Feature Article:
ANIMAL Symbolism
in Ancient Egyptian Art
by William H. Peck
In the third millennium BC, the land along the Nile began to become more arid and, consequently, less supportive of such diversity. However, humankind still depended on animal labor and productivity, and Egyptian artists certainly saw constant evidence of this around them. Even animals not native to the Nile valley, such as bears from western Asia or giraffes from farther south in Africa, caught the attention of artists and were recorded by them. |
