File:Red sandstone relief from the pyramid chapel of Queen Shanakdakhete - British Museum.jpg

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From Meroe, Central Sudan Meroitic Period, 2nd century BC Excavated/Findspot Meroë, Pyramid N11 Funerary Chapel South wall The pyramid and the finds are described in Dunham, Royal tombs at Meroë and Barkal, 72-4 (Africa,Sudan,Northern Nile,Meroë (Nubia - archaic))

Sandstone relief from south wall of funerary chapel of Queen Shanakdakhete; right: queen enthroned, prince behind, both figures protected by wings of Isis; left: religious scenes and rows of attendant figures bearing palm-branches; formed from fifty-one blocks.

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Red sandstone relief from the pyramid chapel of Queen Shanakdakhete - British Museum

Author Andres Rueda
Camera location51° 31′ 11.59″ N, 0° 07′ 38.45″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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