HIGHLIGHT OF COMPARISON BETWEEN THE GAZELLE BEHAVIOUR IN THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND IN THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN SCENES

H, Khalil; A., Nur-El-Din; M., El Kenawy

doi:10.21608/ejars.2018.7276

HIGHLIGHT OF COMPARISON BETWEEN THE GAZELLE BEHAVIOUR IN THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND IN THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN SCENES

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Egyptologist Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egy

² Prof. Ancient Egyptian dept., Faculty of Archaeology and Tourism Guidance, Miser Univ. for Science and Technology, 6th October, Egypt.

³ Assist. Prof. Egyptology dept., Faculty of Archaeology, Cairo Univ., Giza, Egypt

10.21608/ejars.2018.7276

Abstract

Representations of animal behaviour in ancient Egyptian art based on ancient Egyptian
observations are closely related to the natural habitats of these animals. The ancient
Egyptians artists represented two species of gazelle genus in ancient scenes over their tombs
walls; they are Dorcas gazelle, and Sommering gazelle. Both of two kinds are displayed in
different behaviours such as: LOCOMOTOR, comfort behaviour, sexual behaviour, hunting
behaviour "predation and escape from danger", in addition to parental behaviour.

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