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@visualsancients "These are battle scenes where "Asiatic" soldiers are defeated by the mighty Egyptian Pharaoh. Who were these bearded men Let's see some close-up 📸 and some history below"
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"Next to Dionysos are four young males representing the four seasons two on each side. From left to right: Winter Spring Summer and Fall. Although the seasons are usually portrayed as female characters this time the choice was different"
X Link @visualsancients 2025-10-15T18:07Z 3381 followers, XXX engagements

"shows signs of axe and dagger fatal wounds on his neck and head. He probably died in battle against the Hyksos. Seqenenre Tao (c. 1560 1555 BC) was succeeded by Kamose (c. 1555 1550 BC) who in turn was succeeded by Ahmose I. *All dates are approximate"
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"A Semitic-speaking people from the Levant the Hyksos ruled as the 15th Dynasty from c. 16501550 BC. Depicted as foreign oppressors by the native Egyptian sources the 15th/Hyksos Dynasty coexisted with the 16th and 17th Dynasties which were based in Thebes in Upper Egypt"
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"It was Ahmose I who defeated the last Hyksos ruler Khamudi thus beginning the 18th Dynasty (c. 1550 1292 BC) also known as the Thutmoside Dynasty. This opened a longer period we know today as the New Kingdom when Egypt would reach new heights of power and prosperity"
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"A triumphant Dionysos sits on a panther as the centerpiece of this magnificent Roman marble sarcophagus sculpted somewhere between AD 260270. 📸 by me. On display at the MET. Let's see this magnificent piece in five photos"
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"A decade prior Leonard Woolley conducted archaeological diggings in Nubia and Syria. The photo below was taken in Syria where Woolley excavated Carchemish between 1912 and 1914. He is posing next to a Hittite slab with his assistant T. E. Lawrence on his left"
X Link @visualsancients 2025-10-21T15:37Z 3384 followers, XX engagements

"Shortly after T. E. Lawrence would acquire his legendary name Lawrence of Arabia thanks to his actions during WWI. During this time Woolley and Lawrence probably worked as British spies in Cairo. Fast forward to 1922 when excavations began in the Royal Cemetery at Ur"
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"There she was warmly received by Woolley and his wife Katharine. Invited back in 1930 Agatha returned to Ur immersing herself in the digs artifacts and bonding with Max Mallowan Woolleys assistant. That same year Agatha Christie and Max Mallowan got married"
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"Ur inspired Agathas archaeological passions and novels like Murder in Mesopotamia (1936). Although this time it was fictional I guess the Royal Cemetery of Ur kept demanding its share of sacrifices more than three and a half millennia later. End. Share and Follow for more"
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