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Scaring Birds: The concept of the Scarecrow in Ancient Egypt

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Archaeology

Abstract

Throughout history scarecrows were made and used by various cultures round the world. Generally the scarecrow is the straw object set up in the fields and gardens to scare birds away from the crops are growing. In ancient Egypt various methods were used with the same concept as the scarecrow to protect the harvest from birds' attacks. The research displays and discusses these methods that appeared throughout the different periods of the ancient Egyptian history. To achieve the aim of the study the descriptive and analytical methodology will be employed. In spite of the lack of references that clearly and directly deal with the ancient Egyptian scarecrow the study resulted in certain important points including the three main methods that were used to scare birds as scarecrow in fields and gardens and were represented in the ancient Egyptian harvest scenes: bird netting (the ground net), scarer, and corn dolly

DOI

10.21608/ijhth.2020.154143

Keywords

Scarecrow, Scarer, Birds, Corn Dolly, field, Garde

Authors

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Walaa

Last Name

Abdelhakim

MiddleName

Mohamed

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Volume

14

Article Issue

2

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19087

Issue Date

2020-12-01

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2021-03-06

Publish Date

2020-12-01

Page Start

42

Page End

51

Print ISSN

2636-4131

Online ISSN

2636-414X

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806

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Publication Title

International Journal of Heritage, Tourism and Hospitality

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https://ijhth.journals.ekb.eg/

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22 Jan 2023