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Predynastic and Early Dynastic period (c. 6000 BC – c. 2690 BC)

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  Mummy of Ginger from Gebelein, (c. 3400 BC)
  
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  The Battlefield Palette and Hunters Palette, two cosmetic palettes with complex decorative schemes, (c. 3100 BC)
  
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  Stela of King Peribsen, Abydos, (c. 2720–2710 BC)
  

Old Kingdom (2690–2181 BC)

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  Granite statue of Ankhwa, the shipbuilder, Saqqara, Egypt, 3rd Dynasty, (around 2650 BC)
  
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  Several of the original casing stones from the Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, (c. 2570 BC)
  
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  Wooden tomb statue of Tjeti, Fifth to Sixth Dynasty, (about 2345–2181 BC)
  

Middle Kingdom (2134–1690 BC)

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  Inner and outer coffin of Sebekhetepi, Beni Hasan, (about 2125–1795 BC)
  
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  Limestone stela of Heqaib, Abydos, Egypt, 12th Dynasty, (1990–1750 BC)
  
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  Block statue and stela of Sahathor, 12th Dynasty, reign of Amenemhat II, (about 1922–1878 BC)
  

New Kingdom (1549–1069 BC)

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  Fragment of the beard of the Great Sphinx of Giza, (14th century BC)
  
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  Colossal head from a statue of Amenhotep III, (1350 BC)
  
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  Colossal limestone bust of Amenhotep III, (1350 BC)
  
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  Amarna Tablets, 99 out of 382 tablets found, second greatest collection in the world after the Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin (203 tablets), (1350 BC)
  
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  List of the kings of Egypt from the Temple of Ramesses II, (1250 BC)
  

Third Intermediate Period (1069–664 BC)

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  Mummy case and coffin of Nesperennub, Thebes, (c.800 BC)
  
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  Statue of Amun in the form of a ram protecting King Taharqa, (683 BC)
  
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  Inner and outer coffins of the priest Hor, Deir el-Bahari, Thebes, 25th Dynasty, (about 680 BC)