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File:Side view. Colossal scarab, Khepri the sun-god at dawn. Ptolemaic period, 3rd-2nd century BCE. From Istanbul, Turkey, probably originally came from the temple of Amun at Heliopolis, Egypt. British Museum.jpg

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English: Colossal scarab, Khepri the form assumed by the sun-god at dawn. One of the largest scarab representations to survive. Ptolemaic period, 3rd-2nd century BCE. From Istanbul, Turkey; probably, originally came from the temple of Amun at Heliopolis, Egypt. Quartz diorite. British Museum, London.
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