Phoenician Sculpture of a Scorpion

Since earliest times, the mysterious, poisonous scorpion has gripped men's imaginations. In Egypt this ancient arachnid was worshipped as a god, and the Greeks placed it among the constellations of the heavens. This powerfully abstract sculpture, perhaps a votive, seems to possess a magic that is older than memory itself. Even in a world where the scorpion is hardly seen, we are attracted by the primal energy of this image.