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ART: Falcons, cats and crocodiles

The god Horus as a falcon Rietberg Museum Zuerich

Museum Rietberg, Zurich, on now till November 14, 2010

A unique opportunity to see a hundred depictions of animals and birds created over a period of 3’000 years. The works illustrate the extent of Ancient Egypt’s biodversity and are on loan from collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Egyptian Musuem in Cairo.

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