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Royal Throne




Royal Throne

‎In antiquity, only Kings and other authorities were allowed to sit down. The throne was a symbol of power and lordship. This throne of the pharaoh pictures two captured enemies of Egypt (a Nubian and a Syrian) defeated by the pharaoh. The bas-relief of the shrine shows vignettes with captured Syrians, as well as the names of places conquered in Syria and Palestine. The cornice molding of the shrine has Uraeus friezes that are symbolically meant to protect the pharaoh.
‎1 Kings 10:18


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