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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.
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jeremy viola 2y ago

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

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