A lovely drawing of a sparrow on a shard of limestone, made by an Egyptian artist 3500 years ago. "This may have been a practice drawing of the sparrow hieroglyph..." https://kottke.org/26/02/a-lovely-3500-year-old-drawing-of-a-sparrow
A Lovely 3500-Year-Old Drawing of a Sparrow

From the collection of the Met, an Egyptian artist’s sketch of a sparrow circa 1479–1458 BCE. Much of the art that filters down to us from ancient civilizatio

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