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Geese of Meidum

Geese of Meidum
This wall painting of six geese in a garden once decorated the tomb of Itet at Meidum in ancient Egypt. Known as the Geese of Meidum, the 4th-dynasty painting is now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
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