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Al-Jizah. Giza Necropolis, Giza Plateau, Cairo, Egypt. Side view of Sphinx with the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) rising in the background. The sides of all three of the Giza pyramids are astronomically oriented to be north-south, east-west (see notes)

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An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.

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A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England

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The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)

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The Battle of New Orleans, by E. Percy Moran, c. 1910. Andrew Jackson, War of 1812.

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Invalidated site: LookLex Encyclopaedia - Scarab Statue.	Aakanksha Gaur	Apr 03, 2014
	Add new Web site: The British Museum - Egyptian Scarab.	Gloria Lotha	Jan 21, 2011
	Add new Web site: LookLex Encyclopaedia - Scarab Statue.	Gloria Lotha	Jan 21, 2011
	Add new Web site: Fact Monster - Science - Scarab Beetle.	Gloria Lotha	Jan 21, 2011
	Added image of ancient Egyptian glazed scarab with separate wings.	Virginia Gorlinski	Oct 04, 2010
	Color photo of marriage scarab of Amenhotep III and Queen Tiy added.	Virginia Gorlinski	Apr 07, 2010
	Article revised and updated.	Laura Etheredge	Jul 10, 2008
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	May 04, 1999