Les Animaux célèbres. Archéologie dont plus de trente sculptures

dont plus de trente sculptures monumentales

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

They also inform us about how scholars viewed their work

Central and Mesoamerican (Teotihuacan

Les Animaux célèbres. Archéologie dont plus de trente sculpturesLong 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