A figurine of a hartebeest, made of flint, found in a cemetery at Hierakonpolis. It dates to the Naqada II period, 3650–3450 BC.
The Naqada culture was a Chalcolithic Predynastic Egyptian culture. Hierakonpolis is a major site for studying this period.
On display at Neues Museum Berlin.
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The Naqada culture was a Chalcolithic Predynastic Egyptian culture. Hierakonpolis is a major site for studying this period.
On display at Neues Museum Berlin.
📷 me
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March 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
A figurine of a hartebeest, made of flint, found in a cemetery at Hierakonpolis. It dates to the Naqada II period, 3650–3450 BC.
The Naqada culture was a Chalcolithic Predynastic Egyptian culture. Hierakonpolis is a major site for studying this period.
On display at Neues Museum Berlin.
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The Naqada culture was a Chalcolithic Predynastic Egyptian culture. Hierakonpolis is a major site for studying this period.
On display at Neues Museum Berlin.
📷 me
🏺
A figurine of a hartebeest, made of flint, found in a cemetery at Hierakonpolis. It dates to the Naqada II period, 3650–3450 BC.
The Naqada culture was a Chalcolithic Predynastic Egyptian culture. Hierakonpolis is a major site for studying this period.
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The Naqada culture was a Chalcolithic Predynastic Egyptian culture. Hierakonpolis is a major site for studying this period.
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🏺 AncientEgyptBluesky
August 21, 2024 at 7:33 AM
A figurine of a hartebeest, made of flint, found in a cemetery at Hierakonpolis. It dates to the Naqada II period, 3650–3450 BC.
The Naqada culture was a Chalcolithic Predynastic Egyptian culture. Hierakonpolis is a major site for studying this period.
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🏺 AncientEgyptBluesky
The Naqada culture was a Chalcolithic Predynastic Egyptian culture. Hierakonpolis is a major site for studying this period.
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Early Naqada II, ca. 3650–3500 BC, on display at Neues Museum Berlin 🧵 2/2
May 23, 2026 at 6:07 AM
Early Naqada II, ca. 3650–3500 BC, on display at Neues Museum Berlin 🧵 2/2
A figurine of a hartebeest, made of flint, found in a cemetery at Hierakonpolis.
It dates to the Naqada II period, 3650–3450 BC.
The Naqada culture was a Chalcolithic Predynastic Egyptian culture. Hierakonpolis is a major site for studying this period.
On display at Neues Museum Berlin.
📷 me
🏺
It dates to the Naqada II period, 3650–3450 BC.
The Naqada culture was a Chalcolithic Predynastic Egyptian culture. Hierakonpolis is a major site for studying this period.
On display at Neues Museum Berlin.
📷 me
🏺
September 21, 2026 at 6:33 AM
A figurine of a hartebeest, made of flint, found in a cemetery at Hierakonpolis.
It dates to the Naqada II period, 3650–3450 BC.
The Naqada culture was a Chalcolithic Predynastic Egyptian culture. Hierakonpolis is a major site for studying this period.
On display at Neues Museum Berlin.
📷 me
🏺
It dates to the Naqada II period, 3650–3450 BC.
The Naqada culture was a Chalcolithic Predynastic Egyptian culture. Hierakonpolis is a major site for studying this period.
On display at Neues Museum Berlin.
📷 me
🏺
Here you go! They even sell a replica of it in the store & online gift shop
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
Bowl with Human Feet | Predynastic, Late Naqada l–Naqada II | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
www.metmuseum.org
March 2, 2024 at 1:32 AM
Here you go! They even sell a replica of it in the store & online gift shop
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
You know what, I love little guys, I'm gonna make a thread. Will update every time I think of more 🔽🧵:
- Faience Hippo (William) Middle Kingdom. Egypt
- Amber Bear. Mesolithic or Proto-Neolithic. Poland
- Hedgehog holding bowl. Early Cycladic II period. Greece.
- Bowl with feet. Predynastic. Egypt.
- Faience Hippo (William) Middle Kingdom. Egypt
- Amber Bear. Mesolithic or Proto-Neolithic. Poland
- Hedgehog holding bowl. Early Cycladic II period. Greece.
- Bowl with feet. Predynastic. Egypt.
June 6, 2026 at 8:20 PM
You know what, I love little guys, I'm gonna make a thread. Will update every time I think of more 🔽🧵:
- Faience Hippo (William) Middle Kingdom. Egypt
- Amber Bear. Mesolithic or Proto-Neolithic. Poland
- Hedgehog holding bowl. Early Cycladic II period. Greece.
