Les Animaux célèbres. Archéologie and more generally the first

and more generally the first millennium BC

Goldsmithing from the time of the pyramids is illustrated by the gold jewels of King Sekhemket from his pyramid at Saqqara and a set that belonged to Queen Hetepheres

dont plus de trente sculptures monumentales

Review of the Two Worlds

Les Animaux célèbres. Archéologie and more generally the firstLong neglected by historians, animals are now a subject of study in their own right. Considered in their relationship with humans, they teach us a thousand things about society, the economy, culture, religious and symbolic life. Michel Pastoureau has chosen forty famous animals here. Some really existed (Hannibal's elephants, the Beast of Gvaudan), others are borrowed from the Bible (Jonah's whale), from mythology (the Minautore), still others from