carved in stone

Posted on 13/04/2012 by

A game board of carved stone in the shape of a coiled rattlesnake, circa 3100-2649 B.C. (above)

Bird Woman, circa 3650 B.C. (left)

Source: NYT :: ‘The Dawn of Egyptian Art’

Worth reading: NYT Art Review :: Such Magnificent Beasts the Egyptians Made
‘The Dawn of Egyptian Art’ at the Metropolitan Museum

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