Légende
In ancient Egypt; fowling was often done with a type of boomerang as seen here. Fishing was done with a harpoon (and it could be a double harpoon as seen here) made either of stone or of metal; a line; a net; or; traps. Where the ponds failed the neighbouring Nile furnished them with inexhaustible supplies. Standing in light canoes or supported by a plank on bundles of reeds bound together; they ventured into mid-stream; in spite of the danger arising from the ever-present hippopotamus, or they penetrated up the canals amid a thicket of aquatic plants, to bring down with the boomerang the birds which found hiding there. Here, in this tomb wall painting, they are in a marsh or pool. The drawing is by Francois-Gudin after a photograph by Gayet and is accompanied text in Gaston Maspero's History of Egypt (1903).
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Ivy Close Images
Notre référence
UMG25A01_175
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
52,8Mo (3,6Mo) / 35,4cm x 37,3cm / 4184 x 4410 (300dpi)