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Egyptian Mummified Nile Perch and Baby Crocodile. Third Intermediate Period or later, ca. 1000 to 332 BCE. Two pieces, including a mummified baby crocodile and Nile fish, probably a perch. Crocodiles were associated with Sobek, creator of the Nile and a powerful fertility god. Perch were sacred to the goddess Neith. The mummified fish was bound with a few strands of palm for stabilization. A standard technique.
 Egyptian Mummified Nile Perch and Baby Crocodile. Third Int...
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