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The Ancient Egyptian Artists had capably succeeded in depicting various human and animal feelings of extreme fear; manifested in portraying dread of strike and its consequences, a moment of high stimulation in which the protagonist of the picture was shown within the main scene. These uncommon cases were scarcely existent in both reproduced and permanent private drawings. Two visual devices had successfully transmitted this marked symptom; which are: Defecating and urinating, concerning both human beings and animals, they had mainly provided a concealed message understood only by a limited number of audiences. The iconographies had been created during the End of the Old Kingdom and continued to the last days of the New Kingdom. These peculiar devices could be treated as a trusted reflection of incidents during the period, together with the typical groups of potsherds which existed during the Ramesside period. The following pages will investigate these uncommon pictorial cases, and focus on their role within the picture chosen and meaning of the depiction displayed.
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