

The temple of Isis at Philae in sunlight
Philae

Temple of Isis in glorious sunlight

Photograph by Panegyrics of Granovetter.

Seated statue of Hatshepsut
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Seated Statue of Hatshepsut

Image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1929.

Bust of Amenhotep IV, also known as Akhenaten
Luxor Museum

Bust of Amenhotep IV / Akhenaten

Photograph by Paul Mannix.

Granodiorite statue of Ramesses II
Museo Egizio

Statue of Ramesses II from Karnak

Digital image supplied by Museo Egizio, Turin.

Relief of Ramesses II at Abu Simbel
Abu Simbel

Ramesses II relief

Photograph by Mustang Joe (Joe deSousa).

Reconstruction of the great temple of Ptah at Memphis
Memphis

Reconstruction of the Temple of Ptah

Illustration by Franck Monnier (Bakha).

Close-up of Narmer on a Narmer Palette facsimile
Royal Ontario Museum

Narmer Palette close-up

Photograph by Keith Schengili-Roberts.

Historical illustration of Ramesses II besieging Dapur
Historical illustration

Ramesses II besieging Dapur

Anonymous 1879 lithograph; source recorded on Wikimedia Commons.

The Great Pyramid of Giza
Giza

Great Pyramid of Giza — Pyramid of Khufu

Photograph by Douwe C. van der Zee.

Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahri
Deir el-Bahri

Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut

Photograph by Diego Delso, delso.photo.

Digital artwork of an Egyptian pharaoh seated before a temple

Site artwork

Pharaohs hero illustration

Original digital artwork supplied with this website project. It is used on the Pharaohs archive hero and the Khufu feature card and is not sourced from Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons.

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