Values in the table above are expressed in UAH. Please sign in or create an account to manage your collection. Mask of the Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun (c. The construction is made of anorthosite gneiss (related to diorite), a valuable, extremely hard, and dark stone brought 400 miles down the Nile River from royal quarries. It is now located in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. The sides of the throne are decorated with the sema-tawy hieroglyph, meant to represent the king’s duty to literally “bind” the constituent parts of Egypt together under one authority. 2500 BCE) pharaoh Khafre slightly larger-than-life and seated upon a lion-pawed throne. This statue, often referred to as “Khafre Enthroned,” is one of the most important and iconic surviving sculptures from ancient Egypt. The side view of statue of Pharaoh Khafre. It was originally commissioned by Hoshiyar Qadin, the mother of the 19th century Khedive Isma'il Pasha to expand and replace the preexisting Zawiya (shrine) of the medieval Islamic saint Ahmed al-Rifa'i. The Al-Rifa'i Mosque was constructed in two phases over the period between 18 when it was finally completed. Now, it is also the royal mausoleum of Muhammad Ali's family. Al-Rifa'i Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الرفاعي, transliterated also as Al-Rifai, Al-Refai, Al-Refa'i, El-Refa'i, and named in English: the Refaai Mosque) is located in Midan al-Qal'a, adjacent to the Cairo Citadel.
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