Painted ostrich egg (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

Painted ostrich egg

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Painted Ostrich egg from the Punic necropolis in Villarricos (Spain). These eggshells were a popular Punic grave good, highlighting the cultural influence spreading from North Africa.

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© Museo Arqueológico Nacional Madrid

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This image may be used for reporting on this study by Harald Ringbauer et al. (2025) only.

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