Clockwise from top: a Late Period deity in the form of a falcon-headed crocodile made of limestone; the architect Senmut holding Hatshepsut's daughter in his arms; the unique gilded coffin lid of Queen Ahhotep; a New Kingdom toy in the form of an ivory frog with an opening mouth; the canopic chest of Queen Nedjmet safeguarded by Anubis; a 19th-dynasty painted wooden ushabti box from the tomb of Kabekhnet found at Deir Al-Medina
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