Ancient Egyptian statue of Pa-Maj. The basalt torso is entirely covered in engravings of magical hieroglyphic texts and images of gods.
Time period: 350-300 BC.
Current location: National Archaeology Museum, Naples.
Ancient Egyptian statue of Pa-Maj. The basalt torso is entirely covered in engravings of magical hieroglyphic texts and images of gods.
Time period: 350-300 BC.
Current location: National Archaeology Museum, Naples.
Have you thought the basalt torso could actually be much older than the engravings? Sculpting basalt is fucking hard, let alone achieving such a smooth and round surfaces…
Quite a feat
