Ancient Egypt Chameleon Art

Ancient Egypt Chameleon Art

While diverse other lizards, snakes and crocodiles are quite frequently depicted and even mummified in ancient Egypt, the Chameleon escapes the attention of the artists vastly and we have just few artefacts, which can be related to this spectacular animal...

The most evidence gave the recent excavation in El-Goosh, including some petroglyphes...

Evans, L., Hardtke, F., Corbin, E. et al. Camouflaged chameleons: a new discovery at the Egyptian site of el-Hosh. Archaeol Anthropol Sci 12, 158 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-020-01125-y

Žilková, E. (2023): CHAMELEON V BÈHU STALETÍ. Powerprint, 151pp. ISBN: 978-80-7568-681-7

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