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ANCIENT EGYPT. 5 vols. Tanis l'or des pharaons, published by A.F.A.A; Alexandrie redécouverte, fayard; Alexandrie septième merveille du monde Robert Laffont; Pyramides guides des meilleurs sites Gründ; Soudan Royaumes sur le Nil Institut du monde arabe. Minor wear and tear

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ANCIENT EGYPT. 5 vols. Tanis l'or des pharaons, published by A.F.A.A; Alexandrie redécouverte, fayard; Alexandrie septième merveille du monde Robert Laffont; Pyramides guides des meilleurs sites Gründ; Soudan Royaumes sur le Nil Institut du monde arabe. Minor wear and tear

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Egyptian Steatite Scaraboid for Pharaoh Shabaka. Late 8th-early 9th century B.C. Bifacial carved scaraboid; reverse with royal cartouche for Pharaoh Shabaka, flanked by the uraeus of Lower and Upper Egypt, surmounted by the Pharaonic epithet “King of the Upper and Lower Egypt” (“king of the reed” and “king of the bee”) and by the title “the son of Ra” and below, the sign of neb (damaged) “lord”; obverse with on the left, wedjat (winged cobra with the red crown – Lower Egypt), embracing with his wings shen (solar symbol) and in the centre, a lion with a ram's head, crowned and on the right, wedjat with the white crown of the Upper Egypt; on the upper section, a scarab with opened wings, instead of a lotus flower is depicted on the lower section. Cf. Matouk, F.S., Corpus du scarabée égyptien. Vol. 1: Les scarabées royaux, Beirut, 1971, p.199, no. 811, for a scarab of Shabaka with similar design elements. 7.65 grams, 27 mm (1 in.). UK private collection before 2000. On the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12081-217354.

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LARGE CAMEO BROOCH SHOWING THE FLIGHT TO EGYPT in 18K gold setting, around 1900 7 x 6.5 cm, weight: 24 g

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EDWARDS "Tutankhamen" Metropolitan Museum, 1976. Enclosed is a review of "How Pharaonic Egypt Was Born."

EXPEDITION D'EGYPTE] - Histoire scientifique et militaire de l'Expédition française en Égypte, précédée d'une introduction présentant le tableau de l'Egypte ancienne et moderne depuis les pharaons jusqu'aux successeurs d'Ali-Bey; et suivis du récit des évènements survenus en ce pays depuis le départ des Français et sous le règne de Mohammed-Ali. Paris, A.-J. Dénain, 1830-1836. 10 vols. in-8 and 2 atlases in-4 oblong, 160 portraits and 6 folded facsimiles in the text volumes, some light spotting and browned pages; 297 plates num. from 1 to 310, 3 maps not num. in the atlases, some russeting, contemporary midnight-blue half calf, smooth spine decorated. BRUNET III, 209. BLACKMER 1476. Edited by orientalist Jean-Joseph Marcel, who took part in the expedition, economist Louis Reybaud, and historians Fortia d'Urban and Achille de Vaulabelle. This is the main reference work on the history and activities of the French expedition to Egypt, which began in 1798, and in particular on the work of the scientific commission (Blackmer).

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