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Bab El-Gasus
Bab el-Gasus ( arz, باب الجسس, bāb el-gasus, lit=Gate of the Priests [Spies] p. 17: "Daressy’s moniker ‘Tomb of the Priests’ likely finds its origins in the local traditions of Sheikh abd el Gurnah. Indeed, this phrase could be translated directly from the dialectal form of Arabic in use by Gurnawi workmen, resulting in the local designation of the tomb as ‘Bab el-Gasawsa’, which literally means ‘Gate of the Priests’, as Egyptians traditionally see pharaonic tombs as ‘gates’ into the netherworld. This Arabic phrase was probably wrongly interpreted by Herbert Winlock, who recorded it as ‘Bab el-Gasus’, which in fact means ‘Gate of the Spies’. It is perhaps for this reason that the expression was corrected to ‘Bab el-Kusus’, certainly by scholars familiar with the Cairene form of Arabic, and eventually adapting it to the typical Gurnawi pronunciation and spelling with a -g, instead of -k, resulting in the name ‘Bab el-Gusus’."), also known as ...
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Mortuary Temple Of Hatshepsut
The mortuary temple of Hatshepsut (Egyptian: ''Ḏsr-ḏsrw'' meaning "Holy of Holies") is a mortuary temple built during the reign of Pharaoh Hatshepsut of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Located opposite the city of Luxor, it is considered to be a masterpiece of ancient architecture. Its three massive terraces rise above the desert floor and into the cliffs of Deir el-Bahari. Her tomb, KV20, lies inside the same massif capped by El Qurn, a pyramid for her mortuary complex. At the edge of the desert, east, connected to the complex by a causeway lies the accompanying valley temple. Across the river Nile, the whole structure points towards the monumental Eighth Pylon, Hatshepsut's most recognizable addition to the Temple of Karnak and the site from which the procession of the Beautiful Festival of the Valley departed. The temple's twin functions are identified by its axes: its main east-west axis served to receive the barque of Amun-Re at the climax of the festival, while its no ...
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Kunsthistorisches Museum
The Kunsthistorisches Museum ( "Museum of Art History", often referred to as the "Museum of Fine Arts") is an art museum in Vienna, Austria. Housed in its festive palatial building on the Vienna Ring Road, it is crowned with an octagonal dome. The term ''Kunsthistorisches Museum'' applies to both the institution and the main building. It is the largest art museum in the country and one of the most important museums worldwide. Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria-Hungary opened the facility around 1891 at the same time as the Natural History Museum, Vienna which has a similar design and is directly across Maria-Theresien-Platz. The two buildings were constructed between 1871 and 1891 according to plans by Gottfried Semper and Baron Karl von Hasenauer. The emperor commissioned the two Ringstraße museums to create a suitable home for the Habsburgs' formidable art collection and to make it accessible to the general public. The buildings are rectangular in shape, with symmetrical ...
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Lisbon Geographic Society
The Lisbon Geographic Society (Portuguese: ''Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa'') is a Portuguese scientific society created in Lisbon in the year of 1875, aiming to "promote and assist the study and progress of geography and related sciences in Portugal." The Society was created in the context of the European movement of exploration and colonization, having its activity particular emphasis in the exploration of the African Continent. History On 10 November 1875, a group of 74 subscribers petition King Luís I of Portugal the creation of a society, to be called Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa, with the objective to "promote and assist the study and progress of geography and related sciences in the country." Two early subscribers were Luciano Cordeiro and Teófilo Braga, among many other intellectuals, journalists, and politicians of that time. The Society's goals were to organize conferences and scientific congresses, and grant funds destined to exploration trips and scientifi ...
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Bab El-Gasus Sarcophagi, List Of International Donations Of 1893, Lot 07
Bab or BAB can refer to: *Bab (toponymy), a component of Arabic toponyms literally meaning "gate" * Set (mythology) (also known as Bab, Baba, or Seth) ancient Egyptian God * Bab (Shia Islam), a term designating deputies of the Imams in Shia Islam * Báb (Sayyid `Alí Muḥammad Shírází, 1819–1850), founder of Bábism and a central figure in the Bahá'í Faith * Bab-ı Âli, the gate to the palace of the Grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire * Báb, Nitra District, a village and municipality in the Nitra District in western central Slovakia * Bab Ballads, cartoons published by W. S. Gilbert under the childhood nickname, ''Bab'' * Back-arc basin, a geologic feature: a submarine basin associated with island arcs and subduction zones * "Base Attack Bonus", a term used in d20 System RPG games * Beale Air Force Base (IATA airport code: BAB), in California * ''Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry'', an academic journal * Boris Berezovsky (businessman) (1946–2013), Boris Abramovich B ...
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Egyptian Museum Of Berlin
The Egyptian Museum of Berlin (german: Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung) is home to one of the world's most important collections of ancient Egyptian artefacts, including the iconic Nefertiti Bust. Since 1855, the collection is a part of the Neues Museum on Berlin's Museum Island, which reopened after renovations in 2009. History The museum originated in the 18th century from the royal art collection of the Hohenzollern kings of Prussia. Alexander von Humboldt had recommended that an Egyptian section be created, and the first objects were brought to Berlin in 1828 under King Friedrich Wilhelm III. Initially housed in Monbijou Palace, the department was headed by the Trieste merchant Giuseppe Passalacqua (1797–1865), whose extensive collections formed the basis. A Prussian expedition to Egypt and Nubia led by Karl Richard Lepsius in 1842–45 brought additional pieces to Berlin. In 1850, the collections moved to its present-day home in the Neues Museum, built according t ...
