Egyptian Door Jamb

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by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
published on 21 March 2016

This is a limestone fragment of a door jamb from the temple of Seth (which was built by the Egyptian pharaoh Thutmes III) at Ombos (Naqada), Egypt. There are hieroglyphic inscriptions on the fragment. 18th Dynasty, 1543–1292 BCE. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London (With thanks to The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL).

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Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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