Egypt at the Reagan Library
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Statuette of Osiris, excavated from the sea
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Detail of bronze and gold statue of Osiris
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Osiris statue on display at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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Excavated statue of Isis figure
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Tawaret, the goddess of childbirth and fertility
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Ring with an engraving of Nike
This gold ring dates to the time when the Greeks ruled Egypt. It's called the Ptolemaic period. (305-30BC)
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Small processional barque with lead throne
Osiris was by far the most popular god in the Eygptian pantheon. These little boats relate to the voyage of Osiris vegetans. Osiris was associated with vegetation and the flooding of the Nile.
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Hapi, the god of the annual Nile flood
Almost 18-feet tall, this is one of the tallest statues we have from ancient Egypt.
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The holy bull of Apis
A roman sculpture of Apis.
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A red-figure pyxis showing a maenad holding a drum. Greek pottery from the late 5th to early 4th century BC
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Black granite statue of Queen Arsinoe II as Aphrodite/Isis
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Black granite 3rd Century BCE statue of Arsinoe II
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