Pharoahs and the Afterlife: The Art of Ancient Egypt  
       
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  THE LATE PERIOD

Egypt in decline:

During the last millennium BCE, Egypt lost the commanding role it once had played in the ancient Near East.
    
       
  3-40: Mentuemhet, from Karnak, Egypt, Dynasty XXVI, ca. 650 BCE. Granite, approx. 4' 5 high. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
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  2. Mentuemhet
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  4. Mentuemhet
  
       
  The Land Of The Nile :: The Predynastic And Early Dynastic :: The Old Kingdom :: The Middle Kingdom :: The New Kingdom :: The Late Period