- Bowl with feet. Predynastic. Egypt.
- Faience Hippo (William) Middle Kingdom. Egypt
- Amber Bear. Mesolithic or Proto-Neolithic. Poland
- Hedgehog holding bowl. Early Cycladic II period. Greece.
- Bowl with feet. Predynastic. Egypt.
An ancient bowl with human feet to bring a smile to your face this weekend!
It tips slightly forwards as if offering its contents!
Predynastic Egypt, Naqada period c. 3700-3450 BC.
At the Met: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
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#Archaeology
It tips slightly forwards as if offering its contents!
Predynastic Egypt, Naqada period c. 3700-3450 BC.
At the Met: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 30, 2024 at 10:17 AM
An ancient bowl with human feet to bring a smile to your face this weekend!
It tips slightly forwards as if offering its contents!
Predynastic Egypt, Naqada period c. 3700-3450 BC.
At the Met: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
📷 by me
#Archaeology
It tips slightly forwards as if offering its contents!
Predynastic Egypt, Naqada period c. 3700-3450 BC.
At the Met: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
📷 by me
#Archaeology
I'm gonna work to port over more of my #archaeology threads from Twitter to Bluesky, so give them a like & a share if you want to see more
They cover topics from archaeological science to pseudoarchaeology
And say hello to this little Naqada bowl now in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston
They cover topics from archaeological science to pseudoarchaeology
And say hello to this little Naqada bowl now in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston
November 18, 2024 at 6:47 PM
I'm gonna work to port over more of my #archaeology threads from Twitter to Bluesky, so give them a like & a share if you want to see more
They cover topics from archaeological science to pseudoarchaeology
And say hello to this little Naqada bowl now in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston
They cover topics from archaeological science to pseudoarchaeology
And say hello to this little Naqada bowl now in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston
Dish showing a hunter and his dogs, from Naqada, ca 4000-3600 BC. See the leashes.😃
📌 Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts🏺
📌 Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts🏺
July 13, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Dish showing a hunter and his dogs, from Naqada, ca 4000-3600 BC. See the leashes.😃
📌 Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts🏺
📌 Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts🏺
Now there's a thing ...
March 22, 2024 at 10:23 AM
Now there's a thing ...
Bowl with Human Feet, Predynastic Egypt, Late Naqada l-Naqada II, c. 3700-3450 BCE, red polished ware pottery, diameter: 13.2 cm x width: 13.7 cm x depth: 9.8 cm, The Met, New York City, New York, USA
July 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Bowl with Human Feet, Predynastic Egypt, Late Naqada l-Naqada II, c. 3700-3450 BCE, red polished ware pottery, diameter: 13.2 cm x width: 13.7 cm x depth: 9.8 cm, The Met, New York City, New York, USA
Animal-shaped tags (Predyanstic Period, Naqada I-IIA (3900-3600 BCE) and Protodynastic Period (3300-3000 BCE))
Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy
Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy
May 17, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Animal-shaped tags (Predyanstic Period, Naqada I-IIA (3900-3600 BCE) and Protodynastic Period (3300-3000 BCE))
Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy
Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy
Here’s another example of an ancient Egyptian bowl with human feet on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo 🤩
Late Naqada I-early Naqada lI period, circa 3700-3450 BC.
Late Naqada I-early Naqada lI period, circa 3700-3450 BC.
January 24, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Here’s another example of an ancient Egyptian bowl with human feet on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo 🤩
Late Naqada I-early Naqada lI period, circa 3700-3450 BC.
Late Naqada I-early Naqada lI period, circa 3700-3450 BC.
Wonder is the heaviest element on the periodic table. Even a tiny fleck of it stops time.
~Diane Ackerman
~Diane Ackerman
![[carved siltstone figure inlaid with beads, Naqada c. 3600-3500 BC. from an excavation led by Egyptologist Flinders Petrie (1853-1942), via Ashmolean Museum]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:radq5ea3mto23ckpk7qe4j4v/bafkreifppstchigq6pdq2xsz4gsphqed6stwa4helqqpnwbdnrlte75zxi)
March 23, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Wonder is the heaviest element on the periodic table. Even a tiny fleck of it stops time.
