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Statue of Harpocrates, with curly hair and with his right hand on his mouth, Roman, 2nd century AD, marble, from El Mehamara, Sidi Bishr, in the Antiquities Museum, established 2001, in the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the Library of Alexandria, built 1995-2002 in Alexandria, Egypt. Harpocrates as a god was worshipped in Ptolemaic Alexandria and depicted in this gesture of the hieroglyph 'child', but later became the Hellenistic god of silence and secrets. The building also houses a cultural centre, conference centre, museums, art galleries and a planetarium. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Unique Identifier
AR6176896
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
5539px × 8268px
Photo Credit
Manuel Cohen / Art Resource, NY
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2001
21ST CENTURY
2ND CENTURY AD
AFRICA
African
ALEXANDRIA
ANCIENT
ARCHAEOLOGICAL
Archaeology
ARCHEOLOGICAL
archeology
artefact
Artifact
Boy
Child
classical
Collection
COLOR IMAGE
colour image
Egyptian
god
HARPOCRATES
HELLENISTIC
HERITAGE
History
INDOORS
INSIDE
interior
Library
LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA
Marble
MIDDLE EAST
Middle Eastern
MUSEUM
MYTHOLOGICAL
MYTHOLOGY
NORTH AFRICA
NORTH AFRICAN
PTOLEMAIC
Roman
Sculpture
secrets
SILENT
Statue
VERTICAL