Cat Statue from the Nok Culture (Illustration)

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by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
published on 05 January 2015

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Cat Statue from the Nok Culture — A human-headed cat statue from modern-day Nigeria, Nok culture, 500 BCE to 200 CE.

State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich.

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

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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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/

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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/.

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