Excavated in 1897 at Hierakonpolis (Kom al-Ahmar), this life-size statue of the Egyptian Pharaoh Pepi I, is made from hammered copper sheets fastened together with rivet-like joins and is often described as the earliest known life-size metal statue. It dates to Egypt’s Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty (about 2332 to 2287 BC), and is now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. #egypt #egyptian #ancientegypt #ancientart #historygram | History Piece