Later on the neck and body were added as building stone was removed for temple and pyramid construction. Finally a face was carved on the front of the mushroom.
However, no matter what they did, it was still a mushroom that looked pretty much like this one, and most likely traces of red and white paint pigments can be found in this area:
LOL!!
Good one!
Interesting, I'd never heard that, didn't know they grew
anywhere in Egypt.
No way it was a mushroom. I'm no Coptic studies guy, but I don't buy this for a minute. Are you suggesting that all the headresses of this shape are modeled after A. muscaria?
Is that a real mushroom? And if so is that a "magic mushroom"?