~Diane Ackerman
~Diane Ackerman
my hungry ass thought this was a khachapuri
![clay figure, asyut, naqada 1 period, 4000 BC. Egypt, national museum of antiquities (it looks like a khachapuri [georgian cheese bread with egg] with a guy laying in it in fetal position pretending to be the egg)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4yku3tlu7kccm27htci35ycq/bafkreibvovs3hwaczqt7t33mj34kq5bp6ija4j66wljex3uiok4urlm7q4)
June 22, 2026 at 7:35 PM
my hungry ass thought this was a khachapuri
A bone figure of a standing woman, with lapis lazuli inlays in her eyes, originating in Egypt, from the Amratian culture, in the Naqada I period (c. 3900BCE - 3700BCE)
January 14, 2026 at 4:11 PM
A bone figure of a standing woman, with lapis lazuli inlays in her eyes, originating in Egypt, from the Amratian culture, in the Naqada I period (c. 3900BCE - 3700BCE)
Cultura Naqada I, Egipto predinástico
Arte funerario en arcilla.V milenio aC.
Me fascina porque esta representación de un cuerpo dispuesto para su entierro parece un hombre-semilla
Arte funerario en arcilla.V milenio aC.
Me fascina porque esta representación de un cuerpo dispuesto para su entierro parece un hombre-semilla
January 1, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Cultura Naqada I, Egipto predinástico
Arte funerario en arcilla.V milenio aC.
Me fascina porque esta representación de un cuerpo dispuesto para su entierro parece un hombre-semilla
Arte funerario en arcilla.V milenio aC.
Me fascina porque esta representación de un cuerpo dispuesto para su entierro parece un hombre-semilla
Egyptian Terracotta Bowl with Human Feet — Predynastic, Late Naqada l–Naqada II, ca. 3700–3450 bce
July 4, 2024 at 5:47 AM
Egyptian Terracotta Bowl with Human Feet — Predynastic, Late Naqada l–Naqada II, ca. 3700–3450 bce
Gebel el-Arak Knife
Ivory and flint knife dating from the Naqada II period of Egyptian history, c.3300–3200 BC
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gebel_e...
Ivory and flint knife dating from the Naqada II period of Egyptian history, c.3300–3200 BC
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gebel_e...
June 2, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Gebel el-Arak Knife
Ivory and flint knife dating from the Naqada II period of Egyptian history, c.3300–3200 BC
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gebel_e...
Ivory and flint knife dating from the Naqada II period of Egyptian history, c.3300–3200 BC
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gebel_e...
1/2. This remarkable object is a 5000+ year old carving of a swallow from (very) ancient Egypt. It’s dated to the Naqada III period, c3325 to 3000 BC, and made of calcite and basalt. It’s about 10cm long.
May 16, 2026 at 7:56 AM
1/2. This remarkable object is a 5000+ year old carving of a swallow from (very) ancient Egypt. It’s dated to the Naqada III period, c3325 to 3000 BC, and made of calcite and basalt. It’s about 10cm long.
Terracotta figure of a woman
Predynastic Period, Naqada IIa Period, 3500–3400 B.C.
From El Ma’marîya, Egypt
Brooklyn Museum
Predynastic Period, Naqada IIa Period, 3500–3400 B.C.
From El Ma’marîya, Egypt
Brooklyn Museum
December 10, 2024 at 10:38 AM
Terracotta figure of a woman
Predynastic Period, Naqada IIa Period, 3500–3400 B.C.
From El Ma’marîya, Egypt
Brooklyn Museum
Predynastic Period, Naqada IIa Period, 3500–3400 B.C.
From El Ma’marîya, Egypt
Brooklyn Museum
Clay figure, Asyut, Naqada I period, c. 4000 BC,
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/pre-dynast...
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/pre-dynast...
June 21, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Clay figure, Asyut, Naqada I period, c. 4000 BC,
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/pre-dynast...
www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/pre-dynast...
Deux figurines masculines en or datant de la période Naqada IIIB de l'Égypte ancienne (v. 3200–3000 av. J.-C.) © Grand Musée Égyptien (GEM), Gizeh
www.alaintruong.com/2026/09/deux...
www.alaintruong.com/2026/09/deux...
September 22, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Deux figurines masculines en or datant de la période Naqada IIIB de l'Égypte ancienne (v. 3200–3000 av. J.-C.) © Grand Musée Égyptien (GEM), Gizeh
www.alaintruong.com/2026/09/deux...
www.alaintruong.com/2026/09/deux...