Geb,_Nut,_Shu.jpg
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English:
Detail from the Greenfield Papyrus (the Book of the Dead of Nesitanebtashru). It depicts the air god Shu, assisted by the ram-headed Heh deities, supporting the sky goddess Nut as the earth god Geb reclines beneath.
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| Date | Photograph published 1997; artwork created c. 950 BCE |
| Source | What Life Was Like on the Banks of the Nile , edited by Denise Dersin |
| Author | Photographed by the British Museum; original artist unknown |
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