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Shell

EGYPT
Shell
 3600 BCE-2647 BCE

Medium
shell

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the Committee of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1899

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Egypt

Accession Number
690D-D2

Department
Antiquities

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Exhibition
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Essay
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Ancient Egypt for Kids
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Learning Resource
Egyptian: Canopic chest
Essay
Contributions to the study of the Melbourne Triptych. II: The miracle of the loaves and fishes, The Raising of Lazarus, The Rest on the Flight to Egypt and St Peter
Essay
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Essay
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Essay
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Essay
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Essay
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Pharaoh
Essay
Anticipatory magic
Essay
Révolution de la mode
Exhibition
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Essay
A closer look: Designing the publication for Pharaoh

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