Saturday, September 12, 2020

cobra snake

The magnificence and accuracy of the ancient Egyptian artist
She appears with distinction in this rare masterpiece
(The cobra snake) It belongs to King Senusret II, the central state, the twelfth family. Today it is four thousand years old and it is of pure gold and inlaid with precious stones.
It was found in 1889 in the offering room in the pyramid of Lahoun in Fayoum.
Egyptian Museum.

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