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Name of a rare Egyptian-style cinema

Les Animaux célèbres. Archéologie They also inform us aboutLong neglected by historians, animals are now a subject of study in their own right. Considered in their relationship with humans, they teach us a thousand things about society, the economy, culture, religious and symbolic life. Michel Pastoureau has chosen forty famous animals here. Some really existed (Hannibal's elephants, the Beast of Gvaudan), others are borrowed from the Bible (Jonah's whale), from mythology (the Minautore), still others from