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Blind egyptian statue at the Turin’s Museo Egizio

The afterlife in old Egypt was so true that, once a thief was violating a gravesite, he was first damaging eyes, face and sometimes braking the legs of owner’ statues. This was done to avoid he sees him from the other world and curse them, maybe reach them to duly punish. Basically they were thinking to switch off the alarm system…

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Uploaded on August 27, 2023
Taken on August 8, 2023