A Prehistoric Myth
Comb
Elephants, giant snakes, storks, cattle, dogs or jackals, and perhaps a group of pigs line
up in horizontal rows on this ivory comb. The mythologies of many African peoples
associate elephants and serpents with the creation of the universe. It could be that this
scene pictures a similar kind of myth. By the beginning of the historic period, elephants
were near extinction in Egypt.
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