Picture No | 12020875 |
Date | 1922 |
Description | Wooden statues of handmaidens, Thebes, Egypt |
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Wooden statues of handmaidens with baskets on their heads, discovered near Thebes during excavations, Egypt. Their purpose was to minister to the needs of the dead inside a pyramid.
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Source | Photograph in Peoples of All Nations, edited by J A Hammerton, Harmsworth, No.16, October 1922 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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