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A 'Dragon' Figure-head

A 'Dragon' Figure-head.jpg The Lighthouse of the Harbor of Alexandria in the Hellenistic AgeThumbnailsA Viking Double-prowed 'Long Serpent' or 'Dragon-ship'The Lighthouse of the Harbor of Alexandria in the Hellenistic AgeThumbnailsA Viking Double-prowed 'Long Serpent' or 'Dragon-ship'The Lighthouse of the Harbor of Alexandria in the Hellenistic AgeThumbnailsA Viking Double-prowed 'Long Serpent' or 'Dragon-ship'The Lighthouse of the Harbor of Alexandria in the Hellenistic AgeThumbnailsA Viking Double-prowed 'Long Serpent' or 'Dragon-ship'The Lighthouse of the Harbor of Alexandria in the Hellenistic AgeThumbnailsA Viking Double-prowed 'Long Serpent' or 'Dragon-ship'The Lighthouse of the Harbor of Alexandria in the Hellenistic AgeThumbnailsA Viking Double-prowed 'Long Serpent' or 'Dragon-ship'

There was a law that ships must not approach the land with their figure-heads in position with "gaping heads and yawning snouts."