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The Ancient Way of Life

@theancientwayoflife / theancientwayoflife.tumblr.com

A blog about the lives of far gone ancient people represented by their jewelry, art, currency, pottery, weaponry, clothing and artifacts. The Middle Ages and the Postclassical Era will be included here.
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~ Stela of the Gatekeeper Maati.

Period: First Intermediate Period, 11th Dynasty; reign of Mentuhotep II (early)

Date: ca. 2051–2030 B.C.

Place of origin: Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes; Probably from Tarif

Medium: Limestone

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~ Small Hounds & Jackals Game Board.

Period: Middle Kingdom, 11th Dynasty

Date: ca. 2030–1640 B.C.

Place of origin: Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri (Tomb TT 312, MMA 509, courtyard, MMA excavations, 1922–23)

Medium: Wood, paint.

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~ Relief fragment of painted limestone depicting the head of King Nebhepetre Montuhotep II wearing a short curled wig and the “boatman’s circlet” diadem.

Place of origin: Upper Egypt, Deir el-Bahari

Period: Middle Kingdom, 11th Dynasty

Date: ca. 2080-2010 B.C.

Source: nms.ac.uk
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~ Paddle Doll. Medium: Wood, mud, flax, faience, pigment Place of origin: Egypt Date: ca. 2008-1630 B.C.E. Period: late XI Dynasty-early XIII Dynasty, Middle Kingdom

From the source: “Paddle dolls” earned their nickname because of their resemblance to modern Ping-Pong paddles. They all show exaggerated depictions of female genitalia. Some are decorated with rudimentary drawings of couples engaged in sexual intercourse, and others have images of birth-gods. The imagery of birth and reproduction suggests that “paddle dolls” enhanced fertility for the living and probably also for the dead.

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