EgyptThe deciphering of Egypt's hieroglyphic writing provided the key to a forgotten world - the great civilization of Ancient Egypt, with its pyramids of Giza, the treasures of Tutankhamun, and the temple city of Karnak. |
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18th Dynasty Akhenaten Amenemhet Amenophis Amenophis III Amun Amun-Re ancient Egyptian architecture barque building built burial chamber Cairo capital century A.D. chapel Cheops Chephren columns complex Coptic courtyard crown dead decorated Deir depictions divine Djoser Eighteenth Dynasty entrance excavations façade Fifth Dynasty figure Fourth Dynasty funerary Giza goddess gods gold Hathor Hatshepsut head Horemheb Horus hypostyle hall inscription Isis Karnak king limestone Lower Egypt mastaba Mentuhotep Mentuhotep II Middle Kingdom monuments mortuary temple mosque mummy necropolis niche Nile Nineteenth Dynasty Nubia obelisks official Old Kingdom Osiris painted papyrus period pharaoh pillars priests pronaos Ptah Ptolemy pylon pyramid Queen Ramesses Ramesses II reign reliefs ritual Roman royal ruler sanctuary Saqqara scenes Senusret Senusret III Sety shrine side sphinxes stands statue stelae stone symbol Thebes throne Thutmosis Thutmosis III tion tomb Tutankhamun Twelfth Dynasty Upper Egyptian nome Valley vizier wall wearing Western Thebes