File:Ptolemaic-veiled-dancer.jpg

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English: Bronze statuette showing a female dancer wearing a veil and mask, said to be from Alexandria (provenance traces back to Cairo). Identified as an entertainer the combined what we recognize as mime work with dancing, which the city of Alexandria was once well known for.
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Bronze statuette of a dancer from Alexandria, made 3rd-2nd century BCE

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2 May 2017

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