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The image (detail) depicts King Tutankhamun in the form of a Sphinx, adorned with the Atef Crown featuring ram's horns, trampling two traditional enemies of Egypt: an Asiatic figure and a Black African figure. In the upper left, the goddess Nekhbet appears as a sacred vulture, her wings spread wide in a gesture of protection, while she holds the shen ring, a symbol of eternal safeguarding. On the right, a crowned cartouche, placed atop the hieroglyph for "gold," displays the royal name of Tutankhamun as "Son of Ra." It translates to "The Living Image of Amun (Tutankhamun), Ruler of Upper On-Heliopolis" (Upper On-Heliopolis referring to Uaset, or Thebes). 📷 Egypt Museum.

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