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  2. Funerary naiskos of Demetria and Pamphile - Wikipedia

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    Both Pamphile and Demetria have their hair done in elaborate tresses according to the Athenian customs and fashion of the era. The armrest of the chair Pamphile sits on ends in a ram's head, supported by a siren; deceased women sitting on "unusually" elaborately elaborated thrones was not uncommon in contemporary Attic tomb reliefs. [5] [7]

  3. Naiskos - Wikipedia

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    Often applied as an artificial motif, it is common in ancient art. It is also found in the funeral architecture of the ancient Attic cemeteries as grave reliefs or shrines with statues, such as the stele of Aristonautes from Kerameikos in Athens [1] and in the black-figure and red-figure pottery of ancient Greece at the Loutrophoros and the Lekythos and the red-figure wares of Apulia in South ...

  4. Kerameikos steles - Wikipedia

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    The first steles were dated from the Early Bronze Age, around 2000 B.C.The use of steles as grave markers gained popularity in Kerameikos around the Protogeometric period c.a. 950 B.C.E. until they fell out of style around the 8th century C.E. [3] The site was first excavated in 1870 by German archaeologists looking for grave-goods. [4]

  5. Desert of Desolation - Wikipedia

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    Desert of Desolation includes a 128-page adventure booklet, a sixteen-page maps booklet, and a large A1 size sheet containing maps and player handouts. [3] The compilation module contains new maps, including an isometric map depicting the tomb of Amun-Re. [13] The revision also introduces ancient inscriptions that the players can decipher. [13]

  6. Luxor: Quest for the Afterlife - Wikipedia

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    Luxor: Quest for the Afterlife (known as Luxor 4) is the sequel to Luxor, Luxor 2, and Luxor 3, and has features such as Battle mode, six lands to venture through rather than just Egypt, and stories narrated by Queen Nefertiti. [2] The game was developed by MumboJumbo LLC.

  7. File:Kerameikos Grabrelief der Pamphile und Demetria (Der ...

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  8. Characters of Dragon Quest IV - Wikipedia

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    The main cast of Dragon Quest IV comprises different characters from different walks of life, all of whom eventually coalesce around the protagonist and their quest to save the world. Each of the five chapters has its own set of characters and quest. [9] The character designs were created by artist Akira Toriyama. [10]

  9. Pamphile of Epidaurus - Wikipedia

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    Pamphile or Pamphila of Epidaurus [a] (fl. 1st century AD) was a historian of Egyptian descent who lived in Greece during the reign of the Roman emperor Nero (ruled 54 – 68 AD) and wrote in Greek. She was the first known female Greco-Roman historian and, along with Ban Zhao , one of the first known female historians .