reÂ·ticÂ·uÂ·late. adj. 1. Resembling or forming a net or network: reticulate veins of a leaf. 2. Relating to or being an evolutionary process that involves the exchange of genes between organisms of different species, as in the formation of a new species through hybridization.
Egypt is rich in building and decorative stone, copper and lead ores, gold, and semiprecious stones. These natural resources allowed the ancient Egyptians to build monuments, sculpt statues, make tools, and fashion jewelry. Embalmers used salts from the Wadi Natrun for mummification, which also provided the gypsum needed to make plaster.
Bronze statuette showing the suicide of Ajax. Greece, 720-700BC Ancient sculptures only seem happy when they have an entire institution to themselves, as in the Glyptothek in Munich, one of my favourite museums, which has in its collection the early classical sculptures of the temple of Aphaia in Aegina and the Barberini Faun, possibly the sexiest marble statue in the world.