Mammisi
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A mammisi is an ancient Egyptian small chapel attached to a larger temple, built from the Late Period, and associated with the nativity of a god. The word is derived from Coptic – the last phase of th
The Roman mammisi attached to the Dendera Temple complex, in an ancient photogravure
Relief with Ra, Hathor and Emperor Trajan (AD 98–117) in the Roman mammisi of Dendera
Ruins of the Temple of Montu at Armant, with a glimpse of the mammisi Cleopatra VII dedicated to her son
Ruins of the Philae mammisi, built by various Ptolemaic Pharaohs, in a vintage photograph.
Caesarion
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Ptolemy XV Caesar, nicknamed Caesarion, was the last pharaoh of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, reigning with his mother Cleopatra VII from 44 BC to 30 BC. He nominally reigned as sole pharaoh for a f
Granite head identified as Caesarion, hosted in Bibliotheca Alexandrina Antiquities Museum, Egypt
Cleopatra introduces Caesarion to the deity Montu, Temple of Montu.
Caesarion making offerings to Egyptian Gods, while dressed in Pharaoh's regalia.
Caesarion and Cleopatra on a relief from Dendera Temple.