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Animals In Prehistoric, Egyption And The Great Spinx

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Ancient men often visualized gods in animal form not only because animals were a main source of energy, and a reliable source for clothing aswell; but because in a way they looked up to them. Animals were seen as godly creatures, many ancient civilizations were polythesitic and used animals to represent their gods. For example, the Great Spinx to demonstrate strength and power, along with the bull which represented war and power because it was a very agressive animal. Those two animals in general were seen often in art from Prehistoric, Egyption, and Near Eastern time periods. I think animals were such a popular work of art over these time periods because they were so different compared to humans, they had four legs and in general were just

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