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1) The Sphinx The Great Sphinx of Giza is the most famous statue in Africa and is an icon of Egyptian culture and a testament to their achievements. It resides on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the ...

7) Colossal Statue of Merneptah 8)Bust of Nefertiti The Nefertiti Bust is a 3,300-year-old painted limestone bust of Nefertiti, the Great Royal Wife of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten, and a standout amongst the most replicated works of antiquated Egypt.  

9) Guanches, Canary Islands Guanches is the name given to the native Berber occupants of the Canary Islands. It is accepted that they relocated to the archipelago around 1000 BC or maybe earlier, with some theorizing that they may have ...

11) Amenhotep III and Sobek Amenhotep III and Sobek, from Dahamsha, now in the Luxor Museum. Amenhotep III (Hellenized as Amenophis III; meaning Amun is Satisfied) otherwise called Amenhotep the Magnificent was the 19th pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty. As ...

13) First Ataoja Osogbo, Nigeria The Ataoja of Osogbo is the conventional ruler, tended to by the title of Oba. 14) The Colossi of Memnon, Egypt The Colossi of Memnon, referred to local people as el-Colossat, or es-Salamat, are two ...

19 Colossal Statue of Amenhotep III Amenhotep III (infrequently read as Amenophis III; Egyptian Amāna-Ḥātpa; significance Amun is Satisfied) otherwise called Amenhotep the Magnificent was the 9th pharaoh of the 18th tradition. As per diverse creators, he managed Egypt from ...

17) Cleopatra Cleopatra VII Philopator (69 BC – August 12, 30 BC) was the last pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. She was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, a family of Greek origin that ruled Egypt after Alexander the Great’s death ...

15) Sallah Ad Din (Saladin) Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb (1138 – March 4, 1193), better known in the Western world as Saladin, was a Kurdish Muslim, who became the first Sultan of Egypt and Syria, and founded the Ayyubid ...