Cat Statue from the Nok Culture

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by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
published on 05 January 2015

Cat Statue from the Nok Culture — A human-headed cat statue from the Nok Culture. From modern-day Nigeria. 500 BCE to 200 CE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

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Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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Amin, O. S. M. (2015, January 05). Cat Statue from the Nok Culture. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/3484/

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Amin, Osama S. M. "Cat Statue from the Nok Culture." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Last modified January 05, 2015. https://www.ancient.eu/image/3484/.

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Amin, Osama S. M. "Cat Statue from the Nok Culture." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 05 Jan 2015. Web. 20 Jan 2020.

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