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  • Temple offering of ducks, geese and wild fowl. From a wall relief at the temple at Kom Ombo in Southern Upper Egypt. This temple mostly dates from the Ptolemaic period although New Kingdom (1570-1070 BCE) remains have been found on the site.
  • Left, two ducks flying over a boat on the Ton[229]e River; above right, a carver chiseling Buddhist sculptures; below right, A man holding a staff stands at a gatehouse (bansho) on the Nakagawa river. Colour woodcut by Kyōsai, with left design by Mōsai (Yoshitora), ca. 1870.
  • Raft duck. Drawing.
  • A duck. Gouache, 18--.
  • Sednine : buffel-headed duck.
  • Sednine : buffel-headed duck.
  • A brown duck. Coloured lithograph.
  • A merganser duck. Coloured engraving.
  • Sednine : buffel-headed duck.
  • Sednine : buffel-headed duck.
  • Conjunctivitis in a duck - ornithosis
  • A crested type of duck. Etching.
  • A type of mallard duck. Etching.
  • A goosander duck. Etching with engraving.
  • Marion Sims duck-bill obstetric speculum
  • A wild duck, possibly a mallard. Lithograph.
  • Two-bladed duck-bill obstetric speculum, Cusco
  • Marion Sims duck-bill obstetric speculum (skeleton type)
  • A mandarin duck (Aix galericulata). Colour lithograph, ca. 1875.
  • A type of duck with long crest. Coloured engraving.
  • Figure of Saraswati, Hindu Goddess, standing on a duck
  • A lake setting in which a man lies back in a boat wearing only boxer shorts; he holds up some underwear which he offers to his female companion with a smile; a pink condom lies on a white garment beside the man while two ducks swim beside the boat; German version of a series of safe sex 'Stop AIDS' campaign posters by the Federal Office of Public Health in collaboration with the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz. Colour lithograph.
  • A lake setting in which a man lies back in a boat wearing only boxer shorts; he holds up some underwear which he offers to his female companion with a smile; a pink condom lies on a white garment beside the man while two ducks swim beside the boat; French version of a series of 'Stop SIDA' [Stop AIDS] campaign posters by the Federal Office of Public Health, in collaboration with l'Aide Suisse contre le SIDA. Colour lithograph.
  • Rock tombs at Beni Hassan, Middle Egypt date from the Middle Kingdom dynasties XI (2060-1991 BCE) and XII (1991-1782 BCE) and rank among the most important monuments of Ancient Egypt. They were built for the dignitaries of Menat-Khufu, one of the oldest place names recorded in ancient Egypt. The tomb walls are decorated with mural paintings executed on rocky walls made smooth with plaster. These paintings are radidly deteriorating and most reproductions are from paintings of the originals. A small tree full of birds is shown at the bottom left of the tomb. Egypt is on the major migratory route between Europe and Africa which accounts for a variety of birds depicted in illustrations. After slaughter, birds were plucked and either roasted to be eaten immediately, or dried, salted and pickled in large amphorae. Wildfowl such as ducks, geese and cranes were sometimes fattened for the table and occassionally force-ded with bread and sweetened mash. Ducks and geese were also kept for eggs as were pigeons and pelicans. Domestic flow (chickens) were not introduced into Egypt in any numbers until the roman period (30 BCE-CE 395).
  • A duck billed platypus (watermole). Colour lithograph after W. Kuhnert.
  • Nocturnal scene with a polecat stealing eggs from a duck's nest in the reeds while the duck is fluttering its wings above. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.
  • A duck and flowering water lily (Nymphaea species) in water. Watercolour.
  • Cook duck eggs for 15 minutes / Press Office, Ministry of Health.
  • Cook duck eggs for 15 minutes / Press Office, Ministry of Health.
  • Drawing of duck from the book of the birth of Iskandar