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Show Symbolism In Eggs. Among tho curiosities recently acquired ac-quired by tho department of Egyptian Egyp-tian and AssjHan antiquities In tho British Museum Is nn ostrich egg pierced for suspension and covered with traces of a painted design, probably prob-ably of n piciljnastlc poilod. According Accord-ing to tho experts of the department, this egg Is certainly neaily six thousand thou-sand years old, as the design was made not later than R C. 4,000. Tho egg of the ostrich Is said to havo possessed pos-sessed some rol'glous slgnlflcanco even In the predynastlc period. Loudon Lou-don Globe. |