The gate of the year

Painted ceramic female figure, from El Ma’mariya (Upper Egypt) and dating back to about 3500 B.C. The statuette’s head recall that of a bird, and the posture and the shape of the arms seems outspread wings, perhaps representing a dance movement. The object comes from a pre-dynastic tomb and is in the Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, USA.

[Image: http://www.ancient-egypt.co.uk/brooklyn/index_5.htm]




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Painted ceramic female figure, from El Ma’mariya (Upper Egypt) and dating back to about 3500 B.C. The statuette’s head recall that of a bird, and the posture and the shape of the arms seems outspread wings, perhaps representing a dance movement. The object comes from a pre-dynastic tomb and is in the Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, USA. [Image: http://www.ancient-egypt.co.uk/brooklyn/index_5.htm]