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Statue of Taweret, Cairo, Egypt, 1925-1933
Taweret was an ancient Egyptian goddess who was believed to have given birth to the world. She was called upon to protect pregnant women, especially during child birth. She is represented as a pregnant hippopotamus with pendulous breasts and sometimes as part lion and part crocodile. She is holding the hieroglyph sa, a sign of protection. Taweret’s cult was also venerated in ancient Greece, where …
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- Science Museum, London
Subject
- statue
Creator
- Science Museum, London
Subject
- statue
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- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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- Credit: Science Museum, London
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- L0058412
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- L0058412
- Science Museum A634889
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- United Kingdom
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First time published on Europeana
- 2019-06-09T12:25:48.441Z
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- 2019-06-09T12:25:48.441Z