Tag: Egypt

13 Ancient Egyptian Artefacts – With footnotes – 5 – With footnotes

Mar 19, 2018

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Zaidan Art Blog

in Egypt, Uncategorized

Romano-Egyptian, ca. 1st century BCE to 1st century CE. Heavy gold foil formed into the likeness of a Nile crocodile. Incredibly detailed with open mouth exposing rows of deadly teeth, almond-shaped eyes and rows and rows of scaley scutes with pronounced central dorsal ridge. Size: 6.875″ L (17.5 cm), 37.1 grams of 97% pure gold.…