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Illustration
A human-headed cat statue from the Nok Culture. From modern-day Nigeria. 500 BCE to 200 CE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).
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Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.
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APA Style
Amin, O. S. M. (2015, January 05). Cat Statue from the Nok Culture. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3484/cat-statue-from-the-nok-culture/
Chicago Style
Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Cat Statue from the Nok Culture." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified January 05, 2015. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3484/cat-statue-from-the-nok-culture/.
MLA Style
Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Cat Statue from the Nok Culture." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 05 Jan 2015. Web. 27 Jul 2024.