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Bab El-Gasus Sarcophagi, List Of International Donations Of 1893, Lot 06
Bab or BAB can refer to: *Bab (toponymy), a component of Arabic toponyms literally meaning "gate" * Set (mythology) (also known as Bab, Baba, or Seth) ancient Egyptian God * Bab (Shia Islam), a term designating deputies of the Imams in Shia Islam * Báb (Sayyid `Alí Muḥammad Shírází, 1819–1850), founder of Bábism and a central figure in the Bahá'í Faith * Bab-ı Âli, the gate to the palace of the Grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire * Báb, Nitra District, a village and municipality in the Nitra District in western central Slovakia * Bab Ballads, cartoons published by W. S. Gilbert under the childhood nickname, ''Bab'' * Back-arc basin, a geologic feature: a submarine basin associated with island arcs and subduction zones * "Base Attack Bonus", a term used in d20 System RPG games * Beale Air Force Base (IATA airport code: BAB), in California * '' Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry'', an academic journal * Boris Berezovsky (businessman) (1946–2013), Boris Abram ...
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Irkutsk
Irkutsk ( ; rus, Иркутск, p=ɪrˈkutsk; Buryat language, Buryat and mn, Эрхүү, ''Erhüü'', ) is the largest city and administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. With a population of 617,473 as of the 2010 Census, Irkutsk is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, 25th-largest city in Russia by population, the fifth-largest in the Siberian Federal District, and one of the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, cities in Siberia. Located in the south of the eponymous oblast, the city proper lies on the Angara River, a tributary of the Yenisei River, Yenisei, about 850 kilometres (530 mi) to the south-east of Krasnoyarsk and about 520 kilometres (320 mi) north of Ulaanbaatar. The Trans-Siberian Highway (Federal M53 and M55 Highways) and Trans-Siberian Railway connect Irkutsk to other regions in Russia and Mongolia. Many distinguished Russians were sent into exile in Irkutsk for their part in the Decembrist revolt of 1825, and t ...
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Bab El-Gasus Sarcophagi, List Of International Donations Of 1893, Lot 05
Bab or BAB can refer to: *Bab (toponymy), a component of Arabic toponyms literally meaning "gate" * Set (mythology) (also known as Bab, Baba, or Seth) ancient Egyptian God * Bab (Shia Islam), a term designating deputies of the Imams in Shia Islam * Báb (Sayyid `Alí Muḥammad Shírází, 1819–1850), founder of Bábism and a central figure in the Bahá'í Faith * Bab-ı Âli, the gate to the palace of the Grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire * Báb, Nitra District, a village and municipality in the Nitra District in western central Slovakia * Bab Ballads, cartoons published by W. S. Gilbert under the childhood nickname, ''Bab'' * Back-arc basin, a geologic feature: a submarine basin associated with island arcs and subduction zones * "Base Attack Bonus", a term used in d20 System RPG games * Beale Air Force Base (IATA airport code: BAB), in California * '' Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry'', an academic journal * Boris Berezovsky (businessman) (1946–2013), Boris Abram ...
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National Archaeological Museum, Florence
The National Archaeological Museum of Florence (Italian – Museo archeologico nazionale di Firenze) is an archaeological museum in Florence, Italy. It is located at 1 piazza Santissima Annunziata, in the Palazzo della Crocetta (a palace built in 1620 for princess Maria Maddalena de' Medici, daughter of Ferdinand I de Medici, by Giulio Parigi). History The museum was inaugurated in the presence of king Victor Emmanuel II in 1870 in the buildings of the ''Cenacolo di Fuligno'' on via Faenza. At that time it only comprised Etruscan and Roman remains. As the collections grew, a new site soon became necessary and in 1880 the museum was transferred to its present building. The collection's first foundations were the family collections of the Medici and Lorraine, with several transfers from the Uffizi up to 1890 (except the collections of marble sculpture which the Uffizi already possessed). The Egyptian section was first formed in the first half of the 18th century from part of the ...
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Bab El-Gasus Sarcophagi, List Of International Donations Of 1893, Lot 04
Bab or BAB can refer to: *Bab (toponymy), a component of Arabic toponyms literally meaning "gate" * Set (mythology) (also known as Bab, Baba, or Seth) ancient Egyptian God * Bab (Shia Islam), a term designating deputies of the Imams in Shia Islam * Báb (Sayyid `Alí Muḥammad Shírází, 1819–1850), founder of Bábism and a central figure in the Bahá'í Faith * Bab-ı Âli, the gate to the palace of the Grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire * Báb, Nitra District, a village and municipality in the Nitra District in western central Slovakia * Bab Ballads, cartoons published by W. S. Gilbert under the childhood nickname, ''Bab'' * Back-arc basin, a geologic feature: a submarine basin associated with island arcs and subduction zones * "Base Attack Bonus", a term used in d20 System RPG games * Beale Air Force Base (IATA airport code: BAB), in California * '' Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry'', an academic journal * Boris Berezovsky (businessman) (1946–2013), Boris Abram ...
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