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Swamp hunting was a social event in which upper class hunting society families practiced. Swamp hunting included fowling with sticks and spear fishing. According to the narratives of the poorly preserved The Pleasures of Fishing and Fowling and The Sporting King which were edited by Ricardo Caminos. These narratives described how the upper ...
Electric catfish (centre) in Mastaba of Ti bas-relief, Saqqara, ancient Egypt [1] The electric catfish of the Nile was well known to the ancient Egyptians. [2] The Egyptians reputedly used the electric shock from them when treating arthritic pain. [3] They would use only smaller fish, as a large fish may generate an electric shock from 300 to ...
Electric catfish (centre) in Mastaba of Ti bas-relief, Saqqara, ancient Egypt [8] The electric catfish of the Nile was well known to the ancient Egyptians. [9] The Egyptians reputedly used the electric shock from them when treating arthritis pain. [10] They would use only smaller fish, as a large fish may generate an electric shock from 300 to ...
In ancient Mesopotamia, fish offerings were made to the gods from the very earliest times. [10] Fish were also a major symbol of Enki, the god of water. [10] Fish frequently appear as a filling motif on cylinder seals from the Old Babylonian (c. 1830 BC – c. 1531 BC), usually in close proximity to malevolent forces, such as demons. [10]
Animal mummy. Egyptian mummies of animals in the British Museum. Animal mummification was common in ancient Egypt. Animals were an important part of Egyptian culture, not only in their role as food and pets, but also for religious reasons. Many different types of animals were mummified, typically for four main purposes: to allow people's ...
Naqada culture. The Naqada culture is an archaeological culture of Chalcolithic Predynastic Egypt (c. 4000–3000 BC), named for the town of Naqada, Qena Governorate. A 2013 Oxford University radiocarbon dating study of the Predynastic period suggests a beginning date sometime between 3,800 and 3,700 BC. [1] The final phase of the Naqada ...
Mormyridae. The Mormyridae, sometimes called "elephantfish" (more properly freshwater elephantfish), are a superfamily of weakly electric fish in the order Osteoglossiformes native to Africa. [1] It is by far the largest family in the order, with around 200 species. Members of the family can be popular, if challenging, aquarium species.
In Ancient Egyptian art, Hatmehit was traditionally depicted either as a fish or a woman with a fish emblem or crown on her head. The fish can be directly above her head or presented on a standard, as in the nome symbol of Nome 16 of Lower Egypt. Due to that, it is difficult to distinguish images that depict Hatmehit from that of a female ...