MessageToEagle.com – This statue of the pre-dynastic era is perhaps the first known representation of a pharaoh, but this pharaoh is strange.
It is difficult to say precisely when the era of the Pharaohs begins. However, we have no record of this mythical individual and his role in the kingdom of the pharaohs.
This statuette – created 1000 years before the dynastic period – was found at Gebelein, south of Luxor aand originates from the Nagada also known as Naqada culture (ca. 4400–3000 BC).
At the time of Nagada (named after a site discovered in Upper Egypt), about 4000 years BC, two types of artistic productions are appearing: female terracotta figurines and bearded men with stylized shapes carved different types of stone.
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Three elements of the image can make us think of the pharaoh’s head is topped with a crown that could be that of Upper Egypt.
His pointed beard resembles the false beard of the pharaohs or is it a mask (?), a pointed conical cap, a coat could be Royal coat used at the Sed festival (from the name of an Egyptian wolf god Wepwawet or Sed) that celebrated the continued rule of a pharaoh.
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