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A #ClassicalZooarchaeology flamingo thread (in 20 tweets)
Over lunch I checked out depictions of dancing flamingos from 5000+ yrs ago. h/t @ArchaicAnimals for drawing my attention to the super-cool image below
The research-hole didn’t take me where I thought it would…
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Over lunch I checked out depictions of dancing flamingos from 5000+ yrs ago. h/t @ArchaicAnimals for drawing my attention to the super-cool image below
The research-hole didn’t take me where I thought it would…
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If you google around, these rows of dancing flamingos are depicted on vessels from Upper (southern) Egypt. They come from the cultural group labeled Naqada from predynastic Egypt, before the country was unified under a Pharaoh (we’re talking approx 4000-3000 BC)
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The research was made easy because the @metmuseum has many beautiful Naqada artifacts available online
Of course, I’m gonna show you all the best ones, like this vessel with feet or this figurine made of hippo-tusk ivory
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Of course, I’m gonna show you all the best ones, like this vessel with feet or this figurine made of hippo-tusk ivory
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